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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...aboard ships and submarines; Fleet Marine Force, Special Forces and Seabee units, and at isolated duty stations where no medical officer is available. ...is "Doc". In the U.S. Marine Corps, this term is generally used as a sign of respect.
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  |image=Beirutbarr.jpg|300px|caption=A smoke cloud rises from the rubble of the bombed barracks at Beirut International Airport. ...0|N|35|29|17|E|type:landmark|name=DrakkarBarracks}}<br/>'Drakkar' barracks of French [[''1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes'']], Ramlet al Baida, B
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• USS Absecon (AVP-23)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship power=6,000 [[horsepower]] (4.48 [[megawatt]]s)
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  ...p namesake=The [[Wachapreague Channel]], an [[inlet]] on the eastern shore of [[Virginia]] |Ship out of service=
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• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  |Ship namesake=[[Yakutat Bay]] on the southern coast of [[Alaska]] |Ship out of service=
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• USS Humboldt (AVP-21)
  ...boldt Bay]], on the northern coast of [[California]], some 250 miles north of [[San Francisco, California]] |Ship out of service=
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• USS Half Moon (AVP-26)
  ...Moon Bay, California|Half Moon Bay]], on the coast of [[California]] south of [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] |Ship out of service=
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• USS Barataria (AVP-33)
  |Ship namesake=[[Barataria Bay]], also "Barrataria Bay", on the coast of [[Louisiana]] |Ship out of service=
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• USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
  |Ship namesake=[[Willoughby Spit|Willoughby Bay]], an [[estuary]] of [[Hampton Roads]] in [[Virginia]] |Ship out of service=
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• USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)
  |Ship namesake=[[Yakutat Bay]], on the coast of [[Alaska]] (previous name retained) |Ship out of service=
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...to [[World War I]]. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of U.S. Navy officers [[Jonathan Wainwright (naval officer)|Jonathan Wainwrigh ...|21|in|mm|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s. ''Wainwright'' was powered by a pair of [[steam turbine]]s that propelled her at up to {{convert|30|knots|km/h}}.
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• USS Menkar (AK-123)
  |Ship out of service=15 April 1946 |Ship power=
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  |Ship caption=USS ''Barnegat'' (AVP-10), lead ship of the ''Barnegat''-class small seaplane tenders, in [[Puget Sound]] on 14 Oct ...s version of the company's name, which also is referred to in ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries as "Associated Shipbuilding Company
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...pons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...the guns were universally known as the ''Acht-acht'' (8-8), a contraction of ''Acht-komma-acht Zentimeter'' (German: "8,8 cm" - comma being used as the
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• Arc Welding
  ...orating filler material. The process of arc welding is widely used because of its low capital and running costs. ...table arc. In 1905 Russian scientist Vladimir Mitkevich proposed the usage of three-phase electric arc for welding. In 1919, [[alternating current]] weld
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• The Colony (TV series)
  ...s filmed in an industrial area bordering the Los Angeles River on the edge of downtown Los Angeles, and follows ten cast members in an environment that s ...ical devices, and welds. His other talents include building structures out of natural materials, growing edible plants, sculpting and fire building. John
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• AK-630
  ...ge. Once made operational, this weapon system was rapidly adopted; up to 8 units installed in every new Soviet warship (from mine-hunters to aircraft carrie The AK-630 [[CIWS]] is composed of several members and sometimes the [[CADS-N-1 Kashtan]] system and its deriv
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• USS Tucumcari (PGH-2)
  |Ship out of service=1972 |Ship power=
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• USS Surprise (PG-97)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship power=
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• USS Tacoma (PGM-92)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship power=
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