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Map Admiralty Islands operations, 29 February to 30 May 1944
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1531:Craft of Opportunity Program
1149:Bateman, Sam (28 Nov 2018).
1063:Faa, Marian (16 June 2021).
842:Chandler, Jo (16 Dec 2014).
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417:. The base was renamed HMAS
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1700:Operation Sovereign Borders
1521:Naval procurement programme
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1046:Prime Minister of Australia
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558:Map of Manus and Los Negros
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191:Site history
74:Location in
38:Manus Island
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1764:Vietnam War
1744:World War I
853:22 November
415:Finschhafen
388:containment
215:Pacific War
110: /
98:147°22′19″E
86:Coordinates
2338:Categories
2290:Rushcutter
2047:Coonawarra
1759:Korean War
1693:operations
1643:HMAS
1635:HMAS
1627:HMAS
1619:HMAS
1611:HMAS
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1589:Coonawarra
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1579:HMAS
1571:HMAS
1563:HMAS
1478:HMAS
1105:25 January
1075:25 January
1010:21 January
978:0531032779
755:References
574:Kittyhawks
508:battleship
368:USS ABSD-4
127:Naval base
2170:Encounter
2023:Albatross
1850:Navy News
1655:Personnel
1565:Albatross
1526:Equipment
1511:All ships
1421:equipment
1419:Ships and
1178:Australia
829:271822831
669:and Navy
240:Occupants
95:2°02′25″S
2306:Tarangau
2298:Seeadler
2282:Platypus
2258:Melville
2250:Maitland
2242:Magnetic
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2130:Basilisk
2095:Waterhen
2071:Kuttabul
2055:Creswell
2039:Cerberus
2014:Stirling
1947:Category
1894:entities
1789:Iraq War
1784:Gulf War
1637:Waterhen
1613:Kuttabul
1597:Creswell
1581:Cerberus
1556:Stirling
1516:Aircraft
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1454:Canberra
1440:Adelaide
1069:ABC News
987:18207174
783:12 March
743:See also
689:PT boats
687:tending
505:USS Iowa
459:Canberra
452:Guardian
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435:Tarangau
419:Tarangau
403:Seeadler
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300:Seeadler
258:Tarangau
230:Garrison
138:Operator
40:in
29:Tarangau
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2162:Derwent
2122:Assault
2087:Penguin
2079:Moreton
1875:Admiral
1721:History
1691:Current
1629:Penguin
1621:Moreton
1486:Leeuwin
1447:Collins
1243:Command
1164:Portals
467:Gallery
413:, near
349:Seabees
321:History
289:force.
273:of the
265:, is a
256:HMPNGS
203:1944-01
201: (
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2226:Lusair
2202:Lavada
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2103:Watson
2063:Harman
2031:Cairns
1954:Portal
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1677:Badges
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1605:Harman
1573:Cairns
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1480:Sirius
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1818:Other
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1433:Anzac
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305:HMAS
298:HMAS
196:Built
2186:Huon
1472:Huon
1107:2024
1077:2024
1012:2024
983:OCLC
973:ISBN
913:link
909:link
855:2019
825:OCLC
815:ISBN
785:2017
710:and
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