15 January 1947, today 71 years ago USS Hornet CV-12 was decommissioned in San Francisco and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
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15 January 1947, today 71 years ago USS Charette DD-581 was decommissioned. She was transferred to Greece as Velos (D16) on 16 June 1959. She is now a museum ship at the Naval Tradition Park at Palaio Faliro, near Athens, Greece
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January 14 1933, 85 yeas ago today, German barque Gorch Fock I was laid down at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
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13 January 1945, today 73 years ago USS LCS(L)(3)-102 was laid down at Commercial Iron works, Portland, OR. In this picture she is shown as the Thai HTMS Nakha LSSL-751
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12 January 1968, today 50 years ago today, A-class submarine HMS Alliance (P417) ran aground on Bembridge Ledge off the Isle of Wight but was subsequently refloated with the help of Admiralty tugs.
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11 January 1995, today 23 years ago USS Ainsworth (FF-1090) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. She was transferred to Turkey a year earlier as TCG Ege, was decommissioned on March 21 2005 and is now a museum ship in Izmir, Turkey.
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11 January 1954, today 64 years ago HMY Britannia commissioned with Captain J.S. Dalglish in command
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10 January 2001, today 17 years ago USS LST 325 arrived in Mobile, AL after a 6500 mile journey from Crete, Greece
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10 January 1991, today 27 years ago Dutch Potvis-class HNLMS Tonijn (S805) was decommissioned, now a museum ship in Den Helder, Netherlands
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