MuseumShip Blog

On 26 June 1933, sail training ship 'Gorch Fock' was commissioned in to the German Navy.
Gorch Fock !, Stralsund, Germany

53 years ago today, on 26 June 1970, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) was decommissioned for the third and final time and mothballed at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.
USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA

71 years ago today, on June 25 1955, Iceland's 'Magni' was delivered to the Port Authority of Reykjavik Harbor. 62 years later, on 25 June 2017, the Magni restoration group was officially established.
MuseumShip Magni, Reykjavik, Iceland

On 25 June 1853, USS Constellation (IX-20) was laid down at Gosport Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA.
MuseumShip at Historic Ships in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

On 24 June 1949, Cleveland-class light cruise USS Little Rock (CL-92) was decommissioned for the first time by her CO Cdr. Richard Starr Craighill, and joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
MuseumShip at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park, Buffalo, NY
Here seen in Venice on January 21, 1948