80 years ago today, on 8 April 1946 Canadian Flower-class corvette HMCS Sackville (K181) was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Canadian Naval Memorial Trust Halifax, NS, Canada
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On 7 April 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1134 was commissioned, LT. Charles R. Barheght USNR in command.
Transferred to Thailand as HTMS Pangan (LST-13) on 16 May 1966, and now a museum ship in Ko Pha-ngan district, Surat Thani, Thailand
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82 years ago today, on 7 April 1944 C-class destroyer HMS Cavalier (R73) was launched at J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.
MuseumShip at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, UK
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80 years ago today, on 6 April 1946 Tench-class submarine USS Thornback (SS-418), later Turkish TCG Uluçalireis (S 338), was decommissioned at New London.
Now a MuseumShip at Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, Turkey.
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83 years ago today, on April 6 1943, Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Glendale (PF-36) was laid down at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California. Transferred to Thailand as HTMS Tachin (PF-1) on 29 October 1951, where she is now a museum ship at the Thai Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
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On 6 April 1945, Gearing-class destroyer Everett F. Larson (DD-830) was commissioned, commander H. Meyers in command.
She was transferred to South Korea on 30 October 1972 and is now a museum ship at the Gangneung Unification Park, Gangneung, South Korea.
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82 years ago today, on 6 April 1944 River-class frigate HMAS Diamantina (K377) was launched at Walkers Ltd. in Maryborough, Queensland Australia, sponsored by Mrs Riordan, wife of the Chairman of Committees, House of Representatives and later Minister for the Navy.
MuseumShip at Queensland Maritime Museum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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on 5 April 1944 Tench-class submarine USS Thornback (SS-418) was laid down at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
She was transferred to Turkey on July 1 1971 as TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) and is now a Museum submarine at the Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Istanbul, Turkey
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17 years ago today, on 5 April 2007, Japanese Yūshio-class submarine Akishio (SS-579) was put on display at the Kure Maritime Museum, Kure City, Japan
MuseumShip at 海上自衛隊呉史料館 てつのくじら館, Hiroshima, Japan
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On 5 April 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1080 was laid down at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc, Hingham, MA.
MuseumShip at SapKyoHo National sightseeing resort, South Korea
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