61 years ago today, on 7 January 1965, Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans (DD-537) was decommissioned by her CO, CDR Leo Bruce Warring
Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park, Buffalo, NY
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21 years ago today, on 7 January 2005, lighthouse tender USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227 ) was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Lilac Preservation Project, New York, NY
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85 years ago today, on 6 January 1941, Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri BB-63 was laid down at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, HI
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55 years ago today, on 6 January 1971, Lightship Chesapeake (LV-116) was decommissioned. After serving for the National Park Service as a seagoing environmental education classroom, she was handed over to the city of Baltimore in 1982. In 1988 Chesapeake became part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum, now the Historic Ships In Baltimore museum and is moored at Pier 3 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
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117 years ago today, on 5 January 1908, Drazki-class Bulgarian torpedo boat Drazki was commissioned.
Военноморски музей-Варна, Varna, Bulgaria
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