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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...1 and remained through the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Following the war, the title Surgeon's Steward was abolished in favor of [[Apothecary]], a po ...lobbied the Navy administration to take action. With the Spanish-American War looming, Congress passed a bill authorizing establishment of the U.S. Navy
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...bombing''' (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) during the Lebanese Civil War, two [[truck bomb]]s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the Un ...War, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...tactics, maneuvering, and the hundreds of other tasks demanded of a man-o-war.
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...lass]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provi ==World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...& Heritage Command]] | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm | title = Porter | short = on | accessdate = 23 April 2009 }}</ref><br> ...an Naval Fighting Ships]]'' ([http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p10/porter-ii.htm link]) reports, without explanation, four.</ref>
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• Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1927
  |wars= World War II ...avy]] used during World War II. Its design was derived from a German World War I design. It was used on the minelaying-cruiser ''Pluton'', the destroyers
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• 20 ITK 40 VKT
  | wars = [[Continuation War]]<br>[[Lapland War]] ...ive 20 mm air defence weapon used by the [[Finnish Army]] during World War II. A total of 174 guns were built, used in training until 1970s and kept in
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  [[Image:2001gun88mmwiki.jpg|thumb|88 mm display at Imperial War Museum Duxford, 2001]] ...battlefield, making it one of the most recognizable German weapons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.
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• 240mm/50 Modèle 1902 gun
  |wars= First World War, Second World War ...tillery after the ships were broken up, and served during the Second World War.
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• ADEN cannon
  ...[Hispano-Suiza HS.404]] 20 mm cannon used in British aircraft of World War II. It is based (as are the French [[DEFA cannon]] and American [[M39 cannon]] ...o 1,500–1,700 rounds per minute. No new Mk 5s were built, but many older weapons were converted, being redesignated '''Mk 5 Straden'''.
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• 15 cm Schnelladekanone L/45
  |wars=World War I, World War II ...gun)) 45 caliber) was a German naval gun used in World War I and World War II.
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• 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type
  |wars= [[World War II]] [[Category:World War II naval weapons]]
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• Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23
  | wars = [[World War II]] ...mm|abbr=on}} [[autocannon]] used on [[Soviet]] aircraft during [[World War II]].
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• Vickers Model 1931
  |wars=[[World War II]] ...T 3: Heavy Guns|date=23 September 2007|accessdate=2009-05-22}}</ref> Those weapons captured after the German conquest of Europe were taken into [[Wehrmacht]]
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• Vickers S
  | era=Second World War | wars=Second World War
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• 12"/50 caliber gun (Argentina)
  |wars=[[World War I]], [[World War II]] ...e = Argentina - 12"/50 (30.5 cm) Bethlehem | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNARG_12-50_Bethlehem.htm | publisher = Navweaps.com | accessdate = 22 Febr
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• 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
  |wars= [[World War II]] ...destroyers ceded to the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Republic of China]] as war reparations, the last of which was scrapped in 1970 after running aground i
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• 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun
  |wars= [[Second World War]] ...manufactured by [[Hotchkiss et Cie]] from the late 1920s until [[World War II]] where it saw service with various nation's forces, including Japan where
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• 15 cm SK C/25
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...lass]] and [[Leipzig class cruiser|''Leipzig''-class cruisers]]. Oddly, no weapons of this type surplus appear to have been used as coast-defense guns.
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