81 years ago today, on 3 April 1944 Balao-class submarine USS Razorback SS-394 was commissioned with LCDR Albert M. Bontier in command.
MuseumShip at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, AR
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78 years ago today, on 3 April 1948 Project B30 Class Polish SS Soldek was laid down at Stocznia Gdanska.
MuseumShip at Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Gdansku, Gdansk, Poland
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63 years ago today, on 3 April 1963, Portuguese 50 gun frigate Dom Fernando II e Glória was destroyed by fire. A huge fire erupted, partially destroying the ship's hull and structure. After the fire was extinguished, the frigate was towed to an area where the navigation on the river Tagus wouldn't be disturbed, remaining abandoned and half buried in the mud-flats for the next 29 years.
Now a rebuild MuseumShip in Almada, Portugal
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56 years ago today, on 2 April 1968 Gato-class submarine USS Croaker SS-246 was decommissioned for a 3rd and final time.
MuseumShip at Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo, NY
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81 years ago today, on 2 April 1945 Gearing-class destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. - DD-850 was laid down at Bethlehem Steel's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts.
MuseumShip USS Jospeh P. Kennedy Jr DD-850, at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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