58 years ago today, on 30 June 1968, Gato-class submarine USS Drum (SS-228) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
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On 30 June 1934, USCGC Electra was launched at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. After a year of Coast Guard service, she was acquired by the USN to become President Roosevelt's presidential yacht. As such she was renamed USS Potomac on January 30, 1936 and is now a museum ship in Oakland, CA
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78 years ago today, on 30 June 1947, Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) was decommissioned for the first time by her CO, CDR Donald Stanley Cramer.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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On 30 June 1969, Gato-class submarine USS Silversides (SS-236) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
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73 years ago today, on 30 June 1953, Cannon-class destroyer escort, USS McAnn (DE-179) was transferred to Brazil as 'Bauru' (D-18).
MuseumShip in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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33 years ago today, on 30 June 1993, Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier 'Kiev' was decommissioned.
Now a MuseumShip in Tianjin, China.
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60 years ago today, on 29 June 1965, Australian Oberon-class submarine HMAS Otway (S59) was laid down at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland.
Holbrook Submarine Museum, Holbrook, NSW, Australia
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13 years ago today, on 29 June 2013, Canadian Oberon-class submarine HMCS Ojibwa (S72) opened to the public at the Museum of Naval History in Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada
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On 28 June 1945, Balao-class submarine USS Clamagore (SS-343) was commissioned, CDR S.C. Loomis Jr. in command.
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29 years ago today, on 28 June 1997, the city of Karlskrona donated the full rigger 'Jarramas' to the Marin museum, on its opening day.
MuseumShip at the Marin Museum, Karlskrona, Sweden
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