16 February 1942, USS Alabama BB-60 was launched at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, sponsored by Henrietta McCormick Hill, wife of J. Lister Hill, the senior Senator from Alabama.
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February 16 1942, Queensland Tug Company's 'Forceful' was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMA Forceful (W126)
MuseumShip at Queensland Maritime Museum, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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15 February 1936, USCGC Eagle WIX-327 (formerly the Horst Wessel) was laid down at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg Germany.
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15 February 1955, USS Growler SSG-577 was laid down at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.
MuseumShip at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY
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84 years ago, on 20 February 1942, Fletcher-class destroyer USS Charette (DD-581) was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard. she was named for Lieutenant George Charrette (1867–1938), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Spanish–American War.
Charette was transferred to the Kingdom of Greece in 1959 and renamed Velos (D16). Velos remained in service until 1991 and was then turned into a museum ship, currently in Thessaloniki
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