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126:2 March 1946
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756:arrived in
746:Wake Island
619:North Korea
480:hull number
427:"long-hull"
409:Vietnam War
262:4 Ã geared
247:8 Ã boilers
1843:1945 ships
1827:Categories
1716:Shangri-La
1621:Bennington
1440:References
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689:Communists
603:Korean War
586:Korean War
542:midshipmen
393:Korean War
342:: 1.5 inch
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268:4 Ã shafts
257:Propulsion
213:) standard
118:5 May 1945
1787:USS
1709:Princeton
1681:Kearsarge
1600:Lexington
1494:Kearsarge
1485:Kearsarge
1405:0362-4331
1375:13 August
1342:Footnotes
1322:Kearsarge
1315:Astronaut
1300:Kearsarge
1277:Kearsarge
1258:Kearsarge
1228:Kearsarge
1172:(thrice)
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943:Subic Bay
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837:Kearsarge
821:Space Age
810:astronaut
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553:6th Fleet
538:Caribbean
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389:Kearsarge
385:Civil War
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207:long tons
107:Laid down
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50:Kearsarge
1744:Iwo Jima
1702:Antietam
1695:Reprisal
1688:Oriskany
1653:Randolph
1593:Franklin
1579:Intrepid
1572:Yorktown
1507:Archived
1330:See also
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776:arrived
674:SS
650:Far East
644:flagship
607:Yokosuka
464:Congress
379:for the
295:Armament
174:Scrapped
115:Launched
87:Namesake
1773:SCB-125
1660:Hancock
1487:(CV-33)
1320:aboard
1302:in 1966
1281:Faith 7
1245:in 1957
1230:in 1948
1210:Gallery
876:in 1969
872:aboard
868:of the
857:Vietnam
722:SCB-125
449:Captain
205:27,100
97:Builder
58:History
1797:Midway
1768:SCB-27
1730:Tarawa
1586:Hornet
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961:Awards
815:after
733:CVS-33
697:Taiwan
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623:CVA-33
576:SCB-27
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497:Hornet
472:Hornet
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1667:Boxer
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742:SEATO
460:Essex
431:Essex
368:Essex
322:Armor
312:46 Ã
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300:12 Ã
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275:Speed
234:Draft
191:Essex
1789:Wasp
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1463:here
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1377:2012
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521:USS
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328:Belt
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