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557:Kennicott
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257:Water jet
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125:Laid down
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812:Whittier
802:Unalaska
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653:Whittier
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564:Columbia
358:Wrangell
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270:Capacity
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173:Callsign
133:Launched
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605:Chilkat
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337:Chenega
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238:loading
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107:Builder
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39:History
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648:Juneau
522:Aurora
515:Lituya
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262:Speed
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