56 years ago today, on 18 December 1969, Indian Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine INS Kursura (S20) was commissioned at Riga, Soviet Union, Cdr A Auditto commanding.
Museum ship in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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On 15 December 2000, Oberon-class submarine HMAS Otama (SS62) was decommissioned.
Victorian Maritime Center, Crib Point, VIC, Australia
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On 9 December 1971, USN transfers ownership of Balao-class submarine, USS Batfish SS-310 to Oklahoma Maritime Advisory Board.
Muskogee War Memorial Park - Home of the USS Batfish, Muskogee, OK
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On 7 December 1941, Pennsylvania-class battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was sunk at Pearl Harbor during a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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On 7 December 1943, Liberty ship SS Arthur M. Huddell was launched at St. Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL.
In 2008 she was transferred to Greece for conversion to a maritime museum and was renamed Hellas Liberty.
Museum ship Όμιλος Φίλων Λίμπερτυ, Piraeus, Greece
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34 years ago today, on 4 December 1990, Danish Tumleren-class submarine HDMS Sælen (S323) sank while being towed from Copenhagen to Aarhus. On 17 December, she was raised by the German floating crane Roland and taken to Aarhus for repair. On 10 August 1993, diving approval was issued and the boat was recommissioned.
Now a museum ship at Skibene på Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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On 1 December 1908, lightship Ambrose (LV-87) had her first day on station in the Ambrose Channel.
Museum ship at South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY
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On 1 December 1917, sloop-of-war USS Constellation (IX-20) was renamed to USS Old Constellation.
Museum ship at Historic Ships in Baltimore, MD
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On 25 November 1944, during the Philippines campaign, Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) was struck by two kamikazes, killing sixty-six men and causing a serious fire. The ship remained on station, however, and the fires were extinguished within two hours. She was detached for repairs the following day, and reached San Francisco on 20 December.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York, NY
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On 14 November 1863, full-rigged iron windjammer Star of India was launched as 'Euterpe' at shipbuilder Gibson, McDondald & Arnold, of Ramsey, Isle of Man, for the Indian jute trade of Wakefield Nash & Company of Liverpool.
Here seen at Port Chalmers, the port of Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1883.
Now an operational museum ship at Martime Museum of San Diego, CA.
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