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• Fallout shelter
  In November 1961 in Fortune magazine, an article by Gilbert Burck appeared that outlined the plans of Nelson Rockefeller, Edwar ...qarchiver.com/latimes/access/481553932.html?FMT=AI&FMTS=::ABS:AI:CITE:PAGE&type=historic&date=Dec+03%2C+1961&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Businessman
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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  |type= Enlisted rating ...in common use for so many years that it was finally officially recognized by the Navy Regulations of 1814. In coming decades, the title of the enlisted
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• USS Fiske (DE-143)
  |Ship fate=Sunk by enemy fire<br />August 2, 1944 |Ship type=
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  ''Brough'' was built by the Consolidated Steel Corporation of [[Orange, Texas]]. Her keel was laid ...m guns, a twin 40&nbsp;mm and three 3"/5O cal. guns. But as the pattern of warfare shifted from surface to air actions, repeated alterations resulted in the r
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• USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  ...acks, 8 × depth charge projectors, 1 × depth charge projector (hedge hog type) ...the Consolidated Steel Corporation; launched on 21 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Wille Mae Gary, mother of Seaman 2nd Class Gary and commissioned on 27
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• USS Edsall (DE-129)
  |Ship type= ...ly 1942; [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] 1 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Bessie Edsall Bracey, sister of Seaman Edsall; and [[ship commissionin
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...xas]]; launched July 15, 1943; and commissioned on October 29, 1943 manned by a Coast Guard crew under the command of Lieutenant Commander Oscar C. Rohnk ...cted to a rigorous training schedule including gunnery practice, submarine warfare tactics, maneuvering, and the hundreds of other tasks demanded of a man-o-w
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...0 August 1943 by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Houston, Texas]]; sponsored by Mrs. Tracy Haverfield, mother of Ensign Haverfield; and commissioned 29 Nov ...ng [[Norfolk, Virginia]], 26 February 1944, the hunter-killer group, aided by a [[Canadian]] [[corvette]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] aircraft, sank [
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• RVNS Ngo Quyen (HQ-17)
  |Ship type= ''Ngo Quyen'' was laid down in the [[United States]] by [[Lake Washington Shipyard]] at [[Houghton, Washington|Houghton]], [[Washin
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• USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)
  |Ship type= ...(127-[[millimetre|millimeter]]) gun<br />8 x 40-millimeter [[anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns<br />8 x 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns<br />2 x [[de
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• USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)
  |Ship acquired=By transfer from [[United States Navy]] on either 10 July 1946,<ref>Per NavSou ...lass of ships and contradicts the more likely 20 September 1946 date given by the United States Coast Guard Historian's Office at http://www.uscg.mil/his
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• USS Biscayne (AVP-11)
  |Ship reclassified=[[Amphibious warfare|Amphibious]] [[flagship|command ship]], AGC-18, 10 October 1944 |Ship type=
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• USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
  |Ship type= ...d redesignated AGP-9 on 11 May 1943. Launched on 21 August 1943, sponsored by Mrs. D. R. Lee, she was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 18 June 1944
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• BRP Francisco Dagohoy (PF-10)
  |Ship type=[[Frigate]] ''Francisco Dagohoy'' was built in the [[United States]] by [[Lake Washington Shipyard]] at [[Houghton, Washington|Houghton]], [[Washin
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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...{{convert|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 ...successful attacks on U-boats, and rescued survivors of several ships sunk by the German craft.
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  |Ship type= ...r the war; those ships in commission as survey ships were entirely unarmed by 1959.
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• 1-inch Nordenfelt gun
  |type= [[Naval gun]] <!-- Type selection -->
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• AT4
  |type= [[Anti-tank weapon]] <!-- Type selection -->
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• Spike (missile)
  {{For|the US light missile under development by the [[Naval Air Warfare Center]]|DRS Spike}} |type=Man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile
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• ERYX
  |type=[[Anti-tank]] ...ti-tank missile]] (ATGM) produced by European company [[MBDA]]. It is used by several countries, including the [[Canadian Forces]], [[French Army|French]
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