On 27 July 1951 Balao-class submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) was commissioned for the second time with LCDR Charles C. Wilbur in command.
Following shakedown training, she sailed for the Pacific. After arriving at San Diego, California, on 6 October 1951, she worked from that port for the next two years, devoting her time to training operations and local exercises.
On 27 July 1955 a replica of the 17th-century ship Mayflower, Mayflower II was laid down at the Upham Shipyard, Bixham, Devon, UK.
On 27 July 1943, Harbour Defence Motor Launch HMS Medusa was laid down at R A Newman and Sons in Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, UK.
On 26 July 1845 former passenger steamship SS Great Britain started her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York
79 years ago today, on 26 July 1945 Gearing-class destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) was launched at Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was sponsored by Miss Jean Kennedy Smith, sister of Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr DD 850 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA