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105:Commissioned
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378:NS Argentia
314:World War I
116:18 May 1946
1829:1940 ships
1813:Categories
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1524:Hsien Yang
1226:Aaron Ward
850:. NavWeaps
797:References
743:Charleston
457:Casablanca
224:Complement
198:4 boilers;
190:Propulsion
161:1,630 tons
21:USS Edison
1718:Lansdowne
1713:Gaziantep
1640:Nicholson
1464:Stevenson
1373:Satterlee
1310:Frankford
1247:Lansdowne
1170:Hambleton
1135:Nicholson
1044:Livermore
854:20 August
767:with one
739:Aleutians
399:escorted
359:HMS
352:Roosevelt
298:destroyer
152:destroyer
89:Laid down
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1742:Buchanan
1737:Gelibolu
1680:Hatakaze
1553:Plunkett
1548:Nan Yang
1471:Stockton
1443:Shubrick
1429:Gherardi
1380:Thompson
1296:Endicott
1233:Buchanan
1149:Ingraham
1121:Ericsson
1079:Meredith
1058:Plunkett
726:Post-war
546:Le Havre
328:launched
288:(DD-439)
258:AA guns,
232:Armament
121:Stricken
97:Launched
69:Namesake
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1730:McCalla
1725:Giresun
1673:Ellyson
1668:Asakaze
1560:Ellyson
1457:Tillman
1436:Herndon
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1359:Baldwin
1338:Jeffers
1331:Glennon
1324:Edwards
1317:Davison
1282:Carmick
1268:Mervine
1261:McCalla
1254:Lardner
1198:Forrest
1163:Ellyson
1156:Bristol
1142:Swanson
1100:Woolsey
1093:Monssen
1086:Grayson
1037:Niblack
1030:Gleaves
1016:Gleaves
947:20 June
925:19 June
896:19 June
585:Iceland
559:Convoy
504:forced
501:Woolsey
484:Bizerte
480:Algiers
453:Norfolk
449:convoys
405:Iceland
390:Britain
386:Iceland
356:cruiser
293:Gleaves
147:Gleaves
79:Builder
40:History
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1749:Gemlik
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1593:Ludlow
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1529:Rodman
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1450:Beatty
1422:Butler
1401:Knight
1387:Welles
1352:Nelson
1345:Maddox
1303:McCook
1240:Duncan
1219:Hobson
1191:Macomb
1184:Emmons
1177:Rodman
1128:Wilkes
1114:Edison
1107:Ludlow
1065:Kearny
1051:Eberle
978:Edison
970:Edison
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753:Awards
735:Nagoya
731:Edison
708:AT 17
672:HX 180
642:HX 173
627:HX 170
597:HX 163
568:Notes
565:Dates
542:Edison
534:Edison
520:Edison
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324:Edison
318:Edison
295:-class
286:Edison
275:tracks
166:Length
149:-class
63:Edison
1785:class
1776:class
1478:Thorn
1415:Earle
1408:Doran
1394:Cowie
1289:Doyle
1275:Quick
1212:Corry
1205:Fitch
693:ON 81
657:ON 67
612:ON 47
583:from
574:ON 34
524:Anzio
403:from
361:Delhi
261:10 ×
256:20 mm
251:guns,
244:guns,
216:Range
208:Speed
182:Draft
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949:2011
927:2011
898:2011
856:2022
819:here
507:U-73
482:and
461:Oran
459:and
445:Gulf
326:was
290:, a
284:USS
271:2 ×
254:6 ×
247:6 ×
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