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• USS Huse (DE-145)
  |Ship out of service= The '''USS ''Huse'' (DE-145)''' was named by the [[U.S. Navy]] in honor of Admiral [[Harry McLaren Pinckney Huse]], who died in 1942.
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• USS Hurst (DE-250)
  |Ship country=Mexico |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}}
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• USS Cockrill (DE-398)
  |Ship out of service= ...Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; sponsored by Mrs. Cockrill, mother of ''Lieutenant Cockrill''; commissioned 24 December 1943, Lieutenant Commande
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• USS Edsall (DE-129)
  |Ship out of service= ...in the [[United States Navy]]. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Seaman [[Norman Edsall]] (1873–1899).
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• USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379)
  |Ship namesake=[[Unimak Bay]] on the coast of [[Unimak Island]] in [[Alaska]] (previous name retained) ...un]]s, <br/> • 2 × 90 mm [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]]s on 01 deck forward of the [[Bridge (ship)|bridge]]
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• USS Big Horn (AO-45)
  ...a [[Q-ship]] of the [[United States Navy]] named for the [[Bighorn River]] of [[Wyoming]] and [[Montana]]. ...which had become the center of an international incident at the beginning of the war, and was later sunk by a [[U-boat]].
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• USS Bangor (PF-16)
  |Ship country=Mexico |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}}
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• USS Rampart (AM-282)
  |Ship builder= Gulf Shipbuilding Co. ...ed to U.S. custody. Because of the [[Cold War]], the U.S. Navy was unaware of this fate and the vessel remained on the American [[Naval Vessel Register]]
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• USS Penetrate (AM-271)
  |Ship builder= Gulf Shipbuilding Co. ...ed to U.S. custody. Because of the [[Cold War]], the U.S. Navy was unaware of this fate and the vessel remained on the American [[Naval Vessel Register]]
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• USCGC Triton (WPC-116)
  |Ship out of service= ...She served almost simultaneously with [[USS Triton (SS-210)|the submarine of the same name]]. The contract for her construction was let on 17 November
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• USS PC-586
  ...ng this time she rendered valuable service as a training craft in the area of [[Pearl Harbor]]. She likewise performed [[patrol]] and [[convoy]] escort ...d to bolster Fleet readiness by briefly serving in a training capacity out of Pearl Harbor, and then along the east coast at both [[Charleston, South Car
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• USS PC-1141
  ''PC–1141'' was laid down by the [[Defoe Shipbuilding Company]] of [[Bay City, Michigan]], on 12 March 1943, launched on 22 June 1943, and com ...nder Commander [[Gulf Sea Frontier]] and escorted convoys in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and between Key West, Miami, and [[Cuba]]. On 13 May she sailed from Key
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Pocket]]<br>[[War on T ...Gun''', or "Ma Deuce" is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of [[World War I]] by [[John Browning]]. It is very similar in design to John
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• Mk 19 grenade launcher
  |wars= [[Vietnam War]], [[2006 Lebanon War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Operation Iraqi Freedom|OIF]], [[Operation Enduring Freedom|OEF]] |manufacturer= Saco Defense Industries (now a division of [[General Dynamics|General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products]]), Com
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• Fluconazole
  ...Alfumet'''. It is marketed under the brand name "candivast" in the Persian Gulf area. ===Mode of action===
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• Petroleum
  ...fined and separated, most easily by [[boiling point]], into a large number of consumer products, from [[petrol]] and [[kerosene]] to [[asphalt]] and chem ...aries depending on the subsurface conditions, and on the [[phase diagram]] of the petroleum mixture.<ref name="Hyne 2001">Hyne (2001), pp. 1–4.</ref>
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• Super Adobe
  .... Due to Super Adobe’s inexpensive nature, ease in construction, and use of locally available materials, it has also been proposed for use as a long te ...gain worldwide recognition as a plausible solution to the global epidemic of housing shortages.
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• Emergency management
  ...he institutions for [[civil defense]] or within the conventional structure of the [[emergency service]]s. However, emergency management actually starts a ...anagement context. This focuses on the mitigation and preparedness aspects of the emergency cycle (see below).
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• Arsenic
  ...The occurrence of arsenic in drinking water is problematic in some parts of the world. ...per and lower layer. This relatively close packing leads to a high density of 5.73&nbsp;g/cm³.<ref name="Holl"/> It is a [[semiconductor]] an
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• List of eponyms of airports
  This is a '''list of eponyms of airports''', including the name of the [[airport]], the location and the person after whom the airport is name | [[Abraham González International Airport]] || [[Ciudad Juárez]] || [[Mexico]] || [[Abraham González]]
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