On 7 October 1865, ironclad turret ship Huáscar was launched for the Peruvian Navy at Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England
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On 3 October 1965, Norwegian Type 207 submarine HNoMS Uthaug was launched at Rheinstahl-Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany. She was transferred to Denmark and commissioned in their Navy on October 10, 1990.
In this picture HDMS Sælen is lifted aboard the German contract vessel Grietje. The submarine was transported from Bahrain to Denmark inside the Grietje in the Danish Navy's first cost-saving trial. 11 June 2003.
Now a museum ship in Copenhagen, Denmark
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72 years ago today, on 2 October 1953, Tench-class submarine USS Thornback (SS-418) was recommissioned after GUPPY conversion, with Lieutenant Commander Thomas C. Jones, Jr., in command.
Transferred to Turkey as TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) on 1 July 1971, and now a MuseumShip at the Çanakkale Naval Museum, Çanakkale, Turkey
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79 years ago today, on 2 October 1946, the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world, PS Waverley was launched at A & J. Inglis, Glasgow.
Operational MuseumShip PS Waverley, Glasgow, UK
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85 years ago today, on 2 October 1939, hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship CSS Acadia was recommissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Acadia. She was first used as a training ship and later as a patrol ship off the entrance of Halifax Harbour. After a refit, HMCS Acadia was assigned in mid-1941 for use as an anti-aircraft training ship and served as a gunnery training vessel.
MuseumShip at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada
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On 1 October 1980, Gearing-class destroyer USS Rogers (DD-876) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
She was transferred to South Korea as ROKS Jeon Ju (DD-925) on 25 July 1981, and is now a museum ship at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea
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On 1 October 1954, Stickleback-class midget submarine HMS Stickleback (X-51) was launched by Vickers Armstrong Co., Ltd at Barrow-In-Furness.
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On 1 October 1940, lighthouse tender USCGC Fir (WLM-212) was commissioned.
Fifty one years later, on 1 October 1991, she was decommissioned by her CO, LCDR Nutting.
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63 years ago today, on 2 October 1961, North Carolina-class battleship USS North Carolina BB-55 arrived in Wilmington, NC
USS North Carolina Battleship, Wilmington, NC
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