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Lilac decommissioned

3 February 1973, USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227) was decommissioned.
Lilac Preservation Project, New York, NY

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LCS(L)(3)-102 launched

3 February 1945, USS LCS(L)(3)-102 was launched at Commercial Iron works, Portland, OR.
She was transferred to Japan in April 1953 as JDS Himawari, on to Thailand as HTMS Nakha (LSSL-751) in 1966 and returned to the US in 2007. Now a museum ship in Vallejo, CA.

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