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503:Leyte Gulf
359:California
353:conducted
273:gun mounts
256:Complement
237:Propulsion
200:1,441 tons
107:In service
1521:Safeguard
1236:Safeguard
1187:Protector
1173:Preserver
879:(ARS-552)
767:Hong Kong
753:, Japan,
665:peninsula
657:Ullong Do
572:kamikazes
492:destroyer
443:freighter
423:Kwajalein
355:shakedown
316:(ARS-552)
75:Laid down
1561:(actual)
1471:Changwon
1393:Acushnet
739:Aleutian
725:Cold War
653:Daido Ko
567:Randolph
521:kamikaze
487:Wadleigh
476:Island,
455:Eniwetok
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1082:Grapple
890:Grapple
859:Grapple
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836:Grapple
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771:Grapple
755:Formosa
747:Grapple
731:Grapple
711:Grapple
706:Grapple
696:Grapple
688:Grapple
680:sampans
672:Grapple
661:typhoid
633:Grapple
613:Grapple
584:Grapple
576:derrick
547:Grapple
535:Grapple
496:Grapple
474:Peleliu
470:Grapple
447:Grapple
435:Grapple
419:Grapple
398:Grapple
351:Grapple
327:Grapple
290:(ARS-7)
288:Grapple
275:; four
229:Draught
197:Tonnage
179:ARS-552
65:Builder
59:Grapple
35:History
1557:Anchor
1504:
1459:
1426:
1405:Yocona
1386:Escape
1374:
1314:
1250:Snatch
1159:Escape
1140:
1052:
867:Taiwan
806:Hawaii
794:Quemoy
765:, and
757:, the
735:Arctic
684:Wonsan
676:Korean
641:Sasebo
602:Hawaii
562:Saipan
558:Ulithi
525:Sharon
478:Palaus
462:convoy
396:There
389:, and
375:Tarawa
371:Majuro
308:Taiwan
297:-class
213:Length
184:Status
151:Taiwan
136:Taiwan
1559:class
1476:Grasp
1438:Da Hu
1410:Seize
1281:Clamp
1257:Valve
1243:Seize
1229:Grasp
1201:Chain
1194:Cable
1152:Diver
1125:Diver
877:Da Hu
875:ROCS
798:Matsu
786:coral
751:Korea
701:Chief
645:Korea
580:Leyte
532:Leyte
530:From
367:YW-69
314:Da Hu
312:ROCS
295:Diver
292:is a
269:40 mm
248:Speed
162:Da Hu
160:ROCS
1549:USS
1540:USS
1519:(ex-
1516:Işın
1486:(ex-
1483:Gumi
1474:(ex-
1441:(ex-
1408:(ex-
1396:(ex-
1296:(ex-
1293:Gear
1284:(ex-
1272:(ex-
1269:Vent
1260:(ex-
1208:Curb
1065:here
802:Hilo
560:and
482:reef
453:via
427:Guam
402:Guam
373:and
286:USS
267:two
221:Beam
157:Name
131:Fate
57:USS
54:Name
1080:of
1019:(1)
1013:(2)
1007:(5)
995:(1)
989:(2)
978:(3)
844:Huế
464:at
377:to
333:in
271:AA
259:120
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