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USS Kidd laid down

82 years ago today, on 16 October 1942, Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd DD661 was laid down at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, NJ.
USS Kidd Veterans Museum, Batton Rouge, LA

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Shieldhall entered service

On 16 October 1955 the SS Shieldhall entered service for the Glasgow Corporation, transporting treated sewage sludge down the river Clyde to be dumped at sea.
Operational museum Steamship Shieldhall, Southampton, UK

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