On 1 September 1960, type XXI U-boat Wilhelm Bauer (U-2540) , was recommissioned as a research vessel on the West-German Bundesmarine.
U-2540 had been scuttled on 4 May 1945, raised in June 1957 (12 years later!) and overhauled at Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany.
On 1 September 1986, Russian Whiskey-class submarine S-189 was decommissioned.
On April 30, 2007, HTMS Lanta (LST-714) was decommissioned
Now a MuseumShip at Sai Thai, Mueang Krabi District, Thailand
51 years ago today, on 15 August 1973, USS Stone County (LST-1141), was sold to Thailand, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register
Now a MuseumShip at Sai Thai, Mueang Krabi District, Thailand
On 1 July 1955, USS LST-1141 was renamed USS Stone County (LST-1141)
She was transferred to Thailand on 12 March 1970 and renamed HTMS Lanta (LST-4)
Now a MuseumShip at Sai Thai, Mueang Krabi District, Thailand