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902:29 March
701:Honolulu
665:for the
647:Lingayen
622:kamikaze
581:Eniwetok
532:launched
516:Shadwell
509:Rushmore
440:(LSD-13)
386:Armament
359:Capacity
318:(Mk III)
130:Stricken
106:Launched
79:Namesake
1495:Ashland
1456:Galicia
1423:Okeanos
1403:Eastway
1221:Portway
1189:Cutlass
1182:Highway
1169:Eastway
1128:Tortuga
1052:Cabildo
1021:Portway
895:. U.S.
756:Norfolk
717:Okinawa
675:Okinawa
659:Marines
651:Morotai
479:Portway
452:of the
419:AA guns
242:⁄
225:⁄
212:⁄
90:Awarded
49:History
1444:
1412:(1971)
1385:
1352:
1331:Foudre
1319:
1274:
1202:Dagger
1151:
1107:Taurus
1080:Donner
1004:
858:
721:Alaska
671:Ulithi
561:Balboa
513:, and
485:LSD-13
481:(F144)
473:BAPM-5
447:-class
442:was a
328:cargo
182:Length
158:-class
1506:class
1497:class
1228:Sword
1215:Spear
913:"USS
893:DANFS
663:tanks
606:Leyte
499:Spear
460:near
417:20 mm
415:16 ×
409:guns;
405:quad
403:40 mm
343:41 ×
334:47 ×
314:14 ×
274:Range
266:Speed
198:Draft
1459:(ex-
1426:(ex-
1414:(ex-
1401:(ex-
1367:(ex-
1364:WS-1
1334:(ex-
1301:(ex-
1289:(ex-
1043:(ex-
1031:(ex-
1019:(ex-
950:2008
929:2008
904:2008
871:here
841:for
815:was
530:was
504:keel
497:HMS
477:HMS
436:USS
401:2 ×
398:gun;
391:1 ×
336:DUKW
289:3 ×
190:Beam
138:Fate
71:USS
68:Name
39:USS
25:USS
604:to
577:Yap
471:as
345:LVT
316:LCM
291:LCT
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407:AA
396:DP
348:or
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240:1
237:+
235:5
227:2
223:1
214:2
210:1
207:+
205:2
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