34 years ago today, on 8 November 1991, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was decommissioned for a second time and struck from the Naval Vessel Register.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX
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83 years ago today, on 9 November 1942, River-class frigate HMS Fal was launched at Smiths Dock Company, South Bank-on-Tees, UK.
She was transferred to Burma on 25 May 1947 as UBS Mayu, and has been preserved as a museum ship at Myanmar Naval Training Headquarters
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90 years ago today, on 9 November 1935, Grom-class destroyer ORP Blyskawica (H34) was laid down at J. Samuel White Shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Museum ship at Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni, Gdyia, Poland
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77 years ago today, on 6 November 1948, Polish coal and ore freighter SS Soldek was launched at Stocznia Gdanska.
MuseumShip at Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Gdansky, Gdansk, Poland
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44 years ago today, on 5 November 1981, Pegasus-class hydrofoil USS Aries (PHM-5) was launched at Boeing Marine Systems, Renton, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. Earl B. Fowler, the wife of Vice Admiral Earl B. Fowler, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command.
Museum ship USS Aries - PHM5, Gasconade, MO
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133 years ago today, on 5 November 1892, protected cruiser USS Olympia (C-6) was launched at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, sponsored by Miss Ann B. Dickie, daughter of George W. Dickie, manager of Union Iron Works.
Museum ship at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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On 4 November 1949, USCGC Fir rescues 19 people off the distressed MV Andalucia, which had caught
fire off of Neah Bay, WA.
Fir 212 Restoration, Stockton, CA
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85 years ago today, on 4 November 1940, Gato-class submarine USS Silversides (SS-236) , was laid down at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
USS Silversides Submarine Museum, Muskegon, MI
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32 years ago today, on 4 November 1993, steam tug Baltimore was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and designated a National Historic Landmark.
Museum ship at Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, MD
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78 years ago today, on 3 November 1945, HMCS Acadia paid off and was returned for the second time to the Canadian Hydrographic Service as CSS Acadia, the new acronym standing for Canadian Survey Ship.
Museum ship at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada
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