53 years ago today, on 26 December 1972, Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier 'Kiev' was launched at Chernomorsky Shipyard 444 in Mykolaiv, Ukraine
MuseumShip at Tianjin, China
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112 years ago today, on 26 December 1913, Russian empire's icebreaker Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich was launched at the Vulcan Werft, Stettin, Germany.
Now museum ship Suur Tõll at Eesti Meremuuseum in Tallinn, Estonia
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On 25 December 1939, Stalinets-class submarine S-56 was launched at Dalzavod, Vladivostok.
Museum ship in Vladivostok, Russia
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On 25 December 1970, Russian Foxtrot-class subamrine B440 was commissioned.
Museum ship in Vologda Oblast, Russia
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113 years ago today, on 24 December 1911, German four-masted steel barque Passat starts her maiden voyage to Valparaiso, where she arrives on 14 March 1912.
MuseumShip in Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany
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On 23 December 1909, Florida-class battleship USS Utah (BB-31) was launched at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, NJ., sponsored by Miss Mary Alice Spry, daughter of Governor William Spry of Utah.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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54 years ago today, on 23 December 1970, Aggressive-class minesweeper USS Lucid MSO-458 was decommissioned at U.S. Naval Shipyard Long Beach, California.
USS Lucid (MSO-458), Stockton, CA
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56 years ago today, on 23 December 1968, Coastal tanker Mary A. Whalen ran aground on a sandbar off Rockaway Point outside New York harbor.
Museum ship Mary A. Whalen, New York, NY
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81 years ago today, on 22 December 1943, PT-305 was commissioned and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWENTY TWO (MTBRon 22) under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Richard J. Dressling, and was assigned to the Mediterranean.
Museum ship at The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, LA
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On 22 December 1920, Lightship Huron (LV-103) was commissioned
Port Huron Museum, MI
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