On 23 June 1959, Daring-class destroyer HMAS Vampire (D11) was commissioned at Sydney under the command of Captain Eric J Peel, DSC, RAN.
MuseumShip at Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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70 years ago today, on 23 June 1951, SS United States was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding, christened by Lucille Connally, wife of the prominent Texas senator Tom Connally.
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76 years ago today, on 23 June 1945, PT-796 was launched at Higgins Industries.
MuseumShip at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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