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630:Pearl Harbor
598:radar picket
592:entered the
589:
587:
558:
533:
527:
503:
486:Pearl Harbor
482:antiaircraft
477:
471:
461:
425:
401:
398:Rhode Island
387:
369:
351:
331:
329:
328:
309:depth charge
164:Displacement
152:
119:Reclassified
106:16 June 1943
103:Commissioned
90:15 July 1942
29:
20:
1218:Roy O. Hale
1086:Kirkpatrick
767:Jacob Jones
468:Pacific War
458:Long Island
362:World War I
298:1 × triple
292:8 × single
280:3 × single
253:9,100
1763:1942 ships
1747:Categories
1316:Haverfield
1295:Calcaterra
1197:Strickland
941:Sturtevant
707:Sturtevant
668:References
590:Sturtevant
565:midshipman
534:Sturtevant
478:Sturtevant
462:Sturtevant
460:. In all,
426:Sturtevant
410:Casablanca
402:Sturtevant
370:Sturtevant
358:Navy Cross
332:Sturtevant
311:projectors
267:Complement
221:generators
203:Propulsion
21:Sturtevant
1446:Kretchmer
1358:Stockdale
1169:Kretchmer
1065:Sellstrom
906:Chatelain
857:Fessenden
794:Pillsbury
658:Navy list
650:San Diego
626:San Diego
563:during a
494:San Diego
452:, and at
446:Casco Bay
418:Liverpool
414:Gibraltar
390:shakedown
286:1 × twin
114:June 1960
87:Laid down
1717:Rudderow
1502:Chambers
1351:Cockrill
1344:Wilhoite
1323:Swenning
1302:Chambers
1176:O'Reilly
1072:Harveson
1058:Ricketts
1023:Marchand
927:Peterson
836:Farquhar
808:Flaherty
709:(DE-239)
572:and the
542:Labrador
376:Co., at
334:(DE-239)
316:hedgehog
275:Armament
239:21
127:Stricken
95:Launched
63:Namesake
1655:Forster
1488:Lansing
1467:Ramsden
1460:Forster
1425:Falgout
1337:Janssen
1309:Merrill
1281:Lansing
1239:Ramsden
1204:Forster
1155:Brister
1128:Falgout
1093:Leopold
1009:Stanton
1002:Snowden
934:Stewart
913:Neunzer
780:Hammann
774:Langley
616:in the
530:Florida
400:coast,
394:Bermuda
378:Houston
348:History
336:was an
208:4
82:, Texas
80:Houston
73:Builder
44:History
1708:Cannon
1683:Dai Ky
1671:
1608:Indakh
1590:
1557:
1518:
1495:Durant
1474:Richey
1453:Koiner
1411:Newell
1399:
1372:Holder
1365:Hissem
1330:Willis
1288:Durant
1267:Savage
1260:Richey
1253:Rhodes
1211:Daniel
1183:Koiner
1114:Newell
1107:Mosley
1100:Menges
1051:Pettit
1016:Swasey
968:Tomich
899:Brough
760:Edsall
746:Edsall
678:
634:Hawaii
624:; and
614:Rodman
570:Panama
561:Europe
432:, and
406:convoy
388:After
366:German
212:
179:Length
155:-class
153:Edsall
23:, see
1719:class
1710:class
1541:Hurst
1481:Vance
1439:Finch
1418:Pride
1274:Vance
1246:Mills
1190:Price
1162:Finch
1121:Pride
1079:Joyce
1030:Hurst
995:Sloat
961:Keith
955:Scott
948:Moore
920:Poole
892:Blair
871:Frost
864:Fiske
450:Maine
422:Derry
248:Range
241:knots
236:Speed
195:Draft
1686:(ex-
1653:(ex-
1643:Camp
1641:(ex-
1611:(ex-
1572:(ex-
1539:(ex-
1432:Lowe
1142:Gary
1135:Lowe
1037:Camp
885:Inch
878:Huse
850:Hill
801:Pope
691:here
578:Cuba
546:Cuba
412:and
330:USS
307:8 ×
255:nmi.
187:Beam
135:Fate
576:in
1749::
1605:/
1533:/
1145:/
978:/
958:/
777:/
640:.
620:;
612:;
608:;
580:.
532:,
456:,
448:,
210:FM
1690:)
1657:)
1645:)
1615:)
1576:)
1543:)
737:e
730:t
723:v
693:.
318:)
223:,
216:,
27:.
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