On 20 February 1953, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-10 was recommissioned with Captain William M. Nation in command, after 6 years in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Bremerton.
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
15 February 2010, SS Rotterdam opened to the public as a combination museum/hotel and school for vocational training.
SS Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
14 February 1992, Tarantul I class corvette USNS Hiddensee was commissioned into the United States Navy. She served in the East-German Volksmarine as Rudolf Egelhofer from 1985-1990 and the German Navy as 'Hiddensee' (P6166) from 1990-1991, before being transferred to the USN for evaluation at the Naval Air Warfare Center at Solomons, Maryland. She was removed from service in April 1996, and joined the Battleship Cove fleet on 14 June 1997.
USNS Hiddensee at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
14 February 2007, Schooner Governor Stone was transferred to Friends of the Governor Stone
82 years ago today, on 13 February 1944, Cannon-class destroyer escort USS Slater DE-766 was launched at the Tampa Shipbuilding Company in Tampa, Florida, christened by Lenora Slater, mother of Seaman 2nd Class Frank Olga Slater, who was killed in action aboard USS San Francisco (CA-38) off Savo Island during World War II.
MuseumShip USS Slater, Albany, NY
