81 years ago today, on 7 December 1943, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin BB-64 was launched at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, sponsored by Mrs. Goodland, wife of Walter S. Goodland, the Governor of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Group at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
On 7 December 1943, Liberty ship SS Arthur M. Huddell was launched at St. Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL.
In 2008 she was transferred to Greece for conversion to a maritime museum and was renamed Hellas Liberty.
Museum ship Όμιλος Φίλων Λίμπερτυ, Piraeus, Greece
139 years ago today, on 7 December 1885, three-masted, iron-hulled barque Polly Woodside entered service, Captain Gilbert Yeates in command.
Museum ship Polly Woodside by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), South Wharf, VIC, Australia
On 6 December 1886, steel-hulled full rigged ship Balclutha was launched at Charles Connell & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, UK.
Museum ship at San Francisco Martime National Historical Park, CA
71 years ago today, on 6 December 1953, auxiliary submarine USS Albacore AGSS-569 was commissioned with LCdr Kenneth C. Gummerson in command.
USS Albacore Submarine and Museum, Portsmouth, NH
