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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58 years ago today, on 6 April 1968 Iowa class Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 was commissioned for the 3rd time at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for Vietnam War service, with Capt. J. Edward Snyder in command.
MuseumBattleShip New Jersey, Camden, NJ
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83 years ago today, on April 6 1943, Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Glendale (PF-36) was laid down at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California. Transferred to Thailand as HTMS Tachin (PF-1) on 29 October 1951, where she is now a museum ship at the Thai Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
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