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1187:Fifth Fleet
1177:Third Fleet
700:20 December
650:"CVW-2(Ne)"
490:New Orleans
483:S-3A Viking
427:1970s-1980s
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66:introducing
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807:Leadership
610:References
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478:Enterprise
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2005:Active
1829:History
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