On 9 March 1943, Cannon-class destroyer escort USS Slater DE-766 keel was laid down at Tampa shipbuilding co. Tampa, Fla.
MuseumShip USS Slater, Albany, NY
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On 9 March 1922, Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet steamer SS Virginia V launched at Anderson & Company, Maplewood, WA.
MuseumShip in Seattle, WA
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On 9 March 1975, Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) was decommissioned by her last CO, CDR John Bisset Shewmaker.
She was the last of the Sumner class destroyers to be decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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