31 January 1964, Oberon-class submarine HMS Ocelot (S17) was commissioned and assigned to the 3rd Submarine Squadron, based at HMNB Clyde in Faslane.
Museum ship at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, UK
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On 31 January 1955, Sverdlov-class light cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov was commissioned, Captain 1st rank Mikhail Zinovjevich Ljubichev in command.
Museum ship at Novorossiysk, Russia
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67 years ago today, on 30 January 1959, Des Moines-class heavy cruiser USS Salem (CA-139) was decommissioned at Norfolk. She was stored as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The ship was surveyed in 1981 for possible reactivation as part of the 600 ship navy project, and while the inspection results showed she was in excellent condition, funding for her and Des Moines reactivation could not be secured from Congress.
USS Salem - Quincy, MA
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31 January 1973, USS Marlin SST-2 was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip at Freedom Park (Omaha, Nebraska
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29 January 1918, HMS President was launched at Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew, Scotland as HMS Saxifrage.
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