Loacation of any WW2 ships today

[Tankerace]

I knew I forgot one, whoops. Hehehe, now I can never go to North Carolina [:D]

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

Justin's list forgot one very important Battleship: the USS North Carolina. The Showboat is a museum in Wilmington, NC.

There is also an american fleet sub from WW2 at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, and another in Portland, OR. This is by no means a complete list, but we're working on it!!!

BTW, there is a group in Portland that is rebuilding a US WW2 PT boat. It isn't ready yet for display, but I can't wait until it is...

[bradfordkay]

BTW: in Baltimore they have a Liberty Ship which they use for WW2 themed cruises... It may be mentioned in that magazine of which Wayne speaks (I have a copy around here somewhere), but I'm sure that you'll find ads for it in just about any WW2 history magazine...

[scott64]

USS Iowa

http://www.ussiowa.org/

[BlackSunshine]

CV-10, the 2nd Yorktown is about 20 minutes from me. Patriot's point. Also DD Laffey is there as well.

[LargeSlowTarget]

CL Little Rock, DD The Sullivans and SS Croaker are at Buffalo, NY.

[dtravel]

There is a working Liberty ship at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. (Jeremiah O'Brien, I think.)

And it is the Hornet moored at Alameda.

[Rainerle]

The finnish submarine Vesikko is on display on suomenlinna island in Helsinki harbor.

[ctangus]

This appears to be a complete list of US ships:

Hull# Ship Name Class Donated Status
DD 886 ORLECK DD 710 8/11/2000 Loaned to Turkey, 1 Oct 1982; renamed YUCETEPE. Stricken from USN, 6 Aug 1987 and sold to Turkey. Dedicated as museum at Orange TX 11 Aug 2000.
BB 62 NEW JERSEY BB 61 7/20/2000 Stricken 4 Jan 1999. Donated as museum at Camden NJ on 20 July 2000.
CV 12 HORNET CV 9 5/26/1998 Preserved by the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation as a museum at the former NAS Alameda 26 May 1998.
BB 63 MISSOURI BB 61 5/4/1998 Museum at Pearl Harbor, HI, donated 4 May 1998.
DD 581 CHARRETTE DD 445 1/1/1998 Transferred to Greece, 16 June 1959; renamed VELOS. Stricken from USN 1 Sep 1975 and sold. Served Greek Navy until stricken in 1991. Being preserved as a museum at Poros Island near Athens, Jan 1998.
SS 483 SEA LEOPARD SS 417 1/1/1998 Sold to Brazil, 27 Mar 1973; renamed S. BAHIA. Last known reports are she is out of commission, tied to a pier and operated as a museum.
CA 139 SALEM CA 134 10/13/1994 Stricken 12 July 1991. Preserved as a museum in Quincy, MA, donated 13 Oct 1994.
SS 581 BLUEBACK SS 580 5/14/1994 Serving as Memorial Boat, OMSI, Portland, OR since 14 May 1994.
DE 1029 HARTLEY DE 1006 1/1/1994 Sold to Columbia, 8 July 1972; renamed BOYACA (DE-16). Stricken in 1994 for use as a museum ship at Guatape, Columbia.
CV 16 LEXINGTON CV 9 11/30/1991 Redesignated AVT-16, 1 July 1978. Served as training carrier at Pensacola, FL until stricken for disposal 30 Nov 1991. Museum at Corpus Christi, TX.
DD 951 TURNER JOY DD 931 4/10/1991 Involved in Gulf of Tonkin incident which provoked the Vietnam War. Stricken 13 Feb 1990. Preserved as a memorial at Bremerton WA donated 10 Apr 1991.
DE 766 SLATER DE 99 1/1/1991 Sold to Greece, 1 Mar 1951; renamed AETOS (D-01). Stricken and returned in 1991. Preserved as memorial at USS Intrepid Museum, New York City NY. Moved in 1997 to Albany NY waterfront.
DD 946 EDSON DD 931 6/30/1989 Stricken 31 Jan 1989. Preserved as memorial berthed at New York City, donated 30 June 1989.
SSG 577 GROWLER SSG 577 8/8/1988 Decommissioned after only six years of service in 1964. Moored at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton WA in reserve until 1988. Donated to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York City, NY in 1988.
SSN 571 NAUTILUS SSN 571 7/6/1985 Dedicated as museum at Groton CT, arriving 6 July 1985.
AGSS 569 ALBACORE AGSS 569 4/1/1984 Placed in reserve at Philadelphia, Sep 1972. Towed to Portsmouth NH in 1984 for use as a museum. Opened to the public in 1985.
DE 177 REYBOLD DE 99 1/1/1984 Loaned to Brazil, 15 Aug 1944; renamed BAURU (D-18). Sold permanently, 30 June 1953. Converted to support vessel (U-28). Scrapped
DD 933 BARRY DD 931 1/31/1983 Stricken 31 Jan 1983; preserved as memorial berthed at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC
CV 11 INTREPID CV 9 3/23/1982 Transferred to custody to museum and stricken 23 Mar 1982. Preserved at Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City.
DE 228 RUCHAMKIN DE 224 1/1/1980 Loaned to Columbia, 24 Nov 1969; renamed CORDOBA. Sold outright, 31 Oct 1977. Preserved as museum in 1980.
CL 92 LITTLE ROCK CL 55 6/30/1979 Converted to guided missile cruiser (CLG-4), May 1957 - May 1960. Unknown decommissioning date. Stricken 22 Nov 1976. Opened to the public as a memorial in Buffalo NY on 30 June 1979.
DD 537 THE SULLIVANS DD 445 6/21/1977 Preserved as memorial, 21 June 1977. Berthed at Buffalo NY.
SS 319 BECUNA SS 285 6/21/1976 Museum boat at Philadelphia PA, 21 June 1976.
SS 224 COD SS 212 5/1/1976 Dedicated as museum in Cleveland OH May 1976
SS 246 CROAKER SS 212 1/1/1976 Museum at Groton CT in 1976. Museum at Buffalo NY since 1988.
SS 383 PAMPANITO SS 285 11/21/1975 Placed in reserve at Mare Island 15 Dec 1945. Served as naval reserve training boat April 1960 - Dec 1971. Turned into a memorial at San Francisco on 21 November 1975.
CV 10 YORKTOWN CV 9 10/13/1975 Memorial at Patriot's Point, SC dedicated Oct 1975
SS 343 CLAMAGORE SS 285 6/27/1975 Converted to Guppy-III spec, 1962-63. Stricken 27 June 1975. Serving as Museum Ship at Patriot's Point, Charleston, South Carolina.
DD 724 LAFFEY DD 692 3/1/1975 Heavily damaged off Okinawa, 15 Apr 1945, taking four bomb and five Kamikaze hits. (32 killed). Preserved as memorial, berthed at Charleston SC.
DD 661 KIDD DD 445 12/1/1974 Preserved as a memorial. Berthed in Baton Rouge Louisiana, after stricken 1 Dec 1974.
DD 793 CASSIN YOUNG DD 445 12/1/1974 Preserved as memorial, berthed at Boston Navy Yard, Boston MA.
DE 238 STEWART DE 129 6/25/1974 Preserved as a museum at Galveston TX, 25 June 1974.
DD 850 JOSEPH P KENNEDY JR DD 710 7/1/1973 Stricken 1 July 1973. Preserved as a memorial berthed at "Battleship Cove" in Fall River MA next to MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59).
SS 236 SILVERSIDES SS 212 5/24/1973 Museum at Muskegon MI since 24 May 1973.
SS 390 PLAICE SS 285 4/1/1973 Sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1963 for training in submarine warfare; renamed BAHIA (S-12) and retired from active service in the Brazilian Navy in 1973 at which time she became a museum ship in Santos, Brazil.
SS 423 TORSK SS 417 9/26/1972 Museum boat at Baltimore MD since 26 Sep 1972
SS 298 LIONFISH SS 285 8/30/1972 Assigned as NRF training boat in Providence RI after the Korean War. Memorial Ship at Fall River, MA since 30 August 1972.
SS 297 LING SS 285 6/18/1972 Stricken 15 Dec 1971. Memorial ship at Hackensack NJ since 13 Jan 1973.
SS 310 BATFISH SS 285 2/28/1972 Serving as Museum Boat in Muskogee, OK since Feb 1972.
SS 481 REQUIN SS 417 12/20/1971 Museum ship at Tampa FL, Dec 1971 - 1987. Towed up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers arriving in Pittsburgh on September 4, 1990 where she was dedicated as a Memorial and has been opened for tours since 20 October 1990.
SS 287 BOWFIN SS 285 12/1/1971 Museum Boat at Pearl Harbor, HI
SS 244 CAVALLA SS 212 1/21/1971 Preserved as memorial at Galveston, TX since 21 Jan 1971.
SS 245 COBIA SS 212 8/1/1970 Dedicated to Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Aug 1970.
SS 228 DRUM SS 212 4/16/1969 Served as naval reserve training submarine at Washington DC, Mar 1948 - June 1968. Transferred to USS Alabama Commission to be used as a memorial in Mobile AL 16 Apr 1969.
BB 59 MASSACHUSETTS BB 57 6/8/1965 transferred to the Massachusetts Memorial Committee 8 June 1965, museum at Fall River, MA since 14 Aug 1965
BB 60 ALABAMA BB 57 6/16/1964 Museum at Mobile, AL since 14 September 1964
BB 39 ARIZONA BB 38 5/30/1962 Sunk at Pearl Harbor Dec 1941. Declared National Shrine by JFK May 1962.
BB 55 NORTH CAROLINA BB 55 9/6/1961 Museum at Wilmington, NC since 6 Sep 1961. Received 12 battle stars for action during World War Two.
CL 15 OLYMPIA CL 15 9/11/1957 Preserved as a museum at Philadelphia PA, transferred 11 Sep 1957. She is the US Navy's oldest steel ship afloat.
BB 35 TEXAS BB 34 4/21/1948 Museum at San Jacinto State Park in Texas 1948 and turned over to the state of Texas to serve as a permanent memorial. Earned five battle stars during World War Two.
IX 21 CONSTITUTION IX 21 5/7/1934 Laid up in Boston Harbor as a museum since 7 May 1934. Reclassified IX-21, 8 Jan 1941.

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[LargeSlowTarget]

U 995 at Laboe (near Kiel), Germany.

[Przemcio231]

ORP Blyskawica a polish WWII DD is in Gdansk Harbor...

[Brausepaul]

U 2540 (Typ XXI) in Bremerhaven, Germany

[captskillet]

BB Texas at San Jacinto, TX, USS Kidd (DD) is on the Mississippi at Baton Rouge, LA......me tihinks they have a restored Higgins boat at the WWII museum in New Orleans, and I think there are some mothballed ships arounf Los Angeles/Long Beach area. I am almost sure the New Jersey and the Mighty Mo are still around aomewhere also.

PS........forgot about the U-505 at the Museum of Science/Industry in Chicago.

[Nikademus]

Dont have my Dull in front of me (Dull as in Professor Dull who's battle history of the IJN listed the fate of every major combatant) but i do recall that Japan retained use of a couple DE type vessels built during the war for the postwar self defense force. I doubt they were retained as memorials.

I think the closest you will get in regards WWII and Japan is the salvaged main gun turret from the battleship Mutsu which is on display as part of a war-dead memorial.

[jhdeerslayer]

Nice list Ctangus. Ib've been to the Silversides in Muskegon, Michigan. In fact I spent the night on the sub which you can do. Mighty small accomodations!

I believe also there is a Japanese mini-sub at the Pacific War museum I visited years ago in Nimitz's home town in Fredicksburg, TX.

[TSCofield]

ORIGINAL: Sarge

ORIGINAL: SimHq Tom Cofield

Don't forget the U-505 in Washington (for you German guys).

Its in Chicago, at the Museum of Science and Industry

I can't believe I said Washington. I grew up in Illinois, was on the U 505 at least four times as a kid and as an adult. I live in Washington now, I must have geographical dyslexia.

[Cpt.Buckmaster]

Here's a site that lists practically anything of note here in the U.S.:

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/preserve.htm

Then here we have a site with lots of photo tours:

http://www.steelnavy.com/features.htm

[:)]

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: dereck

ORIGINAL: spence

USCGC TANEY (WPG-37) is located in New York I think. TANEY was at Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1941. Sister ship USCGC INGHAM is a museum somewhere or other. USCGCs
BIBB and DUANE (also sisters) are vets of the N. Atlantic convoys (as are INGHAM and TANEY) and are popular dive sites West of Key West, FL. All of those ships served well into the 80s. USCGC DUANE carried gold hull numbers because it was the oldest ship in commission other than USS Constitution and USS Arizona (which have special commissions requiring no actual service).

There's a WWII submarine docked in Cleveland, Ohio. I lived there for over 5 years but damned if I can think of her name right now.

It's the Cod. That was the first sub I ever crawled through.

[Fornadan]

Any British ships left?

A real shame they chose to scrap Warspite

[MkXIV]

ORIGINAL: dereck

ORIGINAL: spence

USCGC TANEY (WPG-37) is located in New York I think. TANEY was at Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1941. Sister ship USCGC INGHAM is a museum somewhere or other. USCGCs
BIBB and DUANE (also sisters) are vets of the N. Atlantic convoys (as are INGHAM and TANEY) and are popular dive sites West of Key West, FL. All of those ships served well into the 80s. USCGC DUANE carried gold hull numbers because it was the oldest ship in commission other than USS Constitution and USS Arizona (which have special commissions requiring no actual service).

There's a WWII submarine docked in Cleveland, Ohio. I lived there for over 5 years but damned if I can think of her name right now.

USS-COD SS-224
Been on it many times, a must see if your on the North Coast

GO TRIBE!

[Mike Solli]

Yeah. When I was old enough to start reading WWII history (about 8 or so) I almost cried when I read that the Enterprise was scrapped.