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457:Subic Bay
427:patrols.
401:Hollandia
395:departed
385:shakedown
317:U.S. Navy
249:2 × twin
171:long tons
81:Laid down
1555:Rudderow
1286:Canceled
1206:Heyliger
1192:Gilligan
1046:Tabberer
997:Stafford
983:La Prade
948:Eversole
927:Williams
469:Japanese
364:launched
336:aircraft
303:(DE-357)
283:Hedgehog
278:throwers
262:AA guns
238:Armament
129:Stricken
89:Launched
59:Namesake
1372:Sheehan
1308:Keppler
1102:Conklin
1081:Dufilho
969:Shelton
962:Edmonds
920:Presley
878:McGinty
871:Rombach
836:Woodson
808:Jaccard
710:Raymond
545:to the
512:Qingdao
500:Okinawa
453:Mindoro
389:Bermuda
319:during
254:AA guns
67:Builder
30:History
1564:Dealey
1527:Formoe
1510:
1442:Benner
1386:Groves
1269:Wagner
1262:Osberg
1220:Tweedy
1199:Formoe
976:Straus
955:Dennis
892:French
850:Walton
787:Naifeh
766:Gentry
677:
594:
476:Ulithi
445:Palaus
383:After
344:Borneo
325:convoy
310:-class
305:was a
182:Length
169:1,350
157:-class
1566:class
1557:class
1435:Gyatt
1329:Weiss
1255:Rizzi
1248:Bivin
1241:Lewis
1172:Hanna
1165:Cross
1144:Grady
864:Pratt
461:Luzon
417:Leyte
338:near
222:Range
214:Speed
198:Draft
1537:(ex–
1525:(ex-
1137:Goss
1088:Haas
857:Rolf
829:Mack
773:Traw
607:here
387:off
362:was
348:keel
299:USS
281:1 ×
274:8 ×
190:Beam
137:Fate
49:Name
759:Key
522:at
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1189:/
530:.
486:.
459:,
415:,
403:,
391:,
358:.
342:,
331:.
73:,
1541:)
1529:)
653:e
646:t
639:v
609:.
177:)
175:t
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