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.
On 16 September 1943, Type VIIC/41 U-boat U-995 was commissioned with Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp in command.
On 16 September 1890, steam coaster SS Robin was launched at Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co, then Robert Thomson, Orchard House Yard, Blackwall, London.
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.
118 years ago today, on 14 September 1907, passenger liner SS Keewatin started her maiden voyage.
S.S. Keewatin, Kingston, ON, Canada
67 years ago today, on 13 September 1958, former ocean liner and cruise ship SS Rotterdam was launched at Rotterdam Drydock Co, Rotterdam Netherlands, sponsored by HM Queen Juliana.
MuseumShip SS Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
On 13 September 1945, River-class frigate HMAS Diamantina K377 was involved in the surrender of Nauru Island for which the ceremony took place on her quarterdeck.
On 6 September 1982 Danish Peder Skram-class frigate, HDMS Peder Skram (F352) accidentally fires harpoon missile during maneuvers in the Kattegat. The missile traveled 34 kilometers at low level, severing several power lines before striking some trees after which it exploded. The fireball and subsequent shock wave destroyed four unoccupied summer cottages and damaged a further 130 buildings in the immediate vicinity. No human injury was reported.
On 5 September 1997, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389) was transferred to Estonia as 'Valvas' (PVL-109), and is now a museum ship in Tallinn, Estonia.
