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410:commissioned
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345:battle stars
221:Displacement
215:Type C2 ship
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156:Reclassified
151:3 April 1946
140:
136:Commissioned
113:
74:
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21:USS Arcturus
1299:Sweepstakes
1243:Nightingale
1194:Flying Fish
868:steamed to
738:Guadalcanal
703:Rhone River
678:La Nartelle
616:machine gun
430:NS Argentia
301:Operations:
167:5 June 1946
123:18 May 1939
1536:1939 ships
1525:Categories
1419:Betelgeuse
1285:Stag Hound
1250:Red Jacket
1236:Mormacwren
1229:Mormactern
1222:Mormaclark
1215:Mormachawk
1208:Mormacgull
1201:Mormacdove
1054:References
980:with four
926:"A" device
699:St. Tropez
695:Marseilles
624:destroyers
487:Casablanca
481:attacked.
426:east coast
390:Mormachawk
289:gun mounts
265:Complement
114:Mormachawk
1495:Andromeda
1473:Bellatrix
1384:Bellatrix
1271:Sea Witch
1257:Santa Ana
1166:Challenge
846:Zamboanga
569:torpedoes
561:Scoglitti
416:(AK-18).
109:Laid down
1370:Arcturus
1343:Arcturus
1292:Surprise
1112:Arcturus
1048:Arcturus
1036:In media
866:Arcturus
838:Arcturus
834:Tientsin
822:Arcturus
796:Arcturus
788:Eniwetok
784:Arcturus
776:Arcturus
769:Arcturus
765:kamikaze
756:Arcturus
730:Arcturus
714:Arcturus
691:Arcturus
686:Arcturus
684:Just as
674:Arcturus
658:Arcturus
653:Arcturus
641:Arcturus
620:Arcturus
609:Arcturus
594:Arcturus
578:Arcturus
573:Arcturus
549:Arcturus
526:Arcturus
522:Brisbane
506:Arcturus
491:Arcturus
483:Arcturus
472:Arcturus
458:Arcturus
442:Arcturus
414:Arcturus
386:Arcturus
371:Arcturus
362:Arcturus
355:Arcturus
273:Armament
200:Arcturus
179:Arcturus
164:Stricken
141:Arcturus
128:Acquired
120:Launched
85:Arcturus
81:Namesake
75:Arcturus
43:Arcturus
1433:Titania
1412:Algorab
1405:Alcyone
1398:Alchiba
1391:Electra
1377:Procyon
1110:of USS
988:service
862:Seattle
848:in the
830:Marines
826:typhoon
760:Hagushi
750:Okinawa
718:Pacific
645:Algeria
602:Paestum
584:Salerno
510:Pacific
462:Fedhala
359:was an
340:Awards:
143:(AK-18)
95:Builder
51:History
45:(AKA-1)
1456:
1440:Oberon
1358:
1064:
842:Manila
816:Jinsen
780:Saipan
742:Ulithi
734:Tulagi
649:Naples
635:E-boat
514:Nouméa
498:convoy
408:, and
375:Boötes
364:-class
333:(1945)
327:(1944)
321:(1943)
315:(1943)
309:(1942)
229:Length
202:-class
89:Boötes
1497:class
1426:Libra
1173:Comet
924:with
808:China
804:Korea
629:Rowan
612:'
530:AKA-1
478:U-130
287:40 mm
282:mount
258:knots
256:16.5
253:Speed
245:Draft
1488:None
1471:(ex-
1077:here
984:for
844:and
812:Army
806:and
736:and
697:and
553:Oran
353:USS
285:4 Ă—
278:1 Ă—
237:Beam
211:Type
172:Fate
73:USS
70:Name
41:USS
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