72 years ago today, on 1 July 1953, Australian Daring-class destroyer HMAS Vampire (D11) was laid down at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, Australia
MuseumShip at the Austalian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW Australia
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77 years ago today, on 1 July 1948, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was decommissioned by her CO, CAPT. John Martin Higgins.
USS Wisconsin at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
Here we see six sixteen inch guns of the Wisconsin fire a broadside at a target 15 miles away. This dramatic picture was made during the two weeks training cruise of the Wisconsin to the Canal Zone with 600 Naval Reservists aboard. Released 18 February 1947.
Source: http://www.navsource.net/archives/01/64a.htm
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114 years ago today, on 1 July 1911, the Great Lakes freighter Col. James M. Schoonmaker was launched at Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ecorse, Michigan.
MuseumShip at the National Museum of the Great Lakes, Toledo, OH
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On July 1 1971, Tench-class submarine USS Thornback (SS-418) was decommissioned for the last time, and transferred to Turkey as TCG Uluçalireis (S 338).
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41 years ago today, on 1 July 1984, Swedish Halland-class destroyer HSwMS Småland was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Maritiman, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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78 years ago today, on 30 June 1948, Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) was decommissioned for the first time by her CO Captain Joseph W. Leverton, Jr.
Battleship New Jersey, Camden, NJ
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37 years ago today, on 30 June 1989, Forrest Sherman-class destroyer USS Edson (DD-946) became part of the Intrepid museum, New York, NY.
She left New York in June 2004 and is now the MuseumShip USS Edson in Bay City, MI.
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58 years ago today, on 30 June 1968, Gato-class submarine USS Drum (SS-228) was struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
MuseumShip at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
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On 30 June 1934, USCGC Electra was launched at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. After a year of Coast Guard service, she was acquired by the USN to become President Roosevelt's presidential yacht. As such she was renamed USS Potomac on January 30, 1936 and is now a museum ship in Oakland, CA
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78 years ago today, on 30 June 1947, Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724) was decommissioned for the first time by her CO, CDR Donald Stanley Cramer.
MuseumShip at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant, SC
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