On 16 September 1940, Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 was laid down at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
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On 16 September 1943, Type VIIC/41 U-boat U-995 was commissioned with Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp in command.
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On 16 September 1890, steam coaster SS Robin was launched at Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co, then Robert Thomson, Orchard House Yard, Blackwall, London.
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On 16 September 1943, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389) was laid down 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 in Tallinn, Estonia.
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80 years ago today, on 15 September 1945, Gearing-class destroyer USS Orleck DD-886 was commissioned with LCDR John D. Andrew in command.
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