72 years ago today, on 20 November 1953, T-1-class training submarine USS Marlin - T-2 was commissioned Lt. Edward Holt in command.
Museum ship at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE
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On 20 November 2012, Oberon-class submarine HMCS Ojibwa (S72) arrived at Port Burwell and became part of the new Museum of Naval History, Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada.
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81 years ago today, on 20 November 1944, Gearing-class destroyer USS Rogers (DD-876) was launched at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, TX, sponsored by Mrs. Josie Viola Taylor Rogers,
She was transferred to South Korea as ROKS Jeon Ju (DD-925) on 25 July 1981, and is now a museum ship at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea
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165 years ago today, on 20 November 1860, Danish Frigate Jylland was launched at Naval dockyard Copenhagen, Denmark.
Museum ship Fregatten Jylland, Ebeltoft, Denmark
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On 19 November 1895, 'Whaleback' ship SS Frank Rockefeller 's keel was laid at the American Steel Barge Company (ASB) at their yard in Superior, Wisconsin. She would be renamed 'South Park' in 1927, and finally 'Meteor' in 1942, when she was sold to the Cleveland Tanker Company, and converted to a tanker. It was at this time that she obtained the name Meteor, as Cleveland Tanker named their vessels after celestial bodies.
Museum ship at Superior Public Museums: Fairlawn, SS Meteor, Firehouse & Police Museum, Superior, WI
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