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Roermond keel laid

73 years ago today, on 19 September 1953, Dutch Dokkum-class minesweeper HNLMS Roermond's keel was laid at N.V. Dok en werf Mij. Wilton Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands.
MuseumShip at Zeekadetkorps Lemmer, Lemmer, Netherlands.

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SS John W. Brown in service

84 years ago today, on 19 September 1942, Liberty ship SS John W. Brown entered service with the War Shipping Administration.
She was the 62nd Liberty ship constructed at the Bethlehem-Fairfield yard, and completed in just 54 days.
MuseumShip SS John W. Brown (Project Liberty Ship), Baltimore, MD

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