On 21 September 1973, Gearing-class destroyer USS Eversole DD-789 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. She was transferred to Tukey on 11 July 1973 as TCG Gayret (D-352), an is now a museum ship in Izmit, Turkey.
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On 20 September 1969, Lütjens-class guided-missile destroyer FGS Mölders (D186) was commissioned, Kapitän zur See Günther Fromm commanding.
MuseumShip at Deutsches Marinemuseum, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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On 20 September 1967, Cunard's QE2 was launched at John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, christened by Queen Elizabeth II
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The QE2 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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On 20 September 1911, German four-masted steel barque Passat was launched at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
MuseumShip in Travemünde, Germany
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On 17 September 1943, Tacoma-class frigate USS Gallup (PF-47) was launched at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, CA, sponsored by Ensign Helen McMahon, NNRC. California. She was later transferred to, and returned by the Soviet Union, and finally transferred to Thailand on 29 October 1951 as HTMS Prasae.
She is now a museum ship at Paknam Prasae, Thailand.
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On 17 September 1936, Gorch Fock-class sail training ship Horst Wessel was commissioned into the German Navy.
After WWII she became part of the USCG as war reparations and was commissioned by Captain Gordon McGowan as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle on May 15 1946.
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On 16 September 1943, Type VIIC/41 U-boat U-995 was commissioned with Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp in command.
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On 16 September 1890, steam coaster SS Robin was launched at Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co, then Robert Thomson, Orchard House Yard, Blackwall, London.
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On 16 September 1943, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389) was laid down at the Zenith Dredge Company, Duluth, Minnesota. She was transferred to Estonia on 5 September 1997 as 'Valvas' (PVL-109), and is now a museum ship in Tallinn, Estonia.
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118 years ago today, on 14 September 1907, passenger liner SS Keewatin started her maiden voyage.
S.S. Keewatin, Kingston, ON, Canada
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