61 years ago today, on 10 December 1964, German type-205 submarine U9 was laid down at the Howaldtswerke shipyard, Kiel, Germany.
MuseumShip at Technik Museen Sinsheim Speyer, Speyer, Germany
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72 years ago today, on 19 February 1952, AM-480-class fleet minesweeper AM-483 was laid down by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI. She was transferred to the Netherlands as HNLMS Onverschrokken (M886) under MDAP, later renamed HNLMS Mercuur and is now a museum ship in Vlissingen, Netherlands.
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February 19 1971, French Daphne-class submarine Flore partially flooded off Toulon due to a malfunction with her periscope. Tugs Pachyderme and Travailleur towed her back to Toulon.
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45 years ago today, on 19 February 1981 Gearing-class destroyer USS Rogers (DD-876) was decommissioned.
She was transferred to South Korea as ROKS Jeon Ju (DD-925) on 25 July 1981, and is now a museum ship at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea.
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February 18 1874, Australian barque James Craig was launched at Bartram, Haswell, & Co, Sunderland, England as 'Clan Macleod'.
Tall Ship James Craig, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
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160 years ago today, on 17 February 1864, confederate submarine 'H.L. Hunley' , attacked and sank the 1,240 ton United States Navy screw sloop-of-war USS Housatonic, which had been on Union blockade-duty in Charleston's outer harbor. The Hunley did not survive the attack and also sank, taking with her all eight members of her third crew, and was lost.
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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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