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682:
678:World War II
669:
668:
642:
624:
614:Bikini Atoll
606:Pearl Harbor
587:
531:
510:Pearl Harbor
498: (CM-5)
495:
489:
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477:
465:
459:
418:Pearl Harbor
397:
387:
384:World War II
362:Victory ship
357:
356:
337:
330:
328:
327:
271:87 Officers
249:HP & LP
202:Displacement
142:Reclassified
126:Commissioned
54:
1865:Troop ships
1804:Paul Revere
1742:Mecklenburg
1616:Saint Croix
1197:Fond du Lac
674:battle star
672:earned one
659:South Korea
602:atomic bomb
574:Philippines
558:Tokyo Plain
237:8,500
1875:1944 ships
1834:Categories
1602:Rockingham
1595:Rockbridge
1414:Meriwether
1288:Lauderdale
1029:Clearfield
1022:Buckingham
1008:Broadwater
911:St. Mary's
776:Rockingham
744:Rockingham
687:References
670:Rockingham
643:Rockingham
490:Rockingham
484:New Mexico
478:Rockingham
466:Rockingham
410:California
406:amphibious
398:Rockingham
358:Rockingham
331:Rockingham
300:four twin
281:Complement
246:Propulsion
55:Rockingham
1700:Hempstead
1682:Cancelled
1644:Bottineau
1637:Bollinger
1490:Mountrail
1455:Talladega
1428:Sherburne
1379:McCracken
1274:Kingsbury
1232:Granville
1204:Freestone
1190:Effingham
1183:Edgecombe
1015:Brookings
987:Botetourt
932:Arlington
918:Allendale
897:La Grange
862:Highlands
840:Completed
680:service.
655:Navy list
610:Kwajalein
598:Kwajalein
576:reaching
494:USS
482:USS
434:U.S. Army
110:Completed
94:Laid down
57:(APA-229)
1735:McLennan
1728:Maricopa
1623:San Saba
1609:Rockwall
1588:Renville
1553:Pickaway
1539:Okanogan
1532:Okaloosa
1518:New Kent
1483:Montrose
1476:Missoula
1462:Tazewell
1421:Sarasota
1393:Marathon
1386:Magoffin
1351:Sandoval
1218:Gallatin
1176:Eastland
1141:Newberry
1127:Mellette
1120:Lycoming
1092:La Porte
1071:Crockett
1036:Clermont
959:Barnwell
869:Hinsdale
594:Eniwetok
542:Eniwetok
528:Post-war
514:Eniwetok
470:Kamikaze
438:Marianas
426:Eniwetok
289:Armament
261:17 knots
251:turbines
194:, 4,553
150:Stricken
118:Acquired
102:Launched
62:Namesake
1714:Luzerne
1707:Iredell
1693:Harnett
1581:Rawlins
1574:Bingham
1567:Randall
1511:Neshoba
1504:Navarro
1497:Natrona
1469:Telfair
1448:Mifflin
1407:Menifee
1372:Lubbock
1358:Lenawee
1344:Sanborn
1337:Rutland
1330:Pondera
1323:Pickens
1309:Olmsted
1267:Kershaw
1253:Jerauld
1162:Dickens
1113:Lowndes
1106:Laurens
1099:Latimer
1078:Audobon
1050:Colbert
1043:Clinton
1001:Braxton
966:Beckham
952:Bandera
890:Kittson
876:Hocking
848:Haskell
814:Haskell
480:joined
462:Okinawa
450:Okinawa
368:Corp.,
353:History
338:Haskell
226:Draught
187:Tonnage
86:Ordered
31:History
1774:Aragón
1762:
1721:Medera
1630:Sevier
1546:Oneida
1441:Sibley
1400:Menard
1316:Oxford
1302:Oconto
1295:Lavaca
1281:Lander
1260:Karnes
1239:Grimes
1225:Gosper
1085:Bergen
1064:Cottle
980:Bosque
945:Attala
925:Arenac
904:Lanier
883:Kenton
855:Hendry
829:
696:
665:Awards
550:Manila
546:Ulithi
522:Manila
520:, and
518:Ulithi
506:Ulithi
502:convoy
496:Terror
446:Ulithi
442:Saipan
430:Saipan
340:-class
335:was a
266:Troops
210:Length
1806:class
1797:class
1779:Noble
1672:Glynn
1658:Bexar
1651:Bronx
1525:Noble
1365:Logan
1155:Deuel
1148:Darke
994:Bowie
973:Bland
566:Samar
562:Leyte
554:Japan
320:Notes
310:10 ×
302:40 mm
258:Speed
190:7612
1777:(ex-
1665:Dane
1560:Pitt
1246:Hyde
1211:Gage
1169:Drew
1134:Napa
709:here
676:for
612:and
596:and
564:and
548:and
504:for
448:and
428:and
329:USS
294:1 ×
218:Beam
179:Type
158:Fate
53:USS
50:Name
649:at
284:536
239:shp
196:NRT
192:GRT
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