78 years ago today, on 3 April 1948 Project B30 Class Polish SS Soldek was laid down at Stocznia Gdanska.
MuseumShip at Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Gdansku, Gdansk, Poland
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63 years ago today, on 3 April 1963, Portuguese 50 gun frigate Dom Fernando II e Glória was destroyed by fire. A huge fire erupted, partially destroying the ship's hull and structure. After the fire was extinguished, the frigate was towed to an area where the navigation on the river Tagus wouldn't be disturbed, remaining abandoned and half buried in the mud-flats for the next 29 years.
Now a rebuild MuseumShip in Almada, Portugal
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56 years ago today, on 2 April 1968 Gato-class submarine USS Croaker SS-246 was decommissioned for a 3rd and final time.
MuseumShip at Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, NY
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81 years ago today, on 2 April 1945 Gearing-class destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. - DD-850 was laid down at Bethlehem Steel's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts.
MuseumShip USS Jospeh P. Kennedy Jr DD-850, at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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64 years ago today, on 2 April 1960, French Narval-class submarine Espadon (S637) was commissioned.
MuseumShip at Saint-Nazaire Renversante, Saint-Nazaire, France
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Added Brazilian Oberon-class submarine Riachuelo (S22) to the website as 367th MuseumShip.
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on 1 April 1981 Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin SS-287 became a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, HI.
MuseumShip at USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu, HI
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On 1 April 1990, Hawaiian Chieftain starts her maiden voyage to French Polynesia, arriving in Papeete on April 20.
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on 1 April 1994 Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric attack submarine Foxtrot B-39 was decommissioned.
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on 1 April 1943 Gato-class submarine USS Croaker SS-246 was laid down at Electric Boat Co.. Groton, CT.
MuseumShip at Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park, Buffalo, NY
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