94 years ago today, on 21 November 1931, MV Moonta entered service for the Adelaide Steamship Company. She was built by Burmeister & Wain Shipyard in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Now a museum ship in Le Barcarès, France.
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73 years ago today, on 21 November 1952, Tang-class submarine TCG Hizirreis (S342) was commissioned as USS Gudgeon (SS-567), with Commander Robert M. Carroll in command.
Now a museum ship in Izmit, Turkey.
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On 16 November 1989, HNLMS Mercuur (A-856) was struck from the Dutch Naval Register.
She was built as AM-483 at Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI in 1953, and transferred to the Netherlands as 'Onverschrokken' (M 886) (Renamed Mercuur and reclassified A-856, 11 May 1973)
Now a museum ship in Vlissingen, Netherlands.
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74 years ago today, on 14 November 1949, Soviet Union Tacoma-class frigate EK-22 was returned to the United States and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet in Yokosuka.
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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82 years ago today, on 11 November 1943, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389) was launched 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 at Eesti Meremuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia.
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97 years ago today, on 9 November 1928, Japanese ocean liner Hikawa Maru was laid down at Yokohama Dock Co.
Museum ship in Yokohama, Japan
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125 years ago today, on 8 November 1900, Japanese pre-dreadnought battleship Mikasa was launched at Vickers Barrow-in-Furness
Museum ship in Yokosuka, Japan
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140 years ago today, on 7 November 1885, three-masted, iron-hulled barque Polly Woodside was launched at Workman, Clark & Co, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and christened by the owner's wife, Mrs Marian ("Polly") Woodside.
Museum ship at the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), South Wharf, VIC, Australia
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83 years ago today, on 9 November 1942, River-class frigate HMS Fal was launched at Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, UK.
She was transferred to Burma on 25 May 1947 as UBS Mayu, and has been preserved as a museum ship at Myanmar Naval Training Headquarters
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90 years ago today, on 9 November 1935, Grom-class destroyer ORP Blyskawica (H34) was laid down at J. Samuel White Shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Museum ship at Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni, Gdyia, Poland
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