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72 years ago today, on 2 October 1953, Tench-class submarine USS Thornback (SS-418) was recommissioned after GUPPY conversion, with Lieutenant Commander Thomas C. Jones, Jr., in command.
Transferred to Turkey as TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) on 1 July 1971, and now a MuseumShip at the Çanakkale Naval Museum, Çanakkale, Turkey
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79 years ago today, on 2 October 1946, the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world, PS Waverley was launched at A & J. Inglis, Glasgow.
Operational MuseumShip PS Waverley, Glasgow, UK
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85 years ago today, on 2 October 1939, hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship CSS Acadia was recommissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Acadia. She was first used as a training ship and later as a patrol ship off the entrance of Halifax Harbour. After a refit, HMCS Acadia was assigned in mid-1941 for use as an anti-aircraft training ship and served as a gunnery training vessel.
MuseumShip at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada
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On 1 October 1980, Gearing-class destroyer USS Rogers (DD-876) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
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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