2 Jun 1951
France
France
- Light carrier La Fayette (R96) was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Langley (Independence-class) | CPC]
- USS AFDB-1 was recommissioned into service at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii under the command of Captain O. J. Stien. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | ABSD-1 | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

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