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1885:Blue Jacket
1804:Wild Ranger
1797:Wild Pigeon
1762:Westward Ho
1748:Water Witch
1646:Santa Maria
1604:Rocky Mount
1534:Ocean Rover
1343:Golden West
1317:Golden City
1296:Flying Mist
1121:Appalachian
1093:African Sun
717:Capricornus
488:Philippines
478:arrived at
450:Guadalcanal
375:Guadalcanal
333:Pacific War
311:Coast Guard
136:battle star
129:Honours and
124:12 May 1946
116:10 May 1946
1945:1944 ships
1929:Categories
1913:Trade Wind
1878:Bald Eagle
1811:Wild Rover
1597:Robin Hood
1590:Ringleader
1548:Oglethorpe
1261:Eagle Wing
1170:Blue Ridge
794:Oglethorpe
557:References
442:occupation
226:Complement
1870:C2-S-B1-R
1818:Wild Wave
1790:Wideawake
1769:Whirlwind
1755:West Wind
1583:Red Rover
1520:Nonpareil
1449:Messenger
1441:Messenger
1413:Marquette
1385:John Land
1371:Hurricane
1357:Highflier
1268:Expounder
1198:Centaurus
1191:Celestial
1114:Ann McKim
1107:Andromeda
903:Whitfield
888:Cancelled
850:Whiteside
759:Marquette
724:Centaurus
696:Andromeda
667:Completed
641:Andromeda
553:service.
508:Navy List
492:Subic Bay
470:Tokyo Bay
325:, by the
266:Andromeda
246:4 × twin
161:Andromeda
89:Laid down
1741:War Hawk
1719:Twilight
1711:Twilight
1682:Spitfire
1674:Spitfire
1555:Oriental
1499:Muliphen
1478:Montague
1464:Mischief
1406:Mandarin
1310:Gauntlet
1247:Defiance
1149:Asterion
1142:Argonaut
1128:Aquarius
1072:Achernar
991:Arcturus
975:Achernar
970:Castilla
896:Sedgwick
787:Muliphen
780:Montague
703:Aquarius
675:Achernar
518:Renamed
462:Hokkaidō
426:Marianas
383:Marianas
313:crew in
291:Eridanus
262:(AKA-63)
234:Armament
121:Stricken
97:Launched
69:Eridanus
61:Namesake
55:Theenim
1846:Wyandot
1839:Winston
1783:Whitley
1727:Typhoon
1690:Theenim
1653:Sheliak
1611:Rolette
1576:Rainbow
1562:Pampero
1434:Merrick
1427:Mathews
1399:Lookout
1364:Hotspur
1275:Flyaway
1226:Coringa
1205:Cepheus
1100:Alshain
1064:C2-S-B1
1000:Artemis
942:Whitley
871:Wyandot
864:Winston
857:Whitley
843:Warrick
815:Theenim
808:Sheliak
801:Rolette
773:Merrick
766:Mathews
731:Cepheus
689:Alshain
598:Theenim
596:of USS
547:Theenim
500:Theenim
476:Theenim
422:Theenim
403:Marines
399:Hagushi
395:Theenim
379:Theenim
369:to the
355:Norfolk
339:Theenim
307:Theenim
302:Theemin
286:Theenim
280:History
272:of the
264:was an
260:Theenim
75:Builder
65:Theenim
31:History
1853:Yancey
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1697:Thuban
1676:(1943)
1457:Meteor
1443:(1942)
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829:Uvalde
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542:Awards
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464:, and
430:Saipan
387:Saipan
367:Hawaii
268:class
190:Length
163:-class
131:awards
1734:Virgo
1704:Titan
1219:Comet
1212:Chara
1002:class
993:class
836:Virgo
738:Chara
710:Arneb
682:Algol
458:Leyte
446:Manus
415:Oscar
243:mount
219:knots
217:16.5
214:Speed
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