On 5 May 1958 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers USS Turner Joy DD-951 was launched at Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle, WA, sponsored by Mrs. C. Turner Joy
MuseumShip USS Turner Joy, Bremerton, WA
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On 5 May 1943 Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper HMAS Abraham Crijnssen was decommissioned and returned by the RAN to Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen.
MuseumShip at MarineMuseum, Den Helder, Netherlands
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On 5 May 1977 Willemoes-class fast attack craft HDMS Sehested (P547) was launched at Frederikshavn Værft A/S, Denmark.
MuseumShip at Museet Skibene på Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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On 5 May 1985, EML Lembit opened to the public as a war memorial.
Museumship at Lennusadam, Tallinn, Estonia
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On 5 May 1962, Oberon-class submarine HMS Ocelot (S17) was launched by Lady Sanders, wife of Vice-Admiral Sir T. Sanders, at the Chatham Dockyard.
MuseumShip at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, UK
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27 years ago today, on May 4 1998, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) 's donation agreement was signed by Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable John H. Dalton, that will send the famed battleship to Pearl Harbor Hawaii.
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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70 years ago today, on 4 May 1955 Aggressive-class minesweeper USS Lucid MSO-458 was commissioned, Lt J.H. Graham in command
USS Lucid (MSO-458), Stockton, CA
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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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68 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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