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568:Pacific Motor Boat (volume 35 No. 7)
1257:Maritime incidents in February 1943
566:"Aleutian Heroes, the "Yippiees"".
665:Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L.
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324:patrol boat
148:Honours and
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1242:1940 ships
1236:Categories
1223:March 1943
1015:HMCS
974:Haltenbank
785:HMCS
760:Dorchester
725:Shipwrecks
488:References
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404:Bremerton
364:Cavalcade
328:U.S. Navy
320:Cavalcade
315:USS YP-72
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551:13 March
455:176°39′W
420:and the
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273:Armament
132:Stricken
116:Acquired
93:Launched
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396:Captain
338:History
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994:U-623
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967:U-562
961:U-268
945:YP-72
939:U-205
933:U-201
906:U-529
896:U-620
886:U-442
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381:YP-73
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624:ISBN
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