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67 years ago today, on 21 August 1957 Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 was decommissioned for the second time at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and placed in reserve at Bayonne, NJ.
Battleship New Jersey, Camden, NJ
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On 21 August 1943 Balao-class submarine USS Batfish SS-310 was commissioned with LCDR Wayne R. Merrill in command.
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53 years ago today, on 21 August 1971 Daphne-class SAS Assegaai (S99) commissioned as Johanna van der Merwe with Lt Cdr Theo Honiball in command.
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73 years ago today, on 22 August 1951, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) ran aground a mudbank in the Hudson River and was freed by tug boats.
MuseumShip at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
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