On 22 June 1967 Oberon-class submarine HMCS Onondaga (S73) was commissioned at Chatham with LCdr Geoffrey Robert Meek, RCN in command.
MuseumShip at Site Historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père, Rimouski, QC, Canada
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On 22 June 1959 River-class frigate HMAS Diamantina (F377) was recommissioned Lt. Commander Bruce Gordon RAN in command.
MuseumShip at Queensland Maritime Museum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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On 22 June 2000, Thai HTMS Tachin (PF-1) , former Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Glendale (PF-36), was decommissioned. She is now a museum ship at the Thai Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
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77 years ago today, on 22 June 1946 Gato-class submarine USS Cod SS-224 was decommissioned for the first time.
MuseumShip USS Cod, Cleveland, OH
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23 years ago today, on 22 June 1998, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) arrives at her berth at Ford Island. This berth is roughly where the battleships MARYLAND (BB 46) and OKLAHOMA (BB 37) were moored on 7 December 1941. The 184 foot-long USS ARIZONA Memorial in the foreground spans the mid-portion of the sunken battleship USS ARIZONA (BB 39).
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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50 years ago today, on 22 June 1971 Soviet Foxtrot Class Scorpion (B-427) was launched at Sudomekh Shipyard Leningrad.
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On 21 June 1976 Balao-class submarine USS Becuna SS-319 arrives at Penn's Lading in Philadelphia, PA to become a MuseumShip.
Submarine Becuna at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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On 21 June 1943 Gato-class submarine USS Cod SS-224 was commissioned with LCDR James C. Dempsey in command.
MuseumShip USS Cod, Cleveland, OH
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15 years ago today, on 21 June 2006 ice breaker USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) moved under its own power from Cheboygan (where she was decommissioned on 10 June 2006), to Mackinaw City, MI, where she now serves as a museum ship known as Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum
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55 years ago today, on 21 June 1970 Daphne-class submarine SAS Johanna van der Merwe - S99 was launched at Dubigeon-Normandy Shipyard, She was renamed to SAS Assegaai - (S99) in 1997.
Assegaai Submarine Museum, Simon's Town, South Africa
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