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578:F4U Corsair
538:to support
524:Middle East
437:Crown Point
427:"long-hull"
250:4 Ă— geared
235:8 Ă— boilers
133:Crown Point
123:15 May 1959
1708:Ship fires
1688:1945 ships
1672:Categories
1591:Wave Ruler
1580:Wave Ruler
1559:Else Basse
1537:USNS
1522:Menestheus
1439:Dumlupınar
1358:Shipwrecks
1214:Shangri-La
1119:Bennington
984:References
974:Photos of
926:in 1952-53
542:Forces in
530:pressure.
483:battleship
389:Korean War
330:: 1.5 inch
275:Complement
256:4 Ă— shafts
245:Propulsion
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1207:Princeton
1179:Kearsarge
1098:Lexington
650:departed
572:were the
528:Communist
500:Caribbean
487:Wisconsin
381:Caribbean
195:long tons
96:Laid down
21:USS Leyte
1630:14 Dec:
1623:Stanbell
1620:13 Dec:
1609:16 Oct:
1598:29 Sep:
1587:23 Sep:
1576:18 Sep:
1556:19 Aug:
1546:26 Jul:
1519:16 Apr:
1512:Milborne
1509:20 Mar:
1481:Rockford
1477:30 Sep:
1467:31 Aug:
1446:14 Apr:
1425:10 Mar:
1386:31 Jan:
1376:25 Jan:
1242:Iwo Jima
1200:Antietam
1193:Reprisal
1186:Oriskany
1151:Randolph
1091:Franklin
1077:Intrepid
1070:Yorktown
943:Yokosuka
924:Yokosuka
863:Yokosuka
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784:(with 2
638:flagship
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377:Atlantic
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283:Armament
162:Scrapped
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76:Namesake
1633:Olympia
1569:Liberté
1566:8 Sep:
1549:Culrain
1529:6 May:
1488:3 Nov:
1460:Pelican
1435:4 Apr:
1414:9 Feb:
1403:1 Feb:
1366:8 Jan:
1271:SCB-125
1158:Hancock
961:(CV-32)
907:in 1957
846:in 1946
827:in 1946
807:Gallery
520:Lebanon
481:joined
474:in 1946
457:Captain
193:27,100
128:Renamed
86:Builder
47:History
1602:Tyrian
1450:Conway
1407:Sirdar
1295:Midway
1266:SCB-27
1228:Tarawa
1084:Hornet
994:
670:Awards
604:Boston
582:Ensign
558:Sasebo
516:Beirut
504:HO3S-1
433:-class
383:, and
358:-class
206:Length
181:-class
1613:Leyte
1457:Jun:
1416:RNLB
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967:Leyte
959:Leyte
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859:Leyte
844:Leyte
821:Leyte
648:Leyte
636:, as
626:Leyte
615:Leyte
589:Leyte
570:Leyte
562:Japan
550:Leyte
544:Korea
532:Leyte
490:on a
479:Leyte
472:Leyte
449:Leyte
431:Essex
423:Leyte
412:Essex
408:Leyte
373:Leyte
356:Essex
349:Leyte
310:Armor
300:46 Ă—
294:32 Ă—
288:12 Ă—
268:knots
263:Speed
222:Draft
179:Essex
131:from
70:Leyte
39:Leyte
1659:1954
1646:1952
1437:TCG
1287:Wasp
1112:Wasp
1007:here
903:and
895:off
861:off
347:USS
316:Belt
214:Beam
158:Fate
66:Name
37:USS
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266:33
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199:t
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