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USS Bowfin laid down

84 years ago today, on 23 July 1942, Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) was laid down at Portsmouth Naval shipyard, Kittery, ME.
MuseumShip at Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum,  Honolulu, HI

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HMS Victory laid down

267 years ago today, on 23 July 1759, the 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, HMS Victory , was laid down at the Chatham Dockyard.
MuseumShip at the Portsmouth Historic Dockard, Portsmouth, UK

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USS Croaker repossesssed by USN

On 22 July 1987, Gato-class submarine USS Croaker (SS-246) , then a museum ship in Groton, CT was repossessed by the United States Navy, citing deteriorated conditions.

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U-995 launched

83 years ago today, on 22 July 1943, German museum ship Type-VII submarine U-995 was launched at Blohm & Voss Hamburg, Germany.
Deutscher Marinebund, Laboe, Germany

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Onverschrokken commissioned

72 years ago today, on 22 July 1954, Dutch minesweeper HNLMS Onverschrokken (M886) was commissioned. She was built as the AM-480 class fleet minesweeper AM-483 by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI, and transferred to the Netherlands under the MDAP.
MuseumSchip Hr.Ms. Mercuur, Vlissingen, Netherlands

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