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329:
214:16,000
166:Displacement
154:
113:Commissioned
70:
38:
25:
1303:Puget Sound
1282:Salerno Bay
979:Silverstone
875:containment
861:Vietnam War
855:hull number
797:sailing to
795:troop ships
791:Puerto Rico
630:began. Her
616:hull number
575:flight deck
445:oil tankers
373:oil tankers
116:12 May 1945
1498:1944 ships
1472:Categories
1420:Casablanca
1345:Point Cruz
1289:Vella Gulf
1049:References
769:Casablanca
761:Korean War
674:Leyte Gulf
622:after the
436:, but the
268:Complement
235:Propulsion
1449:Cancelled
1268:Kula Gulf
1190:Kula Gulf
1182:Kula Gulf
903:broken up
899:Kula Gulf
879:Kula Gulf
820:Kula Gulf
808:Kula Gulf
779:Kula Gulf
737:Kula Gulf
729:Kula Gulf
714:San Diego
662:Kula Gulf
636:laid down
620:Kula Gulf
595:Kula Gulf
486:full load
482:displaced
478:waterline
472:, with a
466:Kula Gulf
410:Kula Gulf
333:Kula Gulf
171:long tons
97:Laid down
71:Kula Gulf
39:Kula Gulf
1394:Lingayen
1387:Eniwetok
1380:Bastogne
1116:27 April
706:Tientsin
644:Portland
640:launched
490:fuel oil
456:Sangamon
439:Sangamon
367:Sangamon
276:Armament
129:Stricken
105:Launched
77:Namesake
1401:Okinawa
1352:Mindoro
1317:Bairoko
1310:Rendova
1296:Siboney
749:Norfolk
710:Qingdao
692:in the
597:in 1945
573:to the
511:geared
494:ballast
422:US Navy
346:of the
303:AA guns
295:AA guns
227:boilers
169:21,397
87:Builder
47:History
1373:Tinian
1359:Rabaul
1338:Sicily
1331:Saidor
1162:
1143:
1084:
1065:
948:Stille
812:Soviet
686:Saipan
571:hangar
395:Design
383:, and
341:-class
336:was a
182:Length
157:-class
1422:class
1366:Palau
1004:DANFS
909:Notes
851:hulls
837:Essex
533:knots
498:draft
452:class
389:knots
369:class
299:20 ×
290:36 ×
271:1,066
261:knots
256:Speed
201:Draft
1428:None
1160:ISBN
1141:ISBN
1118:2024
1082:ISBN
1063:ISBN
901:was
708:and
690:Guam
688:and
634:was
632:keel
474:beam
331:USS
321:2 ×
281:2 ×
246:2 ×
240:2 ×
225:4 ×
193:Beam
137:Fate
69:USS
66:Name
37:USS
771:in
529:shp
259:19
216:shp
187:loa
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1108:,
1104:.
1098:.
986:^
955:^
928:^
789:,
589:A
577:.
379:,
313:33
220:kW
1446:X
1440:N
1224:e
1217:t
1210:v
1168:.
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175:t
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