On 18 September 1982, Pegasus-class hydrofoil USS Aries (PHM-5) was commissioned with Lieutenant Commander Carl E. Weiscopf in command.
In this picture seen with USS Conyngham DDG-17, USS Stephen W. Groves FFG-29 and USS Hercules PHM-2 off the west coast of Central America on August 5 1984.
On 17 September 1943, Tacoma-class frigate USS Gallup (PF-47) was launched at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, CA, sponsored by Ensign Helen McMahon, NNRC. California. She was later transferred to, and returned by the Soviet Union, and finally transferred to Thailand on 29 October 1951 as HTMS Prasae.
She is now a museum ship at Paknam Prasae, Thailand.
On 17 September 1936, Gorch Fock-class sail training ship Horst Wessel was commissioned into the German Navy.
After WWII she became part of the USCG as war reparations and was commissioned by Captain Gordon McGowan as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle on May 15 1946.
On 16 September 1940, Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 was laid down at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
On 16 September 1943, Type VIIC/41 U-boat U-995 was commissioned with Kapitänleutnant Walter Köhntopp in command.