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Nordkaparen launched

65 years ago today, on 8 March 1961 Swedish Draken-class submarine HSwMS Nordkaparen was launched at the Saab-Kockums shipyard in Malmö, Sweden.
MuseumShip at Maritiman, Göteborg, Sweden.

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USS Wisconsin BB-64 decommissioned

68 years ago today, on 8 March 1958, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin BB-64 was decommissioned at Bayonne and joined the United States Navy reserve fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Yard.
She remained there with her sister ship Iowa until called to duty again in the 1980's
MuseumShip USS Wisconsin BB-64 at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA

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