On 27 May 1994 Knox-class frigate USS Ainsworth (FF-1090) was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey as TCG Ege (F-256).
MuseumShip in Izmir, Turkey
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On 27 May 1944 Balao-class submarine USS Becuna SS-319 was commissioned with LCDR H.D. Sturr in command
Submarine Becuna at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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On 27 May 1937 Dutch Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen was commissioned, LTZ 1 J.R.L. Le-beau commanding.
MuseumShip at MarineMuseum, Den Helder, Netherlands
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On 27 May 1911 former tender of the White Star Line SS Nomadic was completed and acquired
MuseumShip SS Nomadic, Belfast, UK
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On 27 May 1945, Gearing-class destroyer USS Sarsfield (DD-837) was launched by the Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine, sponsored by Mrs. Eugene S. Sarsfield. She was transferred to Taiwan as Te Yang (DG-925) on October 1 1977 and is now a museum ship in Tainan City, Taiwan.
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On May 27 1943, PT-305 was launched by Higgins Industries in New Orleans.
MuseumShip at The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA
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On 27 May 1914, Russian empire's icebreaker Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich was commissioned at the Vulcan Werft, Stettin, Germany.
Now MuseumShip Suur Tõll at Lennusadam, Tallinn, Estonia
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93 years ago today, on 26 May 1933 Coast Guard lighthouse tender USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227) was launched at Pusey & Jones Shipyard in Wilmington, DE, sponsored by Kristie Putnam.
MuseumShip at Lilac Preservation Project, New York, NY
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On 26 May 1998 Essex class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was donated to the Aircraft Carrier Hornet foundation.
MuseumShip at USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA
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62 years ago today, on 25 May 1964 Grayback class submarine USS Growler SSG-577 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Intrepid Museum, New York, NY
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