On 4 September 1944, Gearing-class destroyer Everett F. Larson (DD-830) was laid down at Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine.
She was transferred to South Korea on 30 October 1972 and is now a museum ship at the Gangneung Unification Park, Gangneung, South Korea.
On 3 September 1959 former ocean liner and cruise ship SS Rotterdam started her maiden voyage to New York.
On 1 September 1975 Fletcher-class destroyer USS Charette (DD-581) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. Now Greek museum ship Velos (D16).
On 1 September 1960, type XXI U-boat Wilhelm Bauer (U-2540) , was recommissioned as a research vessel on the West-German Bundesmarine.
U-2540 had been scuttled on 4 May 1945, raised in June 1957 (12 years later!) and overhauled at Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany.
On 1 September 1986, Russian Whiskey-class submarine S-189 was decommissioned.
On April 30, 2007, HTMS Lanta (LST-714) was decommissioned
Now a MuseumShip at Sai Thai, Mueang Krabi District, Thailand
51 years ago today, on 15 August 1973, USS Stone County (LST-1141), was sold to Thailand, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register
Now a MuseumShip at Sai Thai, Mueang Krabi District, Thailand
73 years ago today, on 3 November 1950, USS LST-1141 was re-commissioned at San Diego, CA.
She was transferred to Thailand on 12 March 1970 and renamed HTMS Lanta (LST-4)
Now a MuseumShip at Sai Thai, Mueang Krabi District, Thailand
81 years ago today, on 22 January 1945, USS LST-1141 was laid down at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
She was transferred to Thailand on 12 March 1970 and renamed HTMS Lanta (LST-4)
Now a MuseumShip at Sai Thai, Mueang Krabi District, Thailand
On 10 August 1628, Swedish 64 gun warship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage.
The Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
