82 years ago today, on 25 October 1943, Liberty ship SS Arthur M. Huddell was laid down at St. Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL.
Museum ship at Όμιλος Φίλων Λίμπερτυ, Piraeus, Greece
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88 years ago today, on 24 October 1936, Treasury-class cutter USCGC Taney WHEC-37 was commissioned with Cdr W.K. Thompson in command.
Museum ship at Historic Ships in Baltimore, MD
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44 years ago today, on 24 October 1980, Russian Tango-class submarine B396 was commissioned.
Museum ship in Moscow, Russia
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On 23 October 1952, Swedish Halland-class destroyer HSwMS Småland was launched at Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Gothenburg, Sweden, christened by Admiral Helge Strömbäck.
Museum ship at Maritiman, Göteborg, Sweden
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On 22 October 1929, Lightship Chesapeake (LV-116) was launched at Charleston Drydock & Machine Company, in Charleston, SC.
Museum ship at Historic Ships in Baltimore, MD
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On 22 October 1843, Portuguese 50 gun frigate Dom Fernando II e Glória was launched at the Shipyards of the Royal Navy Arsenal at Daman, Portuguese India.
CCM - Comissão Cultural de Marinha, Almada, Portugal
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On 22 October 1988, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin BB-64 was commissioned for the third and last time with Captain Jerry M Blesch in command.
Museum ship at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
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228 years ago today, on 21 October 1797, three-masted heavy frigate USS Constitution was launched at Edmund Hartt's shipyard, Boston, MA
USS Constitution, Charlestown, MA
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54 years ago today, on 21 October 1971, Town-class light cruiser HMS Belfast (C35) became a museum ship on Trafalgar Day.
Museum ship HMS Belfast, London, UK
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76 years ago today, on 21 October 1949, Polish coal and ore freighter SS Soldek entered service for Polska Żegluga Morska.
Now a museum ship at Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Gdansku, Gdansk, Poland.
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