On 27 July 1949 landlocked "dummy" training ship USS Recruit (TDE-1) was commissioned. She was built to scale, two-thirds the size of a Dealey-class destroyer escort.
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On 27 July 1951 Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) was commissioned for the second time with LCDR Charles C. Wilbur in command.
Following shakedown training, she sailed for the Pacific. After arriving at San Diego, California, on 6 October 1951, she worked from that port for the next two years, devoting her time to training operations and local exercises.
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On 27 July 1955 a replica of the 17th-century ship Mayflower, Mayflower II was laid down at the Upham Shipyard, Bixham, Devon, UK.
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On 27 July 1943, Harbour Defence Motor Launch HMS Medusa was laid down at R A Newman and Sons in Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, UK.
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On 26 July 1845 former passenger steamship SS Great Britain started her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York
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79 years ago today, on 26 July 1945 Gearing-class destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) was launched at Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was sponsored by Miss Jean Kennedy Smith, sister of Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr DD 850 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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84 years ago today, on 25 July 1940 Woban-class district harbor tug Hoga (YT-146) was laid down at Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY
MuseumShip at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR
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On 25 July 1989 Essex class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register
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124 years ago today, on 25 July 1900, Russian icebreaker Angara was launched from a shipyard in Listvyanka into Lake Baikal.
The icebreaker was ordered at Armstrong & Co, Newcastle, transported from Britain in sections, traveling by ship and by horse, and was assembled and launched in Listvyanka
MuseumShip in Irkutsk, Russia.
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43 years ago today, on 25 July 1981 Gearing-class destroyer USS Rogers (DD-876) was transferred to South Korea as ROKS Jeon Ju (DD-925), and is now a museum ship at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea.
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