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1724:Wild Pigeon
1689:Westward Ho
1675:Water Witch
1573:Santa Maria
1531:Rocky Mount
1461:Ocean Rover
1270:Golden West
1244:Golden City
1223:Flying Mist
1048:Appalachian
1020:African Sun
644:Capricornus
323:, arriving
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1856:Categories
1840:Trade Wind
1805:Bald Eagle
1738:Wild Rover
1524:Robin Hood
1517:Ringleader
1475:Oglethorpe
1188:Eagle Wing
1097:Blue Ridge
721:Oglethorpe
484:References
435:Long Beach
376:Suez Canal
223:Complement
126:Honors and
1797:C2-S-B1-R
1745:Wild Wave
1717:Wideawake
1696:Whirlwind
1682:West Wind
1510:Red Rover
1447:Nonpareil
1376:Messenger
1368:Messenger
1340:Marquette
1312:John Land
1298:Hurricane
1284:Highflier
1195:Expounder
1125:Centaurus
1118:Celestial
1041:Ann McKim
1034:Andromeda
830:Whitfield
815:Cancelled
777:Whiteside
686:Marquette
651:Centaurus
623:Andromeda
594:Completed
568:Andromeda
415:Indochina
404:San Diego
392:Chinnampo
357:6th Fleet
349:Caribbean
309:shakedown
270:Andromeda
243:4 × twin
158:Andromeda
1668:War Hawk
1646:Twilight
1638:Twilight
1609:Spitfire
1601:Spitfire
1482:Oriental
1426:Muliphen
1405:Montague
1391:Mischief
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1237:Gauntlet
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902:Achernar
897:Castilla
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714:Muliphen
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630:Aquarius
602:Achernar
525:Montague
478:Montague
447:Montague
445:The USS
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341:Kamikaze
329:Eniwetok
317:Montague
285:Montague
265:(AKA-98)
263:Montague
231:Armament
118:Stricken
94:Launched
70:Namesake
64:Montague
32:Montague
1773:Wyandot
1766:Winston
1710:Whitley
1654:Typhoon
1617:Theenim
1580:Sheliak
1538:Rolette
1503:Rainbow
1489:Pampero
1361:Merrick
1354:Mathews
1326:Lookout
1291:Hotspur
1202:Flyaway
1153:Coringa
1132:Cepheus
1027:Alshain
991:C2-S-B1
927:Artemis
869:Whitley
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791:Winston
784:Whitley
770:Warrick
742:Theenim
735:Sheliak
728:Rolette
700:Merrick
693:Mathews
658:Cepheus
616:Alshain
523:of USS
396:Hŭngnam
311:in the
267:was an
135:(Korea)
121:Unknown
80:Builder
40:History
1780:Yancey
1640:(1942)
1624:Thuban
1603:(1943)
1384:Meteor
1370:(1942)
1181:Diphda
1062:Archer
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756:Uvalde
749:Thuban
672:Diphda
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384:Inchon
321:Hawaii
307:After
272:-class
187:Length
160:-class
128:awards
1661:Virgo
1631:Titan
1146:Comet
1139:Chara
929:class
920:class
763:Virgo
665:Chara
637:Arneb
609:Algol
423:North
400:Pusan
372:Korea
249:16 ×
240:mount
216:knots
214:16.5
211:Speed
203:Draft
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507:here
380:Kobe
261:USS
236:1 ×
195:Beam
169:Type
140:Fate
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59:Name
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