MuseumShip Blog

83 years ago today, on 1 December 1941, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid CV-11 was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY

72 years ago today, on 1 December 1952, U-995 became Norwegian submarine 'Kaura'. She had surrendered on May 9 1945 in Trondheim, Norway.
Museum ship at Deutscher  Marinebund, Laboe, Germany

82 years ago today, on 1 December 1942, Pennsylvania-class battleship USS Arizona BB-39 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Memorial Ship at Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI

54 years ago today, on 1 December 1970, Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin SS-287 was decommissioned for a third and final time and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu, HI

83 years ago today, on 1 December 1941, Essex-class aircraft carrier Bonhomme Richard was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding. She was renamed USS Yorktown (CV-10) while still under construction to commemorate the loss of USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway in June 1942
Museum ship at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC

On 1 December 1971, Balao-class submarine USS Ling SS-297 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip(ish), Hackensack, NJ

On 1 December 1908, lightship Ambrose (LV-87) had her first day on station in the Ambrose Channel.
Museum ship at South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY

94 years ago today, on 1 December 1930, British ocean liner RMS Queen Mary was laid down at John Brown and Company, Clydebank Scotland.
The Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA

50 years ago today, om 1 December 1974, Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd DD-661 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Museum ship at USS Kidd Veterans museum, Baton Rouge, LA

On 1 December 1991, after exactly 20 years of service, Redoutable-class ballistic missile submarine Le Redoutable (S611) was decommissioned.
Now a museum ship at La Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg, France