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USS Yorktown CV-10 commissioned

83 years ago today, on 15 April 1943 Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) was commissioned with Captain Joseph J. Clark in command.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC

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Akishio laid down

43 years ago today, on 15 April  1983, Japanese Yūshio-class submarine JDS Akishio was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Kobe, Japan. Now a museum ship in Kure, Japan.
MuseumShip JMSDF Kure Museum, Hiroshima, Japan

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USS Drum donated

57 years ago today, on 14 April 1969, Gato-class submarine USS Drum (SS-228) was donated to the USS Alabama Battleship Commission.
MuseumShip at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL

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Mölders launched

56 years ago today, on April 13 1968, Lütjens-class guided-missile destroyer FGS Mölders (D186) was launched at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, christened for Luftwaffe Oberst (Colonel) Werner Mölders by his mother Anne-Marie Mölders.
MuseumShip at Deutsches Marine museum, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

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William M. Black added to NRHP

44 years ago today, on 12 April 1982, steam-propelled, sidewheel dustpan dredge William M. Black was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
MuseumShip at National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, Dubuque, IA

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