On 7 April 1944, 180-foot seagoing buoy tender USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) was launched at Zenith Dredge, Duluth Minnesota.
MuseumShip at SS City of Milwaukee, Manistee, MI
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On 7 April 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1134 was commissioned, LT. Charles R. Barheght USNR in command.
Transferred to Thailand as HTMS Pangan (LST-13) on 16 May 1966, and now a museum ship in Ko Pha-ngan district, Surat Thani, Thailand
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82 years ago today, on 7 April 1944 C-class destroyer HMS Cavalier (R73) was launched at J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.
MuseumShip at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, UK
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80 yars ago today, on 6 April 1946 Balao-class submarine USS Batfish SS-310 was decommissioned for the first time.
MuseumShip at Muskogee War Memorial Park - Home of the USS Batfish, MUskogee, OK
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80 years ago today, on 6 April 1946 Tench-class submarine USS Thornback (SS-418), later Turkish TCG Uluçalireis (S 338), was decommissioned at New London.
Now a MuseumShip at Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, Turkey.
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