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HANCOCK by Harold Hahn

Today in Maritim History:

9.8 or 28.8. 1781 - HMS Iris, ex USS Hancock (1777 – 28 guns) took USS Trumbull (1776 – 30 guns)

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"USS TRUMBULL Captured by HMS IRIS and HMS GENERAL MONK"

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8 August 1940 - Launch of japanese battleship Yamato Yamato (大和) was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed...
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