MuseumShip Blog
34 years ago today, on 1 October 1990, Barbel-class submarine USS Blueback SS-581 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, OR.
On 30 September 1954, the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus SSN-571 was commissioned with Cdr. Eugene P. Wilkinson in command.
Submarine Force Museum Association, Home of the USS Nautilus, Groton, CT.
On 6 September 1944 Tench-class submarine USS Torsk SS-423 was launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery ME, sponsored by Bess M. Reed (wife of Navy Captain Allen B. Reed).
MuseumShip USS Torsk SS-423 at Historic Ships in Baltimore. MD
On September 4 1990, the Tench-class submarine USS Requin, arrives in Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Science Center.
MuseumShip at the Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA
On 3 September 1952 Gato-class submarine USS Cavalla SS-244 was decommissioned for the second time
On 30 August 1972, Balao-class submarine USS Lionfish SS-298 becomes part of Battleship Cove at Falls River, MA.
On 30 August 1958 Grayback-class submarine USS Growler SSG-577 was commissioned with LCDR Charles Priest Jr. in command.
83 years ago today, on 26 August 1941 Gato-class submarine USS Silversides SS-236 was launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hogan.
USS Silversides Submarine Museum, Muskegon, MI
On 29 August 1863, confederate submarine 'H.L. Hunley', while mooredat Fort Jackson in Charleston, SC, suddenly sank at her dock, killing 5 of her 8 men crew.





