January 7 1965, 53 years ago today, Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537) was decommissioned.
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January 7 2005, 13 years ago today, USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227) was added to the National Register of HIstoric Places
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January 6 1941, 77 years ago today, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) was laid down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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January 5 2004, 14 years ago today, Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) was towed into San Diego Bay. She was moored temporarily at Naval Air Station North Island to take-on restored historical aircraft and will soon be home ported across the bay in San Diego, as the center piece for our nation's biggest museum devoted to carriers and naval aviation. (Wikipedia)
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January 4 1999, 19 years ago today, Iowa-class battleship New Jersey (BB-62) was struck from the Naval Vessel Record.
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January 4 1958, 60 years ago today, Forrest Sherman-class destroyer USS Edson (DD-946) was launched at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
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January 4 1908, 110 years ago today, Finnish Icebreaker Tarmo entered service, Captain Leonard Melán in command.
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3 January 1976, 42 years ago today, Essex-class airxraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) opened to the public as a museum ship in Charleston, SC
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