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1470:Alfred Wolf
1311:Silverstein
1067:Jack Miller
801:Abercrombie
500:Philippines
379:Guadalcanal
260:1 × triple
238:2 × single
1687:1944 ships
1671:Categories
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1413:Francovich
1392:Kleinsmith
808:Oberrender
780:O'Flaherty
660:References
614:Communists
536:submarines
486:Following
472:New Guinea
462:, and the
392:Navy Cross
352:California
281:ASW mortar
225:Complement
201:Propulsion
1599:Diogo-Cão
1436:Steinaker
1353:Vandivier
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1172:Corbesier
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646:San Diego
630:Marshalls
552:Liberator
540:Subic Bay
512:Hollandia
468:Hollandia
460:Societies
436:shakedown
356:USS
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312:U.S. Navy
244:2 × twin
166:long tons
92:Laid down
1632:Rudderow
1363:Canceled
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1269:Gilligan
1123:Tabberer
1074:Stafford
1060:La Prade
1025:Eversole
1004:Williams
626:Marianas
416:launched
330:Namesake
298:(DE-356)
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273:throwers
257:AA guns
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1385:Keppler
1179:Conklin
1158:Dufilho
1046:Shelton
1039:Edmonds
997:Presley
955:McGinty
948:Rombach
913:Woodson
885:Jaccard
787:Raymond
602:Qingdao
575:Ryūkyūs
571:Okinawa
556:Formosa
528:Mindoro
448:CortDiv
440:Bermuda
438:out of
314:during
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78:Builder
41:History
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1604:Formoe
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1346:Wagner
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1297:Tweedy
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1053:Straus
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969:French
927:Walton
864:Naifeh
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606:Yellow
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579:Manila
516:Allied
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1634:class
1512:Gyatt
1406:Weiss
1332:Rizzi
1325:Bivin
1318:Lewis
1249:Hanna
1242:Cross
1221:Grady
941:Pratt
587:Samar
520:Luzon
496:Leyte
217:Range
209:Speed
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294:USS
276:1 ×
269:8 ×
185:Beam
132:Fate
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