38 years ago today, on 7 December 1986, Treasury-class Cutter USCGC Taney WHEC-37 was decommissioned after fifty years of service.
She continues to serve as a museum ship in Baltimore, MD.
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82 years ago today, on 7 December 1942, Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin SS-287 was launched at Portsmouth Naval shipyard, Kittery, ME, sponsored by Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of Captain James Gawne.
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu, HI
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On 7 December 1941, Pennsylvania-class battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was sunk at Pearl Harbor during a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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82 years ago today, on 7 December 1942, Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 was launched at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, The ship was christened at her launching by Carolyn Edison, wife of Governor Charles Edison of New Jersey, himself a former Secretary of the Navy.
Battleship New Jersey, Camden, NJ
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81 years ago today, on 7 December 1943, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin BB-64 was launched at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, sponsored by Mrs. Goodland, wife of Walter S. Goodland, the Governor of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Group at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
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On 7 December 1943, Liberty ship SS Arthur M. Huddell was launched at St. Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL.
In 2008 she was transferred to Greece for conversion to a maritime museum and was renamed Hellas Liberty.
Museum ship Όμιλος Φίλων Λίμπερτυ, Piraeus, Greece
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139 years ago today, on 7 December 1885, three-masted, iron-hulled barque Polly Woodside entered service, Captain Gilbert Yeates in command.
Museum ship Polly Woodside by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), South Wharf, VIC, Australia
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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'.
Greek Shipping Miracle
Museum ship Όμιλος Φίλων Λίμπερτυ, Piraeus, Greece.
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