MuseumShip Blog

74 years ago today, on 9 April 1952 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was decommissioned for the second time at the Norfolk Naval shipyard to  receive SCB-27C modernization to operate jet aircraft as an attack aircraft carrier.
Intrepid Museum, New York, NY

On 9 April 1941 North Carolina-class battleship USS North Carolina BB-55 was commissioned for the first time, with Capt. Olaf M. Hustvedt in command.
MuseumBattleShip USS North Carolina (BB55), Wilmington, NC