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LIST: HISTORIC WARSHIP ATTRACTIONS




These are notable warships - submarines, aircraft carriers, destroyers, cruisers, battleships - that have been decommissioned (mostly) and are now visitor attractions, floating, dry-docked or in museum buildings.


(This list is sortable)
Ship Location Desc Type Date
Alabama, USS USA - Mobile, Alabama Wet-berthed WW2 battleship that had a busy, if brief (5 yrs) service. Battleship 1942
Aurora Russia - St. Petersburg Wet-berthed historic cruiser that fired the first shot of the October Revolution. More info... Cruiser 1903
B-39 USA - San Diego, CA Wet-berthed former Foxtrot class diesel-electric Soviet submarine now moored in the Maritime Museum of San Diego. Submarine 1967
B-396 Russia - Moscow Wet-berthed former Tango class diesel Soviet submarine 'Novosibirsky Komsomolets' now a museum display on the Moscow river since 2006. Submarine 1980
B-413 Kaliningrad - Konigsburg Wet-berthed former diesel-electric Soviet submarine Submarine 1968
Barry, USS USA - Washington Navy Yard, DC Wet-berthed Forrest Sherman class destroyer involved in the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis. Destroyer 1955
Belfast, HMS UK - London Wet-berthed WW2 cruiser berthed next to tower bridge in London. Cruiser 1938
Blyskawica, ORP Poland - Gdynia Wet-berthed WW2 Polish destroyer. The world's oldest preserved destroyer. Destroyer 1937
Constitution, USS USA - Charleston, MS Wet-berthed heavy frigate. The world's oldest commissioned warship in active service. More info... Sail 1797
Drum, USS USA - Mobile, Alabama Dry-berthed WW2 Gato class submarine. Saw early action in the Pacific. Submarine 1941
Espadon France - St Nazaire Wet-berthed French Narval class submarine now on display in the former U-boat pens. Submarine 1958
Georgios Averof Greece - Faliron Wet-berthed Greek armoured cruiser More info... Cruiser 1910
Hiddensee USA - Fall River, MS Wet-berthed former soviet missile corvette, now an exhibit at Battleship Cove, MS. Missile Corvette 1984
Holland 1, HMS UK - Portsmouth Dry-berthed historic vessel, the Royal Navy's first submarine. Submarine 1901
Hornet, USS USA - Alameda, CA Wet-berthed Essex class aircraft carrier that saw service in WW2, Vietnam, and recovered the Apollo 11 space capsule. Aircraft Carrier 1943
Intrepid, USS USA - New York Wet-berthed WW2 aircraft carrier with a terrific array of aircraft exhibited on board too. More info... Aircraft Carrier 1943
Kiev China - Tianjin Wet-berthed former flagship of the Soviet Pacific Fleet and now, like her sister ship, Minsk, a theme park in China. Aircraft Carrier 1972
Massachusetts, USS USA - Fall River, MS Wet-berthed WW2 battleship. (I visited her once. Very slender, designed to go through the Panama Canal. - ED) Battleship 1941
Mikasi Japan - Yokosuka Wet-berthed flagship of Admiral Togo during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Battleship 1900
Minsk China - Shenzhen Wet-berthed former Soviet aircraft carrier, now a theme park in China (like her sister ship, Kiev). Aircraft Carrier 1972
New Jersey, USS USA - Philadelphia Wet-berthed WW2 and Korean war battleship Battleship 1942
Onslow, HMAS Australia - Sydney Wet-berthed Australian navy diesel-electric submarine, that left the service only recently (1990) and is now on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Submarine 1968
U-505 USA - Chicago Dry-berthed type IXC U-boat that was famously captured intact, with its enigma code books, is now a museum exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. More info... Submarine 1941
U-534 UK - Birkenhead Dry-berthed WW2 German U-boat, sunk in the Baltic, raised in 1993. More info... Submarine 1942
U-995 Germany - Laboe Dry-berthed WW2 German U-boat. The only surviving type VIIC. More info... Submarine 1943
Unicorn, HMS UK - Dundee Wet-berthed 46-gun frigate, moored alongside without masts and rigging. Sail 1824
Vasa Sweden - Stockholm Dry-berthed flagship of Swedish navy sunk in Stockholm harbour on her maiden voyage, and raised in 1961. Sail 1628
Victory, HMS UK - Portsmouth Dry-berthed flagship of Admiral Nelson, made famous at the battle of Trafalgar Sail 1778
 

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Notes: * The Historic Naval Ships Association has many of the above ships in its membership database, with a lot more detail.
*The National WW2 Museum in New Orleans is currently working on the restoration of a WW2 patrol boat, PT-305.
*Not exactly a warship, but as well as the B-396, the Naval Museum in Moscow has a rare exhibit - the Alekseyev A-90 Orlyonok Ekranoplan. Only a handful of these extraordinary ground-effect vehicles were ever made.
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