On May 4 1945, Type XXI U-boat U-2540 (Wilhelm Bauer) , was scuttled near the Flensburg lightship.
MuseumShip at the Deutsches Schifffahrtmuseum - DSM, Bremerhaven, Germany
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69 years ago today, on 4 May 1957 T 47-class destroyer Maillé-Brézé D-627 was commissioned with Capitaine de vaisseau (captain) Robert Mine in command.
MuseumShip Maillé-Brézé, Nantes, France
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On 3 May 1945 PT-796 was laid down at Higgins Industries.
MuseumShip at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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On 3 May 1933 German three-mast barque Gorch Fock was launched at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
MuseumShip Gorch Fock I, Stralsund, Germany
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On 2 May 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1080 was launched at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc, Hingham, MA.
MuseumShip at the SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, South Korea
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Today in 1969, Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth 2 starts her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, taking 4 days, 16 hours, and 35 minutes.
The QE2 Dubai, UAE
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On May 1 1920, lightship Huron (LV-103) was launched at Consolidated Shipbuilding Co. Morris Heights, New York.
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On May 1 1935, Treasury-class Coast Guard cutter USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35) was laid down at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
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On May 1 1935, Treasury-class Coast Guard cutter USCGC Taney (WHEC-37) was laid down at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
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83 years ago today, on May 1 1943, Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) was commissioned for the first time, CDR Joseph H. Willingham in command.
MuseumShip at USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu, HI
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