78 years ago today, on 16 February 1946, Gato-class submarine USS Drum SS-228 was decommissioned, after 14 war patrols, by her commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Horace P. McNeal.
MuseumShip at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
16 February 1942, USS Alabama BB-60 was launched at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, sponsored by Henrietta McCormick Hill, wife of J. Lister Hill, the senior Senator from Alabama.
February 16 1942, Queensland Tug Company's 'Forceful' was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMA Forceful (W126)
MuseumShip at Queensland Maritime Museum, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
