17 Feb 1956
- Maxim Gorkiy was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Maxim Gorkiy | CPC]
- USS Menhaden arrived at the west coast of the United States. ww2dbase [Menhaden | CPC]
- Light cruiser Voroshilov was reclassified a testing vessel for missile weaponry and would soon be decommissioned for this conversion. ww2dbase [Voroshilov | CPC]
- Battleship Sevastopol was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Parizhskava Kommuna | AC]
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