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1205:Industrial buildings and structures in Texas
875:LCI(L)-342 (30 December 1942) (to NDRF 1948)
997:"Shipbuilding in Texas During World War II"
899:LCI(L)-350 (4 February 1943) (to NDRF 1948)
896:LCI(L)-349 (31 January 1943) (to NDRF 1948)
893:LCI(L)-348 (27 January 1943) (to NDRF 1948)
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884:LCI(L)-345 (22 January 1943) (sold 1948)
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818:LCI(L)-328 (31 October 1942) (sold 1946)
115:After the war, the shipyard was sold to
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926:Ship technology during World War II
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1028:"Todd Shipyards Corp., Houston TX"
974:"Brown & Root company history"
852:LCI(L)-338 (26 December 1942) (to
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76:Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
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37:Brown Shipbuilding Company
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55:) by brothers Herman and
121:Manned Spacecraft Center
106:amphibious assault ships
956:Harvard Business School
104:. Brown also built 254
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800:Landing Craft Infantry
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123:in Houston, Texas.
1180:History of Houston
676:Chester T. O'Brien
622:Lawrence C. Taylor
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1065:978-1-4833-6466-7
794:1954 as Po Kiang)
721:submarine chasers
604:Samuel B. Roberts
514:Richard M. Rowell
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133:Destroyer escorts
97:Samuel B. Roberts
88:destroyer escorts
72:submarine chasers
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1137:95°10′52″W
1134:29°45′11″N
1038:2007-07-28
1013:2007-07-28
979:2007-07-28
932:References
860:LCI(L)-339
810:LCI(L)-326
798:32 of 923
748:USS PC-568
728:USS PC-565
713:12 of 343
412:Haverfield
385:Calcaterra
160:Sturtevant
778:Venezuela
735:Venezuela
493:23 of 83
466:Stockdale
304:Sellstrom
139:38 of 85
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61:U.S. Navy
915:See also
787:as PC-7)
785:Thailand
762:Thailand
649:Tabberer
586:Stafford
568:La Prade
523:Eversole
457:Cockrill
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232:Stanton
223:Snowden
151:Stewart
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376:Durant
349:Savage
340:Richey
331:Rhodes
286:Pettit
241:Swasey
187:Tomich
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142:Edsall
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358:Vance
322:Mills
259:Hurst
214:Sloat
178:Keith
169:Moore
51:(now
45:Texas
1092:2016
1060:ISBN
854:NDRF
841:NDRF
742:USAF
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268:Camp
110:LSMs
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