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523:"Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5)"
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678:"Naval Vessel Register - USS MIGUEL KEITH (ESB-5)"
852:"Navy commissions USS Miguel Keith in San Diego"
554:(Press release). United States Navy. 10 May 2021
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827:"Navy commissions $ 525M warship in San Diego"
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552:"USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) Commissions"
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380:by the Navy, in order to provide
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900:Eckstein, Megan (13 July 2018).
850:City News Service (2021-05-08).
462:On her maiden deployment to the
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875:Eckstein, Megan (2020-01-21).
825:Molnar, Phillip (2021-05-08).
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255:(31 km/h; 20 mph)
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243:Commercial Diesel-Electric
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423:base and functionally a
216:785 ft (239 m)
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318:(USN) as of late 2021.
224:164 ft (50 m)
190:General characteristics
99:Eliadora Delores Keith
366:non-commissioned ship
171:(Always in the Fight)
74:San Diego, California
856:ABC10 News San Diego
411:Design and equipment
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370:USNS prefix
351:Vietnam War
349:during the
143:MMSI number
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1188:Categories
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886:2021-05-08
861:2021-05-09
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717:18 October
687:2021-05-09
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448:hovercraft
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372:but, like
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104:Christened
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368:, with a
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