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by sponsor Mrs. Charles T. Taylor. The ship was the second US Navy ship named after five members of the
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in June 1900 with the loss of nearly a hundred persons. Coincidentally, the fire in New Jersey had begun when cotton on the pier next to
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herself, helped prevent the submarine from launching a
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2007:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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1942:Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
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1420:"Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919"
1405:. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.
1399:"Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919"
1387:. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
1381:"Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919"
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2005:Verschollen: World War I U-boat losses
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1694:"Official account of U-boat sinking".
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1451:DiGiulian, Tony (15 August 2008).
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138:$ 853,845.93 (hull and machinery)
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445:American entry into World War I
1894:; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991).
1717:. 30 December 1917. p. 3.
1700:. 29 December 1917. p. 1.
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1925:Cochrane, W. F. (May 1915).
899:. The destroyers arrived at
246:Sold 30 June 1936, scrapped
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1457:Naval Weapons of the World
1370:Bauer and Roberts, p. 171.
1002:Action of 17 November 1917
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349:2 Ă— Zoelly direct-drive
125:William Cramp & Sons
2222:Sweetman, Jack (1984).
1988:George H. Doran Company
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251:General characteristics
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1850:, which had burned at
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723:, grandson of Samuel.
497:in September 1913 and
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170:Mrs. Charles T. Taylor
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1952:Naval Institute Press
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1606:Helgason, GuĂ°mundur.
1344:Gardiner, pp. 122–23.
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1672:Messimer, pp. 78–79.
1542:"O'Brien (DD-51) ii"
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1714:The Washington Post
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475:, son of John; and
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1314:Miramar Ship Index
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958:had been shelling
819:anti-aircraft guns
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772:on 23 March 1915.
721:James W. Nicholson
690:American Civil War
661:laid down her keel
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457:American Civil War
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103:James W. Nicholson
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2014:978-1-55750-475-3
1961:978-0-87021-907-8
1909:978-0-313-26202-9
1646:Sweetman, p. 124.
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850:shakedown cruise
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