On 6 December 1886, steel-hulled full rigged ship Balclutha was launched at Charles Connell & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, UK.
Museum ship at San Francisco Martime National Historical Park, CA
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71 years ago today, on 6 December 1953, auxiliary submarine USS Albacore AGSS-569 was commissioned with LCdr Kenneth C. Gummerson in command.
USS Albacore Submarine and Museum, Portsmouth, NH
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16 years ago today, on 6 December 2008, Liberty ship Arthur M. Huddell left Norfolk, VA under tow for Piraeus harbour, to become museum ship 'Hellas Liberty'.
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Museum ship Όμιλος Φίλων Λίμπερτυ, Piraeus, Greece.
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81 years ago today, on 5 December 1944, Boulder Victory-class cargo ship SS Red Oak Victory was commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Red Oak Victory AK-235 with LCDR. John Sayers, USNR, in command.
Museum ship SS Red Oak Victory, Richmond, CA
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On 4 December 1971, Soviet Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) submarine 'Б-427' (Scorpion) was commissioned.
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111 years ago today, on 4 December 1914, C-class light cruiser HMS Caroline was commissioned, Captain H. Ralph Crooke commanding
Museum ship HMS Caroline at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Belfast, UK
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On 4 December 1911, Ottoman Navy minelayer Nusret was launched at Schiff & Maschinenbau AG 'Germania' at Kiel, Germany.
Museum ship in Tarsus, Turkey
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On 4 December 1967, Australian Oberon-class submarine HMAS Onslow (SS-60) was laid down at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, UK.
Museum ship at Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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33 years ago today, on 4 December 1991 schooner Governor Stone was added to the National Register of Historic Places. A year later, on 4 December 1992, she was designated a National Historic Landmark.
Governor Stone, Panama City, FL
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34 years ago today, on 4 December 1990, Danish Tumleren-class submarine HDMS Sælen (S323) sank while being towed from Copenhagen to Aarhus. On 17 December, she was raised by the German floating crane Roland and taken to Aarhus for repair. On 10 August 1993, diving approval was issued and the boat was recommissioned.
Now a museum ship at Skibene på Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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