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• Basil
  ...f there is any chance of a frost. In Northern Europe, Canada, the northern states of the U.S., and the South Island of New Zealand it will grow best if sown ...de. It also thrives over the summertime in the central and northern United States, but dies out when temperatures reach freezing point. It will grow back the
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• USS Frederick C. Davis (DE-136)
  ...ll (DE-129)|''Edsall''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Named for Ensign Frederick Curtice Davis (a ...cleared Naples 9 August for Corsica, her staging point for the assault on southern France. Here again she provided her special jamming services to protect the
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• USS Jacob Jones (DE-130)
  ...arted with [[Task Force]] 64 escorting a convoy bound back to the [[United States]]. ...d waters off the coast of Africa for a week before returning to the United States with Convoy GUS-24.
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• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  ...August, D-day plus one, to support [[Operation Dragoon]], the invasion of southern France. After 2 months of [[antisubmarine]] patrol, ''Herbert C. Jones'' re * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Hill (DE-141)
  ...orces pushed up the [[Italy|Italian]] peninsula and began their assault on southern [[France]]. On her fourth voyage, ''Hill'' performed [[antisubmarine]] patr * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  ...aration for the assaults on southern France. After returning to the United States 16 July, the escort ship made one more cruise to Naples during the summer. ...1945, ''Kretchmer'' sailed as escort to five convoys from [[New York]] to United Kingdom ports. After victory in Europe, she prepared for Pacific Fleet duty
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• USS Mosley (DE-321)
  ...vy seas. Her war diary on 16 April at 0200 noted: "Lots of fun going on in southern part of barrier." That evening, the barrier patrols shifted westward to the * [[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Calcaterra (DE-390)
  ...and equipment which insured the success of the invasions of [[Italy]] and southern [[France]]. Twice the escort vessel met the challenge of enemy opposition w *[[List of United States Navy ships]]
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• USS Vance (DE-387)
  ...aircraft entering or approaching the air space of the northwestern United States. On Labor Day 1957, ''Vance'' drew emergency duty—an engineering casualty ...tic stations from New Zealand. She remained on station in the cold, bleak, southern waters into March 1962, when she headed home via Melbourne, Australia, and
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• USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  ...in the [[Mediterranean]] and the [[United Kingdom]] and back to the United States. Here is a list of the ETO convoys: ...e 18 months, breaking the routine duty with a visit to [[Belgium]] and the United Kingdom in August 1958.
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• USS Peterson (DE-152)
  ...stroyer escort|''Edsall'' class]] [[destroyer escort]], the first [[United States Navy]] ship so named. This ship was named for Chief Water Tender [[Oscar V. ...ssioned]] 29 September 1943, Lieutenant Commander Richard F. Rea, [[United States Coast Guard|USCG]], in command.
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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  |Ship notes=Served as U.S. Coast Guard [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] [[USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)|USCGC ''Bering '''USS ''Bering Strait'' (AVP-34)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] small [[
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Transferred to [[United States Coast Guard]] 27 May 1946
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• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  |Ship namesake=[[Yakutat Bay]] on the southern coast of [[Alaska]] |Ship notes=Served as [[United States Coast Guard]] [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] [[USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)|USCGC ''Yakutat'' (W
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• USS Unimak (AVP-31)
  |Ship namesake=[[Unimak Bay]] on the southern side of [[Unimak]] Island, [[Alaska]], in the [[Aleutians]] |Ship notes=Served as [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|Coast Guard cutter]] [[USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379)|USCGC ''U
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• USS Barataria (AVP-33)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Loaned to [[United States Coast Guard]] 17 September 1948<br/>Transferred outright to Coast Guard 26
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• USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)
  ...ommissioning]] in 1949 and the Coast Guard's 1967 adoption of the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships. |Ship country=United States
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• USS Biscayne (AVP-11)
  |Ship notes=Served as U.S. [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|Coast Guard cutter]] [[USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)|USCGC ''D '''USS ''Biscayne'' (AVP-11)''', later '''AGC-18''', was a [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class seaplane tender|''Barnegat''-class]] [[seaplane ten
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• USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
  |Ship country=United States |Ship fate=Transferred to [[United States Coast Guard]] 27 May 1946
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} ...ight.pdf | format = pdf | work = | publisher = Historian's Office, United States Coast Guard | accessdate = 25 April 2009 }}</ref>
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