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MuseumShip Blog
What's happening in museum ship world?
83 years ago today, on 2 August 1941, Danish HDMS Askø (MHV-81) was commissioned.
MuseumShip at Koldkrigsmuseum Langelandsfort, Bagenkop, Denmark
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130 years ago today, on 2 August 1894, the first steam turbine-powered steamship 'Turbinia' was launched by Brown and Hood, Wallsend on Tyne, UK.
MuseumShip at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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16 years ago today, on 1 August 2007, Norwegian Oslo-class frigate Narvik (F304) was decommissioned.
Museumsskipet KNM Narvik, Horten, Norway
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On 1 August 1980, Grayback-class submarine USS Growler (SSG-577) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register and was scheduled to be used as a torpedo target. However, on 8 August 1988, Congress awarded the hulk to Zachary Fisher, Chairman of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.
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