85 years ago today, on 17 February 1941, Australian Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Castlemaine J-244 was laid down at HMA Naval Dockyard, Williamstown, Victoria in Australia.
HMAS Castlemaine Museum Ship, Williamstown, VIC, Australia
83 years ago today, on 17 February 1943, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was commissioned with Capt. Felix Stump in command.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX
81 years ago today, on 17 February 1945, USS LCS(L)(3)-102 was commissioned, Lt. Richard L. Jones in command.
MuseumShip USS LCS-102, Vallejo, CA
On 16 February 1938, Russian icebreaker/cargo ship Volochaevets was launched at the Matsuo Shipyard on Nagaskai's Koyagi Island, Japan.
She is now a museum ship in Toko, Japan
78 years ago today, on 16 February 1946, Gato-class submarine USS Drum SS-228 was decommissioned, after 14 war patrols, by her commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr. Horace P. McNeal.
MuseumShip at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
