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876:USS Charleston (PG-51)
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891:USS Enterprise (1874)
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911:TS Kennedy
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765:References
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134:Charleston
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80:newspapers
741:with one
695:Hong Kong
679:torpedoes
639:Aleutians
615:Caribbean
580:Dubrovnik
191:Laid down
50:talk page
786:17 March
699:Shanghai
619:flagship
604:training
498:Armament
199:Launched
171:Namesake
1035:Niagara
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627:Seattle
596:Algiers
588:Trieste
508:caliber
375:gunboat
181:Builder
141:History
94:scholar
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