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670:'U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command: Fact Sheet'
638:Cargo – Fast Sealift – Support (FSS), Specialized
616:Service Ship Photo Archive: SS Denebola (AKR-289)
746:Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World
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187:National Defense Service Medal
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441:on 10 October 1985 as USNS
317:(61 km/h; 38 mph)
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744:Cudahay, Brian J. (2006).
693:Fast Sealift Ships – T-AKR
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569:USNS Denebola (T-AKR 289)
527:Together with sistership
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361:-class vehicle cargo ship
241:-class vehicle cargo ship
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120:Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V
101:Keystone Shipping Company
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21:Denebola (disambiguation)
889:Ships built in Rotterdam
510:Military Sealift Command
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369:Military Sealift Command
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229:General characteristics
207:Kuwait Liberation Medal
389:Sea-Land Service, Inc.
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223:Boston, Massachusetts
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338:Aviation facilities
554:Cudahay 206 p. 265
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899:1973 ships
883:Categories
738:References
529:SS Antares
425:Conversion
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330:Complement
279:Propulsion
174:Honors and
147:IMO number
816:Bellatrix
539:Citations
381:Rotterdam
160:367190000
823:Denebola
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419:Denebola
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402:Denebola
352:Denebola
322:Capacity
165:Callsign
133:Acquired
125:Launched
97:Operator
81:Denebola
77:Namesake
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858:Antares
851:Capella
844:Regulus
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677:7 April
649:5 April
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481:Capella
449:Service
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117:Builder
47:History
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830:Pollux
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255:Length
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176:awards
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467:Algol
411:Algol
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359:Algol
315:knots
310:Speed
271:Draft
239:Algol
87:Owner
37:USNS
750:ISBN
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