On 23 December 1909, Florida-class battleship USS Utah (BB-31) was launched at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, NJ., sponsored by Miss Mary Alice Spry, daughter of Governor William Spry of Utah.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI
54 years ago today, on 23 December 1970, Aggressive-class minesweeper USS Lucid MSO-458 was decommissioned at U.S. Naval Shipyard Long Beach, California.
USS Lucid (MSO-458), Stockton, CA
56 years ago today, on 23 December 1968, Coastal tanker Mary A. Whalen ran aground on a sandbar off Rockaway Point outside New York harbor.
Museum ship Mary A. Whalen, New York, NY
