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SS Valley Camp (Hullnumber 721) launched

106 years ago today, on 14 July 1917 lake freighter SS Valley Camp (Hullnumber 721) was launched at American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH, as the 'Louis W. Hill'.
MuseumShip Valley Camp, Sault Ste. Marie, MI

 

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Lightship Finngrundet decommissioned

54 years ago today, on 14 July 1969, Swedish Lightship Finngrundet was decommissioned. She was replaced by an unmanned caisson lighthouse and became a museum ship attached to the Vasa Museum.
MuseumShip at the Swedish National Maritime Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

 

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