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Lightship Huron (LV-103) added to NRHP

47 years ago today, on 12 July 1976 Lightship Huron (LV-103) was added to the National Register for Historic Places
Port Huron Museums, Port Huron, MI

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Flore (S645) is hauled onto a Lorient slipway

On 12 July 1995 French Daphne class submarine Flore (S645) was hauled onto a Lorient slipway and from then on she is maintained by a group of former submariners called the MESMAT Association (Musée de l'escadrille des sous-marins de l'Atlantique)

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Nomadic left France

20 years ago today, on 12 July 2006, White Star Line tender SS Nomadic leaves Le Havre, France to become a museum ship in Belfast, UK
MuseumShip SS Nomadic, Belfast, UK

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USS Eversole DD-789 decommissioned

50 years ago today, on 11 July 1973 Gearing-class destroyer USS Eversole (DD-789) was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey as TCG Gayret (D-352).
MuseumShip in Izmit, Turkey

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EML Valvas (PVL-109) decommissioned

9 years ago today, on 11 July 2014, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender, EML Valvas (PVL-109), former USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389), was decommissioned, and is now a museum ship Lennusadam Seaplane Harbour, Tallinn, Estonia.

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