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Mikasa launched

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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Electra transferred

On 8 November 1935, USCGC Electra (WPC-187) was transferred to the Navy, as USS Potomac, reclassified (AG-25) and became Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential yacht, 
Musem ship USS Potomac, Oakland, CA

 

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Lexington decommissioned and struck

On 8 November 1991, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was decommissioned for a second time and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX

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