On 7 December 1941, Florida-class battleship USS Utah (AG-16) was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor, while moored in berth F-11 off Ford Island.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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On 7 December 2000, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) was towed from Portsmouth VA and docked adjacent to Nauticus, the National Maritime Center in Norfolk
Wisconsin at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
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38 years ago today, on 7 December 1986, Treasury-class Cutter USCGC Taney WHEC-37 was decommissioned after fifty years of service.
She continues to serve as a museum ship in Baltimore, MD.
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82 years ago today, on 7 December 1942, Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin SS-287 was launched at Portsmouth Naval shipyard, Kittery, ME, sponsored by Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of Captain James Gawne.
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu, HI
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On 7 December 1941, Pennsylvania-class battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was sunk at Pearl Harbor during a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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82 years ago today, on 7 December 1942, Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 was launched at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, The ship was christened at her launching by Carolyn Edison, wife of Governor Charles Edison of New Jersey, himself a former Secretary of the Navy.
Battleship New Jersey, Camden, NJ
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81 years ago today, on 7 December 1943, Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin BB-64 was launched at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, sponsored by Mrs. Goodland, wife of Walter S. Goodland, the Governor of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Group at Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
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On 7 December 1943, Liberty ship SS Arthur M. Huddell was launched at St. Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, FL.
In 2008 she was transferred to Greece for conversion to a maritime museum and was renamed Hellas Liberty.
Museum ship Όμιλος Φίλων Λίμπερτυ, Piraeus, Greece
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139 years ago today, on 7 December 1885, three-masted, iron-hulled barque Polly Woodside entered service, Captain Gilbert Yeates in command.
Museum ship Polly Woodside by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), South Wharf, VIC, Australia
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