29 January 1918, HMS President was launched at Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew, Scotland as HMS Saxifrage.
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29 January 1944, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) was launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, christened by Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of Harry S. Truman, then a United States Senator from Missouri.
Battleship Missouri Memoral, Honolulu, HI
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27 years ago today, on 29 January 1999, 55 years after she was launched, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) opens her gangway to the public as a museum ship, operated by the Missouri Memorial Association (MMA)
Battleship Missour Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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82 years ago today, on 30 January 1944, Balao-class submarine USS Becuna (SS-319) was launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut sponsored by Mrs. George C. Crawford.
Submarine Becuna at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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30 January 1929, Lightship Frying Pan (LV-115) was laid down at Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Co.Charleston, SC
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On 28 January 1945, Gearing-class destroyer USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) was launched at Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine, sponsored by Mrs. H. Larson, mother of PFC Larson.
She was transferred to South Korea on 30 October 1972 became a museum ship at the Gangneung Unification Park, Gangneung, South Korea.
Unfortunately she is no more, as she was recently scrapped.
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On 28 January 1946, Motor Torpedo Boat PT-617 was taken out of service.
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28 January 1914, C-class light cruiser HMS Caroline was laid down at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK
MuseumShip HMS Caroline at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Belfast, UK
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82 years ago toay, on 27 January 1944, Balao-class submarine USS Razorback (SS-394) was launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME, christened by Mrs. H.F.D. Davis.
Museum ship at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR
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59 years ago today, on 27 January 1967, United States Coast Guard Barque Eagle (WIX-327) departed the Coast Guard Yard maintenance facility at Curtis Bay (near Baltimore, Maryland). On a foggy afternoon with little visibility, she traveled toward the Chesapeake Bay at 6 knots (11 km/h). Shortly after 1:30 PM Eagle collided with the motor vessel Philippine Jose Abad Santos. Fortunately, nobody on either ship was injured. Eagle returned to the shipyard and underwent repairs.
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