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696:Her operations when not deployed found
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714:Camp Lejeune
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672:navies. The
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656:26 January.
646:Port Hueneme
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624:. On 16 May
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583:Arriving in
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450:command ship
446:Pearl Harbor
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377:18 × single
245:Displacement
233:
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209:Type C3-S-A2
207:
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179:battle stars
159:1 June 1973.
148:Reclassified
141:
121:Commissioned
115:Sea Corsair.
114:
28:
15:
1771:Sea Swallow
1743:Sea Sparrow
1729:Sea Snapper
1722:Sea Skimmer
1652:Sea Phoenix
1638:Sea Pegasus
1624:Sea Panther
1545:(June 1944)
1529:Sea Flasher
1522:Sea Fiddler
1500:Sea Dolphin
1492:Sea Dolphin
1471:Sea Corsair
1457:Sea Centaur
712:coast near
706:West Indies
638:Philippines
607:operation.
444:arrived at
426:Sea Corsair
379:20mm AA gun
369:40mm AA gun
360:2 × single
172:Honours and
164:Nickname(s)
1859:1943 ships
1843:Categories
1792:Sea Triton
1778:Sea Tarpon
1694:Sea Runner
1610:Sea Needle
1596:Sea Marlin
1515:Sea Falcon
1478:Sea Darter
1420:Sea Blenny
1383:Sea Angler
1339:Mormacland
1332:Mormacgulf
1213:Chandeleur
965:Barnstable
751:References
650:California
599:to embark
556:Leyte Gulf
521:Babelthaup
337:Complement
293:horsepower
277:Propulsion
111:Christened
1785:Sea Tiger
1736:Sea Snipe
1715:Sea Shark
1701:Sea Satyr
1687:Sea Robin
1673:Sea Quail
1645:Sea Perch
1582:Sea Hydra
1575:Sea Hound
1536:Sea Flier
1508:Sea Eagle
1485:Sea Devil
1390:Sea Arrow
1376:Sea Angel
1368:Sea Adder
1360:Sea Adder
1353:Riverside
1318:Mendocino
1007:Riverside
993:Mendocino
537:Hollandia
367:2 × twin
289:propeller
95:Laid down
1799:Sea Wren
1757:Sea Star
1659:Sea Pike
1603:Sea Mink
1589:Sea Lynx
1567:Sea Hawk
1559:Sea Hawk
1551:Sea Hare
1543:Sea Hare
1442:Sea Carp
1434:Sea Carp
1412:Sea Bass
1404:Sea Bass
1397:Sea Barb
1255:Guilford
1206:Cavalier
1192:Burleigh
1178:Anthedon
1049:Guilford
1021:Hansford
972:Burleigh
874:Cavalier
860:Callaway
846:Bayfield
832:Bayfield
702:Labrador
611:Iwo Jima
605:Iwo Jima
603:for the
505:Solomons
485:Fremont'
399:Bayfield
394:(APA-44)
355:Armament
329:Capacity
234:Bayfield
156:Stricken
103:Launched
56:Namesake
31:(APA-44)
1680:Sea Ray
1617:Sea Owl
1450:Sea Cat
1325:Montour
1283:Hanover
1276:Hampton
1262:Hamblen
1227:Croatan
1199:Cascade
1077:Hanover
1070:Hampton
1063:Hamblen
1042:Grafton
1028:Goodhue
1000:Montour
930:Henrico
923:Fremont
916:Fayette
881:Chilton
867:Cambria
853:Bolivar
783:Fremont
704:to the
698:Fremont
666:Fremont
642:Fremont
626:Fremont
601:Marines
589:Fremont
573:Fremont
565:Fremont
552:Fremont
529:Fremont
517:Fremont
513:Peleliu
501:Fremont
442:Fremont
414:Fremont
408:US Navy
392:Fremont
381:mounts.
371:mounts.
142:Fremont
137:Renamed
98:Unknown
85:Builder
37:History
29:Fremont
1561:(1943)
1494:(1943)
1436:(1943)
1414:(1943)
1362:(1944)
1269:Hamlin
1248:Grundy
1241:Griggs
1220:Clytie
1185:Apollo
1102:Ormsby
1035:Goshen
958:Alpine
909:Elmore
902:DuPage
895:Custer
761:
678:Beirut
533:Ulithi
525:Angaur
489:Saipan
480:Saipan
401:-class
396:was a
320:, 4 x
253:Length
236:-class
174:awards
1806:Sitka
1304:Lamar
1171:Aegir
1104:class
1095:class
1056:Sitka
979:Cecil
944:Lamar
730:Miami
593:Leyte
579:Luzon
569:Luzon
541:Manus
424:; as
316:12 x
305:knots
300:Speed
295:8,500
269:Draft
194:Notes
177:Five
167:M.2.S
1297:Knox
1234:Dade
986:Dade
951:Leon
937:Knox
888:Clay
774:here
670:NATO
597:Guam
539:and
474:USMC
452:for
390:USS
318:LCVP
261:Beam
186:Fate
140:USS
27:USS
720:of
322:LCM
303:18
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