On 8 April 1927 Active-class patrol boat USCGC McLane (WSC-146) was commissioned.
MuseumShip at USS Silversides Submarine Museum, Muskegon, MI
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On 7 April 1944, 180-foot seagoing buoy tender USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) was launched at Zenith Dredge, Duluth Minnesota.
MuseumShip at SS City of Milwaukee, Manistee, MI
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On 7 April 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1134 was commissioned, LT. Charles R. Barheght USNR in command.
Transferred to Thailand as HTMS Pangan (LST-13) on 16 May 1966, and now a museum ship in Ko Pha-ngan district, Surat Thani, Thailand
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82 years ago today, on 7 April 1944 C-class destroyer HMS Cavalier (R73) was launched at J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.
MuseumShip at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, UK
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80 yars ago today, on 6 April 1946 Balao-class submarine USS Batfish SS-310 was decommissioned for the first time.
MuseumShip at Muskogee War Memorial Park - Home of the USS Batfish, MUskogee, OK
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80 years ago today, on 6 April 1946 Tench-class submarine USS Thornback (SS-418), later Turkish TCG Uluçalireis (S 338), was decommissioned at New London.
Now a MuseumShip at Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, Turkey.
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58 years ago today, on 6 April 1968 Iowa class Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 was commissioned for the 3rd time at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for Vietnam War service, with Capt. J. Edward Snyder in command.
MuseumBattleShip New Jersey, Camden, NJ
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83 years ago today, on April 6 1943, Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Glendale (PF-36) was laid down at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California. Transferred to Thailand as HTMS Tachin (PF-1) on 29 October 1951, where she is now a museum ship at the Thai Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
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On 6 April 1945, Gearing-class destroyer Everett F. Larson (DD-830) was commissioned, commander H. Meyers in command.
She was transferred to South Korea on 30 October 1972 and is now a museum ship at the Gangneung Unification Park, Gangneung, South Korea.
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82 years ago today, on 6 April 1944 River-class frigate HMAS Diamantina (K377) was launched at Walkers Ltd. in Maryborough, Queensland Australia, sponsored by Mrs Riordan, wife of the Chairman of Committees, House of Representatives and later Minister for the Navy.
MuseumShip at Queensland Maritime Museum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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