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116:15 June 1946
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1512:Alfred Wolf
1353:Silverstein
1109:Jack Miller
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336:Pacific War
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1455:Francovich
1434:Kleinsmith
850:Oberrender
822:O'Flaherty
709:References
572:Task Force
537:battleship
456:Manila Bay
439:Louisville
425:. Sixteen
423:Corregidor
311:Navy Cross
232:Complement
201:Propulsion
121:In service
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1478:Steinaker
1395:Vandivier
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684:Navy list
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595:Tokyo Bay
580:Tokyo Bay
447:Australia
427:kamikazes
352:departed
342:shakedown
166:long tons
81:Laid down
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1405:Canceled
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1165:Tabberer
1116:Stafford
1102:La Prade
1067:Eversole
1046:Williams
624:Cold War
604:arrived
511:Iwo Jima
492:Lingayen
484:cruisers
463:Stafford
374:Eniwetok
278:(DE-444)
261:Hedgehog
240:Armament
140:Stricken
89:Launched
63:Namesake
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1427:Keppler
1221:Conklin
1200:Dufilho
1088:Shelton
1081:Edmonds
1039:Presley
997:McGinty
990:Rombach
955:Woodson
927:Jaccard
829:Raymond
560:Formosa
556:Okinawa
519:Okinawa
496:Mindoro
346:Bermuda
344:out of
298:History
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193:Draught
71:Builder
33:History
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1505:Groves
1388:Wagner
1381:Osberg
1339:Tweedy
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1095:Straus
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649:Hawaii
641:Alaska
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529:Ulithi
443:, and
387:Tulagi
340:After
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280:was a
255:AA, 3-
210:screws
177:Length
164:1,350
1685:class
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1554:Gyatt
1448:Weiss
1374:Rizzi
1367:Bivin
1360:Lewis
1291:Hanna
1284:Cross
1263:Grady
983:Pratt
445:HMAS
416:Luzon
328:Co.,
249:40 mm
224:Range
216:Speed
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