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1422:German Navy
939:17 December
824:Typhoon Roy
807:Carl Vinson
531:Puget Sound
510:joined the
412:RUR-5 ASROC
398:(SM-1) and
190:Hull number
1613:1961 ships
1597:Categories
991:Robert Ray
895:References
721:May 1973.
641:along the
537:, for the
525:After her
489:Alan Bible
485:Washington
338:Complement
295:Propulsion
261:) standard
1268:John King
1240:Conyngham
1032:26 August
714:Apollo 16
666:Apollo 11
590:Hong Kong
578:Viet Cong
551:7th Fleet
539:Coral Sea
453:destroyer
360:AN/SPG-51
255:long tons
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108:Laid down
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1548:Farragut
1532:Berkeley
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1396:Brisbane
1331:Tattnall
1282:Lawrence
1233:Cochrane
1207:Buchanan
1200:Berkeley
868:for the
670:Columbia
660:In 1969
650:Harbor.
547:Yokosuka
543:Hawaiian
442:(DDG-20)
414:Launcher
378:Armament
221:scrapped
205:Non Sibi
192:: DDG-20
154:Callsign
140:Stricken
116:Launched
80:Namesake
1515:Formion
1508:Waddell
1447:Mölders
1440:Lütjens
1428:Lütjens
1345:Waddell
1317:Sellers
1310:Sampson
1303:Robison
872:class.
616:torpedo
610:in 1966
529:out of
481:Seattle
98:Builder
90:Ordered
51:History
45:in 1986
43:Bahrain
1496:Semmes
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271:Length
253:3,277
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1550:class
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1481:class
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1430:class
1382:Perth
1372:class
1370:Perth
870:Perth
848:Perth
740:1980s
586:SEATO
330:Range
323:knots
318:Speed
287:Draft
199:Motto
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1034:2011
962:ISBN
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