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film chronicling the adventures of the Navy's UDT divers in the
Pacific during World War II. Departing Norfolk on 3 January 1951, the warship stopped at
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but one. At the end of the attack, Kleinsmith was missing and presumed dead. He was posthumously awarded the
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227:Reclassified
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155:12 June 1945
152:Commissioned
128:Reclassified
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2602:Carpellotti
2111:Tehuantupec
1733:Vogelgesang
1701:Carpellotti
994:Great Lakes
952:Middle East
836:The Frogmen
811:Puerto Rico
789:coast from
752:Buckner Bay
734:arrived at
719:weapons of
692:New Orleans
619:designated
581:During the
576:watertender
502:battleships
425:6 × single
222:16 May 1960
171:16 May 1960
163:16 May 1960
3039:1945 ships
3023:Categories
2938:Usumacinta
2914:Papaloapan
2902:California
2681:Kleinsmith
2588:Kleinsmith
2456:Francovich
2123:Usumacinta
2099:Papaloapan
2087:California
1854:Kleinsmith
1687:Kleinsmith
1561:Francovich
1133:Kleinsmith
1092:References
1018:Kleinsmith
1002:Kleinsmith
982:Kleinsmith
967:Kleinsmith
928:Kleinsmith
911:Kleinsmith
876:Kleinsmith
857:St. Thomas
827:Kleinsmith
799:amphibious
783:Kleinsmith
732:Kleinsmith
696:Kleinsmith
652:Kleinsmith
645:Lake Huron
639:. She was
625:Kleinsmith
599:Navy Cross
534:Cincinnati
486:Zionsville
470:Navy Cross
446:Kleinsmith
427:20 mm guns
421:40 mm guns
400:Complement
395:162 troops
331:propellers
304:Propulsion
85:Kleinsmith
49:Kleinsmith
18:Kleinsmith
2956:Chihuahua
2838:Cavallaro
2833:Gyeongnam
2805:Ruchamkin
2748:Heng Shan
2724:Shou Shan
2676:Tien Shan
2546:Cavallaro
2511:Diachenko
2267:Ruchamkin
2141:Chihuahua
2023:Cavallaro
2018:Gyeongnam
2006:Chung Nam
1978:Ruchamkin
1921:Heng Shan
1897:Shou Shan
1849:Tien Shan
1644:Cavallaro
1602:Diachenko
1372:Ruchamkin
1184:Completed
1082:Tien Shan
1060:Tien Shan
1056:(APD-315)
1054:Tien Shan
1041:Tien Shan
1032:Tien Shan
980:In 1958,
975:Barcelona
956:Communist
932:La Spezia
930:departed
888:6th Fleet
884:Gibraltar
841:Hollywood
807:Caribbean
795:Venezuela
744:San Diego
566:USS
559:USS
549:USS
542:USS
532:USS
527:Milwaukee
525:USS
512:USS
505:USS
448:(APD-134)
419:3 × twin
214:(APD-215)
212:Tien Shan
136:Laid down
103:1942, as
2919:Earheart
2793:Tollberg
2741:Register
2736:Tai Shan
2700:Hua Shan
2532:Gosselin
2498:Scribner
2435:Earheart
2365:Tollberg
2344:Ringness
2288:Register
2104:Earheart
1966:Tollberg
1914:Register
1909:Tai Shan
1873:Hua Shan
1837:Tai Yuan
1771:Williams
1725:Canceled
1667:(DE-715)
1630:Gosselin
1589:Scribner
1540:Earheart
1470:Tollberg
1449:Ringness
1393:Register
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1192:Rudderow
1171:Rudderow
924:Egyptian
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791:Labrador
787:Atlantic
762:via the
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612:Rudderow
587:Yorktown
568:Yorktown
561:Saratoga
551:Honolulu
544:Portland
514:Maryland
480:Namesake
464:for the
454:, was a
408:Armament
325:turbines
246:Scrapped
219:Acquired
168:Stricken
144:Launched
92:Namesake
87:(DE-718)
55:1948-49.
2967:Rednour
2800:Córdoba
2717:Truxtun
2712:Fu Shan
2688:Yu Shan
2574:Balduck
2525:Wantuck
2358:Rednour
2351:Knudson
2330:Truxtun
2253:Crosley
2239:Crosley
2152:Rednour
1973:Córdoba
1890:Truxtun
1885:Fu Shan
1861:Yu Shan
1673:Balduck
1616:Wantuck
1463:Rednour
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1435:Truxtun
1358:Crosley
1345:Crosley
1290:Tinsman
1283:Peiffer
1234:McNulty
1206:Chaffee
1131:of USS
1010:Tsoying
971:Palermo
948:Lebanon
896:Algeria
849:Florida
756:Okinawa
629:APD-134
595:boilers
507:Wyoming
498:fireman
457:Crosley
341:rudders
315:boilers
261:Crosley
188:History
114:Builder
106:Buckley
100:Ordered
61:History
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