On 23 September 1941, South Dakota class.battleship USS Massachusetts - BB-59 was launched at Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Fore River Shipyard), sponsored by Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, wife of a former Secretary of the Navy.
USS Massachusetts BB59 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
On 23 September 2011, French Agosta-class submarine 'Ouessant' (S623) was transferred to Malaysia.
Museum ship at Muzium & Galeri Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia
On 22 September 1936, Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen was launched at Gusto Shipyard, Schiedam, Netherlands
On 22 September 1956, a replica of the 17th-century ship Mayflower, Mayflower II was launched at Upham shipyard, Bixham, Devon, UK, christened by Stewart Upham & Reis Leming.
Plimoth Patuxet Museums, Plymouth, MA
On 21 September 1939, MY Philante entered in Royal Navy service as HMS Philante. After WWII she was sold back to her previous owner, Thomas Sopwith, who sold it to Norway in July 1947, to be used as King Haakon's 75th birthday present. At commissioning on 17 May 1948 she was renamed 'Norge'