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On 6 August 1987, Tang-class submarine USS Gudgeon (SS-567) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. She was transferred to Turkey on 30 September 1983, and is now a museum ship in Izmit, Turkey.
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82 years ago today, on 25 August 1942 Tribal class Destroyer HMCS Haida (G-63) was launched at Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Friends of HMCS Haida, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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On 26 August 1945, Tacoma-class frigate USS Gallup (PF-47) was decommissioned at Cold Bay, AK and immediately transferred to the Soviet Union as EK-22 as part of Project Hula. After she was returned to the USN on 14 November 1949, she was 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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57 years ago today, on 27 August 1967, Yugoslav Heroj-class submarine Hero (P-821) was launched by admiral Mate Jerkovic.
Now a museum ship in Tivat, Montenegro.
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On 29 August 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1080 was decommissioned. She was transferred to the Republic of Korea October 1958, and served the ROK Navy as Hwa San (LST-816).
MuseumShip at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea
MuseumShip at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea
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86 years ago today, on 24 July 1940, Bathurst-class corvette, HMAS Whyalla (J153) was laid down at Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd in whyalla, south Australia.
MuseumShip in Whyalla Norrie, SA, Australia
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90 years ago today, on 24 July 1936, Thai HTMS Maeklong was laid down at the Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Japan.
MuseumShip in Samut Prakan, Thailand
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267 years ago today, on 23 July 1759, the 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, HMS Victory , was laid down at the Chatham Dockyard.
MuseumShip at the Portsmouth Historic Dockard, Portsmouth, UK
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