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1714:Winnipeg II
1436:Lisbon Maru
459:battle star
444:Savo Island
426:Savo Island
348:Guadalcanal
108:Savo Island
1983:1942 ships
1962:Categories
1879:Queen Mary
1418:Shipwrecks
1108:Hsien Yang
1096:Hsien Yang
798:Aaron Ward
465:References
365:submarines
340:transports
201:Complement
175:4 boilers;
167:Propulsion
138:1,630 tons
21:USS Duncan
1899:HMS
1888:HMS
1877:RMS
1855:HMS
1838:USS
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1772:USS
1749:USS
1632:USS
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1559:USS
1516:Komintern
1428:HMS
1290:Lansdowne
1285:Gaziantep
1212:Nicholson
1036:Stevenson
945:Satterlee
882:Frankford
819:Lansdowne
742:Hambleton
707:Nicholson
616:Livermore
275:destroyer
129:destroyer
79:Laid down
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1886:12 Oct:
1836:31 Oct:
1814:30 Oct:
1804:29 Oct:
1787:27 Oct:
1764:26 Oct:
1751:Seminole
1747:25 Oct:
1737:24 Oct:
1721:23 Oct:
1705:22 Oct:
1689:21 Oct:
1679:20 Oct:
1663:17 Oct:
1647:16 Oct:
1634:Meredith
1624:15 Oct:
1617:Shch-213
1602:14 Oct:
1586:13 Oct:
1567:Murakumo
1557:12 Oct:
1544:Furutaka
1535:11 Oct:
1513:10 Oct:
1355:Fletcher
1314:Buchanan
1309:Gelibolu
1252:Hatakaze
1125:Plunkett
1120:Nan Yang
1043:Stockton
1015:Shubrick
1001:Gherardi
952:Thompson
868:Endicott
805:Buchanan
721:Ingraham
693:Ericsson
651:Meredith
630:Plunkett
542:Newsweek
417:Furutaka
396:flagship
302:launched
265:(DD-485)
209:Armament
87:Launched
1875:2 Oct:
1692:Palatia
1605:Caribou
1528:Orcades
1497:9 Oct:
1481:8 Oct:
1471:6 Oct:
1449:5 Oct:
1430:Curacoa
1426:2 Oct:
1326:Lardner
1302:McCalla
1297:Giresun
1245:Ellyson
1240:Asakaze
1132:Ellyson
1029:Tillman
1008:Herndon
938:Harding
931:Baldwin
910:Jeffers
903:Glennon
896:Edwards
889:Davison
854:Carmick
840:Mervine
833:McCalla
826:Lardner
770:Forrest
735:Ellyson
728:Bristol
714:Swanson
672:Woolsey
665:Monssen
658:Grayson
609:Niblack
602:Gleaves
588:Gleaves
547:14 June
506:website
431:McCalla
411:cruiser
270:Gleaves
124:Gleaves
69:Builder
40:History
1901:Phoebe
1857:Unique
1840:YP-345
1807:Abosso
1791:Hornet
1774:Porter
1627:Drazki
1595:Loreto
1561:Duncan
1538:Fubuki
1525:, HMT
1522:Camden
1346:Benson
1321:Gemlik
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1101:Rodman
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1057:Turner
1022:Beatty
994:Butler
973:Knight
959:Welles
924:Nelson
917:Maddox
875:McCook
812:Duncan
791:Hobson
763:Macomb
756:Emmons
749:Rodman
700:Wilkes
686:Edison
679:Ludlow
637:Kearny
623:Eberle
525:Duncan
517:Duncan
504:Duncan
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455:Duncan
450:Awards
436:Duncan
409:hit a
407:Duncan
388:Duncan
384:convoy
379:Duncan
373:Duncan
352:Duncan
332:Duncan
298:Duncan
272:-class
263:Duncan
252:tracks
143:Length
126:-class
63:Duncan
1890:Loyal
1850:U-116
1829:U-658
1823:U-559
1817:U-520
1797:U-627
1740:U-599
1708:U-412
1682:U-216
1672:Oboro
1656:U-353
1640:U-661
1611:Komet
1579:U-597
1506:U-171
1484:U-179
1458:U-619
1452:U-582
1442:U-512
1357:class
1348:class
1050:Thorn
987:Earle
980:Doran
966:Cowie
861:Doyle
847:Quick
784:Corry
777:Fitch
392:radar
238:10 ×
193:Range
185:Speed
159:Draft
1930:1943
1922:1942
1914:1941
1757:Yura
1589:I-30
1550:L-16
1474:I-22
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549:2009
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488:here
369:Wasp
360:Wasp
300:was
267:, a
261:USS
248:2 ×
231:6 ×
224:6 ×
214:4 ×
151:Beam
103:Fate
59:Name
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