On 13 November 1944, patrol boat USS Amber -(Pyc-6) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
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82 years ago today, on 11 November 1942, LST-1-class tank landing ship USS LST-393 was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. in Newport News, VA
USS LST 393 Veterans Museum, Muskegon, MI
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82 years ago today, on 11 November 1943, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389) was launched at the Zenith Dredge Company, Duluth, Minnesota. She was transferred to Estonia on 5 September 1997 as 'Valvas' (PVL-109), and is now a museum ship at Eesti Meremuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia.
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59 years ago today, on 10 November 1966, world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571) collided with the USS Essex (CVS-9) while running submerged about 350 miles east of Morehead City, North Carolina.
Submarine Force Museum Association, Home of the USS Nautilus, Groton, CT
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103 years ago today, on 9 November 1921, protected cruiser USS Olympia C-6 arrived at the Washington Navy yard from France carrying the body of the unknown soldier for internment at Arlington National Cemetery. This image shows the casket leaving the Olympia.
Museum ship at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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