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USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) launched

On 7 April 1944, 180-foot seagoing buoy tender USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) was launched at Zenith Dredge, Duluth Minnesota.
MuseumShip at SS City of Milwaukee, Manistee, MI

 

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USS LST-1134 commissioned

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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HMS Cavalier (R73) launched

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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