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U9 commissioned

57 years ago today, on 11 April 1967, German type-205 submarine U9 was commissioned.
MuseumShip at Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Germany.

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U9 launched

59 years ago today, on 20 October 1966, German type-205 submarine U9 was launched at the Howaldtswerke shipyard, Kiel, Germany.
MuseumShip at Technik Museen Sinsheim Speyer, Sinsheim, Germany

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U9 laid down

61 years ago today, on 10 December 1964, German type-205 submarine U9 was laid down at the Howaldtswerke shipyard, Kiel, Germany.
MuseumShip at Technik Museen Sinsheim Speyer, Speyer, Germany

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AM-483 laid down

72 years ago today, on 19 February 1952, AM-480-class fleet minesweeper AM-483 was laid down by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI. She was transferred to the Netherlands as HNLMS Onverschrokken (M886) under MDAP, later renamed HNLMS Mercuur and is now a museum ship in Vlissingen, Netherlands.

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Flore flooded

February 19 1971, French Daphne-class submarine Flore partially flooded off Toulon due to a malfunction with her periscope. Tugs Pachyderme and Travailleur towed her back to Toulon.

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