32 years ago today, on 17 February 1994, HMAS Otway S-59 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Holbrook Submarine Museum, Holbrook, NSW, Australia
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85 years ago today, on 17 February 1941, Australian Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Castlemaine J-244 was laid down at HMA Naval Dockyard, Williamstown, Victoria in Australia.
HMAS Castlemaine Museum Ship, Williamstown, VIC, Australia
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83 years ago today, on 17 February 1943, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was commissioned with Capt. Felix Stump in command.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX
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81 years ago today, on 17 February 1945, USS LCS(L)(3)-102 was commissioned, Lt. Richard L. Jones in command.
MuseumShip USS LCS-102, Vallejo, CA
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On 16 February 1938, Russian icebreaker/cargo ship Volochaevets was launched at the Matsuo Shipyard on Nagaskai's Koyagi Island, Japan.
She is now a museum ship in Toko, Japan
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78 years ago today, on 16 February 1946, Gato-class submarine USS Drum SS-228 was decommissioned, after 14 war patrols, by her commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Horace P. McNeal.
MuseumShip at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
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16 February 1942, USS Alabama BB-60 was launched at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, sponsored by Henrietta McCormick Hill, wife of J. Lister Hill, the senior Senator from Alabama.
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February 16 1942, Queensland Tug Company's 'Forceful' was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMA Forceful (W126)
MuseumShip at Queensland Maritime Museum, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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15 February 1936, USCGC Eagle WIX-327 (formerly the Horst Wessel) was laid down at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg Germany.
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15 February 1955, USS Growler SSG-577 was laid down at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
MuseumShip at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY
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