On 27 July 1943, Harbour Defence Motor Launch HMS Medusa was laid down at R A Newman and Sons in Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, UK.
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On 26 July 1845 former passenger steamship SS Great Britain started her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York
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79 years ago today, on 26 July 1945 Gearing-class destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) was launched at Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was sponsored by Miss Jean Kennedy Smith, sister of Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr DD 850 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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84 years ago today, on 25 July 1940 Woban-class district harbor tug Hoga (YT-146) was laid down at Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, NY
MuseumShip at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR
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On 25 July 1989 Essex class aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register
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