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584:. Next came
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468:Construction
463:Ship history
446:
440:Goldsborough
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346:Sensors and
257:(3,330
248:Displacement
236:
204:
124:Commissioned
74:Goldsborough
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39:Goldsborough
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25:
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
242:destroyer
108:Laid down
1557:Spruance
1548:Farragut
1532:Berkeley
1503:Nearchos
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
1470:
1454:Rommel
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1389:Hobart
1361:
1338:Towers
1324:Semmes
1226:Biddle
1186:Barney
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850:-class
728:, the
520:Hawaii
493:Nevada
449:–class
444:was a
271:Length
253:3,277
239:-class
156:: NOZX
1559:class
1550:class
1491:Kimon
1481:class
1479:Kimon
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
1530:(ex-
1518:(ex-
1506:(ex-
1494:(ex-
1261:Hoel
1224:(ex-
1103:here
1078:here
1034:2011
962:ISBN
941:2006
913:ISBN
438:USS
431:None
410:1 ×
404:2 ×
387:for
307:4 ×
300:2 ×
279:Beam
216:Fate
70:Name
41:off
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392:SAM
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