82 years ago today, on 20 October 1943, Harbour Defence Motor Launch HMS Medusa was launched at R A Newman and Sons in Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, UK.
Now a museum ship in Gosport, UK
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On 20 October 1941, Russian Stalinets-class submarine S-56 was commissioned.
Now a museum ship in Vladivostok, Russia
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On 20 October 1965, Danish Søløven-class fast patrol boat Søbjornen (P-512) was commissioned.
Museum ship at Springeren - Maritimt Oplevelsecenter, Aalborg, Denmark
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75 years ago today, on 18 October 1950, Tacoma-class frigate USS Gallup (PF-47) was recommissioned in Yokosuka, for service in the Korean War, with Lieutenant Commander William W. Boyd, Jr. in command.
She was transferred to Thailand on 29 October 1951 as HTMS Prasae.
She is now a museum ship at Paknam Prasae, Thailand
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On 18 October 1955, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) ran aground on diamond rock on the eastern tip of Manhattan.
Wisconsin Group at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
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107 years ago today, on 17 October 1916, Pennsylvania-class battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard, with Captain John D. McDonald in command.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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25 years ago today, on 17 October 1998, Essex-class aircaft carrier USS Hornet CV-12 was opened to the public.
USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda, CA
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82 years ago today, on 16 October 1942, Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd DD661 was laid down at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, NJ.
USS Kidd Veterans Museum, Batton Rouge, LA
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On 16 October 1955 the SS Shieldhall entered service for the Glasgow Corporation, transporting treated sewage sludge down the river Clyde to be dumped at sea.
Operational museum Steamship Shieldhall, Southampton, UK
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64 years ago today, on 15 October 1959, Barbel-class submarine USS Blueback SS-581 was commissioned with LCDR Robert H. Gautier in command.
She was the last non-nuclear submarine to join the United States Navy and was the final conventionally powered combat capable submarine to be decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy with a fully nuclear submarine fleet except for the research submarine USS Dolphin.
MuseumShip at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, OR
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