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1163:"Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919"
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919:Panama Canal
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844:Newfoundland
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652:Philadelphia
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517:machine guns
449:Displacement
392:Reclassified
384:
365:Commissioned
347:
341:
335:
302:
112:Philadelphia
59:
40:
25:
1051:Bunker Hill
1011:Bunker Hill
868:in May 1919
840:floatplanes
708:Bunker Hill
704:Bunker Hill
666:Bunker Hill
660:Bunker Hill
644:Bunker Hill
634:Bunker Hill
589:Bunker Hill
565:Bunker Hill
549:Bunker Hill
542:World War I
537:Bunker Hill
350:(1943—1947)
348:Bunker Hill
336:Bunker Hill
223:2,575
216:1,724
209:4,779
202:4,029
147:Signal KWDT
119:Yard number
83:(1912–1919)
77:(1911–1912)
60:Bunker Hill
41:Bunker Hill
1517:1907 ships
1506:Categories
1367:0913346187
1065:References
995:cargo ship
923:West Coast
915:California
837:Curtiss NC
638:Old Colony
605:Old Colony
597:minelayers
576:Old Colony
493:Complement
284:167 (1913)
239:Registered
1496:Aroostook
1485:Aroostook
1033:Footnotes
999:Aroostook
983:Aroostook
955:Aroostook
934:Aroostook
907:Aroostook
896:Aroostook
886:Aroostook
878:Trepassey
874:Aroostook
862:Aroostook
825:Aroostook
813:Aroostook
786:USS
763:Aroostook
751:North Sea
727:Aroostook
719:Aroostook
585:U.S. Navy
527:Aroostook
443:Minelayer
385:Aroostook
342:Aroostook
305:in harbor
303:Aroostook
281:38 (1908)
271:5,000 ihp
1464:25 March
1389:29 March
1376:91075352
1336:29 March
1302:29 March
1279:29 March
1248:25 March
1218:25 March
1188:25 March
1147:29 March
1119:29 March
947:and the
917:via the
852:aviators
759:seaports
743:Scotland
531:was the
501:Armament
484:20
410:Stricken
357:Acquired
127:Launched
1494:of USS
987:reserve
788:Saranac
755:U-boats
739:Shawmut
624:Harvard
599:at the
381:Renamed
311:History
197:Tonnage
104:Builder
96:Ordered
51:History
1374:
1364:
1075:
1019:Malibu
959:Hawaii
557:Boston
508:, 2 ×
457:Length
234:Length
227:(1913)
220:(1908)
213:(1913)
206:(1908)
144:204264
89:(1917)
1383:(PDF)
1358:(PDF)
937:'
731:mines
721:–1918
711:'
706:when
591:and
481:Speed
473:Draft
426:Notes
253:Depth
140:U.S.
66:Owner
1483:USS
1466:2021
1413:2019
1391:2021
1372:LCCN
1362:ISBN
1338:2021
1304:2021
1281:2021
1250:2021
1220:2021
1190:2021
1149:2021
1121:2021
1088:here
1049:and
900:NC-4
891:NC-4
668:and
632:and
621:and
618:Yale
573:and
559:and
525:USS
504:1 ×
465:Beam
439:Type
418:Fate
330:Name
301:USS
276:Crew
245:Beam
184:Fate
99:1906
56:Name
913:in
864:at
686:NRT
682:GRT
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211:GRT
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122:343
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