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227:William Cramp & Sons
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134:General characteristics
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362:Sabine Pass
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212:Confederacy
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1365:Categories
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486:Shipwrecks
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288:J. C. Kuhn
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387:Velocity
382:schooner
307:was off
187:Armament
142:937 tons
118:Captured
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499:Neptune
339:Alabama
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322:Florida
229:in the
62:History
1349:1864 →
1342:← 1862
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1212:Racoon
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