On 16 September 1890, steam coaster SS Robin was launched at Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co, then Robert Thomson, Orchard House Yard, Blackwall, London.
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On 16 September 1943, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389) was laid down at the Zenith Dredge Company, Duluth, Minnesota. She was transferred to Estonia on 5 September 1997 as 'Valvas' (PVL-109), and is now a museum ship in Tallinn, Estonia.
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80 years ago today, on 15 September 1945, Gearing-class destroyer USS Orleck DD-886 was commissioned with LCDR John D. Andrew in command.
Jacksonville Naval Museum, Jacksonville, FL
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On 15 September 1942, North Carolina -class battleship USS North Carolina BB-55 was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19 and hit on her port (left) side just forward of the thick armor belt designed to protect her from torpedoes.
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On 15 September 1942, Schooner Governor Stone was purchased for $1 by the US War Shipping administration, and was converted for use as a training vessel by the Merchant Marine Academy.
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On 15 September 1929, private yachtt Infanta was laid down at Craig Shipbuilding Co. Long Beach, CA for John Barrymore as a present to his wife, actress Dolores Costello.
In 1950 she was purchased by the Foss Launch and Tug Company of Tacoma, Washington and restored there at their own shipyard as the company yacht, named for its founder Thea Foss.
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On 14 September 1964, South Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) arrived in Mobile Bay, after being towed from the Pacific Reserve Fleet in Bremerton.
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
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118 years ago today, on 14 September 1907, passenger liner SS Keewatin started her maiden voyage.
S.S. Keewatin, Kingston, ON, Canada
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On 14 September 1944, LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft USS LCI(L)-1091 was launched at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, MI.
Here seen beached during a training exercise at San Nicolas Island in 1944
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67 years ago today, on 13 September 1958, former ocean liner and cruise ship SS Rotterdam was launched at Rotterdam Drydock Co, Rotterdam Netherlands, sponsored by HM Queen Juliana.
MuseumShip SS Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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