72 years ago today, on 22 July 1954, Dutch minesweeper HNLMS Onverschrokken (M886) was commissioned. She was built as the AM-480 class fleet minesweeper AM-483 by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI, and transferred to the Netherlands under the MDAP.
MuseumSchip Hr.Ms. Mercuur, Vlissingen, Netherlands
84 years ago today, on 21 July 1942, Gato-class submarine USS Cod (SS-224) was laid down at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.
MuseumShip USS Cod, Cleveland, OH
Picture source: Joe Lynch via Cod's Facebook page
185 years ago today, on 21 July 1841, whaler Charles W. Morgan was launched at Jethro and Zachariah Hillman, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
MuseumShip at Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT
On 21 July 1959, NS Savannah was launched at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, NJ, christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
44 years ago today, on July 21 1982, Brazilian Cannon-class destroyer-escort 'Bauru' (former USS McAnn - DE-179) became a museum ship in Rio de Janiero, Brazil
56 years ago today, on 21 July 1970, Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier 'Kiev' was laid down at Chernomorsky Shipyard 444 in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
MuseumShip at Binhai Aircraft Park, a theme park in Tianjin, China.
99 years ago today, on 20 July 1927, pilot-boat/lighthouse tender SS John Oxley was launched at Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley, Scotland.
MuseumShip John Oxley - Australia's Last Coastal Steamship at Sydney Heritage Fleet, Sydney, Australia
87 years ago today, on 20 July 1939, South Dakota-class battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59) was laid down at the Fore River Shipyard of Quincy, Massachusetts.
USS Massachusetts BB59 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
On 19 July 1843, passenger steamship SS Great Britain was launched at William Patterson Shipbuilders in Bristol, England.