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21 October 1797 in Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution was launched.

HMS London (D-16), USS Albany and USS Lawrence (DDG-4) anchored at Malta in 1971.

HMAS Parramatta, left, sails with USS America, USS Bunker Hill and USS Barry in the South China Sea. (Image Credit: U.S. Navy/MC3 Nicholas Huynh)

USS Missouri (BB-63), Ship’s crew and midshipmen celebrate the fourth anniversary of V-J Day, during the Midshipmen’s cruise, 2 September 1949

USS Brooklyn (ACR-3) in Waitematā Harbour during a visit to New Zealand. 26 May 1901The second USS Brooklyn (ACR-3/CA-3) was the third United States Navy armored cruiser, the only one to be named at commissioning for a city rather than a state.

Ordered for $3,450,420.29 (hull and machinery),[3] she was launched on 2 October 1895 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Ida May Schieren, daughter of Charles A. Schieren, Mayor of Brooklyn, New York; and commissioned on 1 December 1896, Captain Francis Augustus Cook in command.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brooklyn_(ACR-3)