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and struck again an hour later. For some time she sent out distress calls to any Allied ships in the area, as it was assumed the ship would probably be lost. Finally at midafternoon, a third strike sank the
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attacked the three ships. After fighting them off, the U.S. ships steamed south out of enemy land-based aircraft range and completed the transfer at sea in the early morning of 1 March 1942.
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raced to the scene and rescued 232 survivors. Many of the survivors, although visible by crew members of
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arriving there on 14 December. After filling up with oil and gasoline, the tanker continued on to
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Pawns of War: the Loss of the USS Langley and the USS Pecos
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which had been shipped to
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where she refueled
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363:. On 27 February, off
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295:Philippines
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91:2 June 1920
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1673:1921 ships
1657:Categories
1612:April 1942
1482:China Maru
1472:Takao Maru
1460:HMAS
1251:E.M. Clark
1155:Tenyo Maru
1149:Kongō Maru
1133:Smyshlyony
1103:Nyggjaberg
1051:HMAS
941:USAT
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575:References
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202:Complement
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1357:Equipoise
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539:Citations
438:Sea Witch
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350:Tjilatjap
342:Soerabaja
335:Australia
88:Laid down
21:USS Pecos
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1090:Arabutan
936:Banckert
876:Evertsen
787:Arethusa
433:fighters
416:, while
315:Makassar
276:Atlantic
197:14 knots
96:Launched
83:in Texas
77:Namesake
1627:14°27′S
1469:5 Mar:
1451:4 Mar:
1434:2 Mar:
1261:Papoose
1116:8 Mar:
1087:7 Mar:
1080:Rononia
1070:6 Mar:
1060:5 Mar:
1049:4 Mar:
1028:Koolama
1018:3 Mar:
991:Stewart
970:K XVIII
931:2 Mar:
890:Houston
857:1 Mar:
696:Kanawha
669:Kanawha
517:Langley
513:Whipple
508:Whipple
452:Stewart
447:Langley
426:Langley
406:Whipple
400:bombers
388:Whipple
378:Langley
360:Stewart
319:Celebes
228:of the
221:Kanawha
144:Kanawha
47:History
1462:Tambar
1444:Walney
1410:Emilia
1327:Legion
1320:Jaguar
1198:Tolten
963:K XIII
883:Exeter
862:Edsall
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717:Brazos
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414:Belita
395:Edsall
354:Ceylon
331:Darwin
311:Borneo
223:-class
218:was a
216:(AO–6)
170:Length
146:-class
41:(AO-6)
1524:U-753
1508:Olean
1455:Sargo
1416:Panay
1400:U-585
1351:U-587
1309:U-655
1282:Vamar
1218:U-503
1208:U-133
1182:Texan
1172:Naiad
1053:Yarra
1042:Perch
949:Ha-13
923:U-656
904:Perth
897:Pecos
731:Pecos
521:Pecos
503:Pecos
492:Pecos
471:Pecos
466:Pecos
461:Sōryū
443:Pecos
381:from
291:Pecos
285:When
272:Pecos
257:(USA)
246:Pecos
214:Pecos
194:Speed
186:Draft
126:Sōryū
71:Pecos
39:Pecos
1595:1943
1587:1942
1579:1941
1566:Drum
1545:Gato
1345:Atik
1063:Auby
1035:Mary
911:Pope
779:None
762:(ex-
759:Omei
624:ISBN
564:2021
527:and
480:Kaga
449:and
430:P-40
391:and
346:Java
278:and
261:AO–6
244:USS
234:Java
212:USS
178:Beam
120:Fate
115:AO-6
69:USS
66:Name
37:USS
1390:Z26
1334:P39
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