On 16 October 1955 the SS Shieldhall entered service for the Glasgow Corporation, transporting treated sewage sludge down the river Clyde to be dumped at sea.
Operational museum Steamship Shieldhall, Southampton, UK
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Added 358th museum ship to the site; French Aréthuse-class submarine Argonaute (S636).
She is a museum ship at the Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie
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64 years ago today, on 15 October 1959, Barbel-class submarine USS Blueback SS-581 was commissioned with LCDR Robert H. Gautier in command.
She was the last non-nuclear submarine to join the United States Navy and was the final conventionally powered combat capable submarine to be decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy with a fully nuclear submarine fleet except for the research submarine USS Dolphin.
MuseumShip at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, OR
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On 15 October 1863, confederate submarine 'H.L. Hunley', while performing a demonstration dive beneath CSS Indian Chief in Charleston Harbour, SC, was lost with all hands. It wasn't until November 7 until she was found.
Museum ship at Friends of the Hunley, Charleston, SC
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32 years ago today, on 14 October 1992, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) was opened to the public as a museum ship.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX
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