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205:Liberty ship
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1466:Henry Bacon
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553:Grace Lines
543:. She was
482:Description
363:(21.3
227:7,176
88:Yard number
1819:1943 ships
1803:Categories
1734:March 1945
1637:Pathfinder
1522:Arsterturm
1444:Trentonian
1442:HMCS
1182:Gay Viking
1133:Shipwrecks
1051:11 January
1012:11 January
987:11 January
962:11 January
937:11 January
912:11 January
887:11 January
862:11 January
837:12 January
738:References
391:Complement
330:Propulsion
123:March 1961
1680:USS
1653:USS
1635:HMS
1624:USS
1433:Dettifoss
1425:USS
1414:USS
1407:USS
1394:HMS
1324:HMS
1271:HMS
1163:USS
743:Citations
712:In 1946,
668:USS
665:submarine
579:Cristóbal
571:Port Said
545:laid down
525:propeller
498:waterline
255:long tons
250:) (light)
244:long tons
112:Completed
96:Laid down
1672:18 Feb:
1662:17 Feb:
1655:Crevalle
1646:SS
1644:15 Feb:
1633:11 Feb:
1622:10 Feb:
1575:28 Feb:
1547:27 Feb:
1519:26 Feb:
1485:24 Feb:
1457:23 Feb:
1440:22 Feb:
1423:21 Feb:
1380:20 Feb:
1364:18 Feb:
1326:Bluebell
1322:17 Feb:
1312:16 Feb:
1302:15 Feb:
1292:14 Feb:
1269:13 Feb:
1247:11 Feb:
1237:10 Feb:
1180:MV
831:WW2Ships
688:126°02′W
676:Crevalle
670:Crevalle
642:126°05′W
606:Tacloban
590:Eniwetok
563:Calcutta
549:launched
541:Portland
412:Armament
376:Capacity
187:Scrapped
144:Callsign
132:Portland
128:Homeport
104:Launched
68:Namesake
1626:Batfish
1612:9 Feb:
1578:Lautaro
1396:Vervain
1250:Persier
1240:Steuben
1221:9 Feb:
1205:7 Feb:
1195:6 Feb:
1188:Karatsu
1178:5 Feb:
1161:4 Feb:
1151:3 Feb:
1141:1 Feb:
808:21 June
685:36°54′N
639:36°55′N
622:Okinawa
598:Hagushi
559:Colombo
448:AA guns
318:boilers
261:) (max)
253:14,245
216:Tonnage
78:Builder
39:History
1688:U-2336
1682:Gamble
1568:U-1279
1562:U-1018
1550:Corvus
1512:U-3007
1506:U-1208
1402:U-1276
1383:Nokaze
1373:U-2344
1350:U-1278
1344:U-1273
1332:Impero
1305:U-1053
1285:Ro-113
1256:Ro-112
1171:U-1014
1165:Barbel
1154:U-1279
1144:Ro-115
1088:
726:Tacoma
630:Balboa
618:Ulithi
444:2–8 ×
402:21–40
396:38–62
268:Length
242:3,380
189:, 1961
146:: KUBH
1594:U-683
1588:U-676
1556:U-327
1540:Ro-43
1534:I-370
1528:I-368
1500:U-927
1494:U-713
1488:I-371
1450:U-300
1389:TA 48
1338:U-425
1315:U-309
1295:U-989
1279:Ha-76
1262:U-869
1230:U-923
1224:U-864
1214:Ro-55
1208:CD-53
827:(PDF)
798:(PDF)
776:7 May
766:(PDF)
626:Takuu
476:Judge
404:USNAG
361:knots
359:11.5
356:Speed
303:Draft
1760:stub
1717:1946
1709:1945
1701:1944
1416:S-38
1409:S-37
1357:Lark
1355:HMS
1086:ISBN
1053:2022
1014:2022
989:2022
964:2022
939:2022
914:2022
889:2022
864:2022
839:2022
810:2021
778:2012
628:and
398:USMM
365:km/h
346:1 ×
335:1 ×
295:Beam
183:Fate
58:Name
539:in
510:DWT
506:NRT
502:GRT
457:SS
369:mph
287:lwl
229:GRT
223:DWT
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