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film chronicling the adventures of the Navy's UDT divers in the
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helped make the old 'klinker-dinker' a movie star."
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216:Reclassified
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141:Commissioned
117:Reclassified
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2591:Carpellotti
2100:Tehuantupec
1722:Vogelgesang
1690:Carpellotti
983:Great Lakes
941:Middle East
825:The Frogmen
800:Puerto Rico
778:coast from
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708:weapons of
681:New Orleans
608:designated
570:During the
565:watertender
491:battleships
414:6 × single
211:16 May 1960
160:16 May 1960
152:16 May 1960
3028:1945 ships
3012:Categories
2927:Usumacinta
2903:Papaloapan
2891:California
2670:Kleinsmith
2577:Kleinsmith
2445:Francovich
2112:Usumacinta
2088:Papaloapan
2076:California
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1676:Kleinsmith
1550:Francovich
1122:Kleinsmith
1081:References
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991:Kleinsmith
971:Kleinsmith
956:Kleinsmith
917:Kleinsmith
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865:Kleinsmith
846:St. Thomas
816:Kleinsmith
788:amphibious
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721:Kleinsmith
685:Kleinsmith
641:Kleinsmith
634:Lake Huron
628:. She was
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588:Navy Cross
523:Cincinnati
475:Zionsville
459:Navy Cross
435:Kleinsmith
416:20 mm guns
410:40 mm guns
389:Complement
384:162 troops
320:propellers
293:Propulsion
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38:Kleinsmith
2945:Chihuahua
2827:Cavallaro
2822:Gyeongnam
2794:Ruchamkin
2737:Heng Shan
2713:Shou Shan
2665:Tien Shan
2535:Cavallaro
2500:Diachenko
2256:Ruchamkin
2130:Chihuahua
2012:Cavallaro
2007:Gyeongnam
1995:Chung Nam
1967:Ruchamkin
1910:Heng Shan
1886:Shou Shan
1838:Tien Shan
1633:Cavallaro
1591:Diachenko
1361:Ruchamkin
1173:Completed
1071:Tien Shan
1049:Tien Shan
1045:(APD-315)
1043:Tien Shan
1030:Tien Shan
1021:Tien Shan
969:In 1958,
964:Barcelona
945:Communist
921:La Spezia
919:departed
877:6th Fleet
873:Gibraltar
830:Hollywood
796:Caribbean
784:Venezuela
733:San Diego
555:USS
548:USS
538:USS
531:USS
521:USS
516:Milwaukee
514:USS
501:USS
494:USS
437:(APD-134)
408:3 × twin
203:(APD-215)
201:Tien Shan
125:Laid down
92:1942, as
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2782:Tollberg
2730:Register
2725:Tai Shan
2689:Hua Shan
2521:Gosselin
2487:Scribner
2424:Earheart
2354:Tollberg
2333:Ringness
2277:Register
2093:Earheart
1955:Tollberg
1903:Register
1898:Tai Shan
1862:Hua Shan
1826:Tai Yuan
1760:Williams
1714:Canceled
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1619:Gosselin
1578:Scribner
1529:Earheart
1459:Tollberg
1438:Ringness
1382:Register
1230:Metivier
1181:Rudderow
1160:Rudderow
913:Egyptian
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780:Labrador
776:Atlantic
751:via the
630:launched
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576:Yorktown
557:Yorktown
550:Saratoga
540:Honolulu
533:Portland
503:Maryland
469:Namesake
453:for the
443:, was a
397:Armament
314:turbines
235:Scrapped
208:Acquired
157:Stricken
133:Launched
81:Namesake
76:(DE-718)
44:1948-49.
2956:Rednour
2789:Córdoba
2706:Truxtun
2701:Fu Shan
2677:Yu Shan
2563:Balduck
2514:Wantuck
2347:Rednour
2340:Knudson
2319:Truxtun
2242:Crosley
2228:Crosley
2141:Rednour
1962:Córdoba
1879:Truxtun
1874:Fu Shan
1850:Yu Shan
1662:Balduck
1605:Wantuck
1452:Rednour
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1424:Truxtun
1347:Crosley
1334:Crosley
1279:Tinsman
1272:Peiffer
1223:McNulty
1195:Chaffee
1120:of USS
999:Tsoying
960:Palermo
937:Lebanon
885:Algeria
838:Florida
745:Okinawa
618:APD-134
584:boilers
496:Wyoming
487:fireman
446:Crosley
330:rudders
304:boilers
250:Crosley
177:History
103:Builder
95:Buckley
89:Ordered
50:History
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