On 31 December 1968, Active Class Cutter USCGC McLane (WSC-146) was decommissioned.
Museum ship at USS Silversides Submarine Museum, Muskegon, MI
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25 years ago today, on 31 December 2000, Willemoes-class fast attack craft HDMS Sehested (P547) was decommissioned. She was handed over to the Royal Danish Naval Museum and docked at the historic Holmen naval base in Copenhagen to serve as a museum ship.
Museum ship at Skibene på Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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26 years ago today, on 31 December 1999, Gearing-class destroyer ROKS Jeon Ju (DD-925), (former USS Rogers -DD-876), was decommissioned by the South Korean Navy and is now a museum ship at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea.
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56 years ago today, on 30 December 1969, Gato-class submarine USS Cavalla (SS-244) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
Galveston Naval Museum, Galveston, TX
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84 years ago today, on 30 December 1941, Flower-class corvette HMCS Sackville (K181) was commissioned with Lieutenant W. R. Kirkland in command.
Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, Halifax, NS Canada
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45 years ago today, on 30 December 1980, Polish coal and ore freighter SS Soldek was taken out of service after 31 years, and is preserved an a museum ship in Gdańsk, as a part of National Maritime Museum collection.
Museum ship at Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Gdansku, Gdansk, Poland
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On 29 December 1941, Pennsylvania-class battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was decommissioned.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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On 29 December 1978, Confederate States submarine 'H.L. Hunley' was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Friends of the Hunley, Charleston, SC
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82 years ago today, on 29 December 1943, Harbour Defence Motor Launch HMS Medusa was commissioned, TSLt Arthur Maurice Lyddiard RNVR in command.
The Medusa Trust, Gosport, Hampshire, UK
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165 years ago today, on 29 December 1860, 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate HMS Warrior was launched at Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Blackwall, London.
HMS Warrior 1860 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK
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