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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} ...No. 59/DD-59)''' was a {{sclass|Tucker|destroyer}} built for the [[United States Navy]] prior to the American entry into [[World War I]]. The ship was the s
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• USS Barricade (ACM-3)
  ...''Barricade'' (ACM-3)''' was a {{sclass|Chimo|minelayer}} in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...rrived at [[Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]], where preparations for the invasion of southern [[France]] were moving forward. Between June 1944 and the war's end in May
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• USS Lipan (AT-85)
  |Ship builder=United Engineering Co., [[San Francisco]], [[California]] |Ship fate= Loaned to the [[United States Coast Guard]], 30 September 1980
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  The '''''Barnegat'' class''' was a large class of [[United States Navy]] small [[seaplane tender]]s built during [[World War II]]. Thirty wer Before World War II, the United States Navy foresaw a need for a large force of seaplane tenders in the event of a
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• Sugarcane
  | publisher = [[FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS]] ...ngs are sometimes hand-planted. In more advanced countries like the United States and Australia, [[billet planting]] is common. Billets harvested from a mech
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• USS Marvel (AM-262)
  |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |partof=[[United States Fleet Forces Command|US Atlantic Fleet]] (1944-1945)
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• USS Method (AM-264)
  |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |partof=[[United States Fleet Forces Command|US Atlantic Fleet]] (1944-1945)
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• USS Mirth (AM-265)
  |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |partof=[[United States Fleet Forces Command|US Atlantic Fleet]] (1943-1945)
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• USS Asheville (PGM-84)
  ...ember 1973, she interrupted her schedule of operations for a cruise to the southern Pacific during which she visited [[Surabaya, Indonesia]], and the Australia ...74, the gunboat stood out of Apra Harbor bound ultimately for the [[United States]]. She stopped at [[Oahu]] from 4 to 6 July and arrived at [[San Diego, Cal
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• Parrott rifle
  The gun was invented by [[Robert Parker Parrott]], a [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] graduate. He resigned from the service in 183 ...robert+parker+parrott%22&lr=&sig=ZFAnLUGTAEO6Gwv2j8JL1cSO-To#PPA195,M1 The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine], p.195. University of Texas Press, 2006. I
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• Hydroelectric
  ...gest, switched to support Alcoa aluminum in Bellingham, Washington, United States for American World War II airplanes before it was allowed to provide irriga For example, the [[Banqiao Dam]] failure in Southern China directly resulted in the deaths of 26,000 people, and another 145,000
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• Quinine
  | pregnancy_category = C <small>([[United States of America|USA]])</small>, D <small>([[Australia|Au]])</small> ...is available with a prescription in the [[United States of America|United States]] and over-the-counter, in very small quantities, in [[tonic water]]. Quini
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• Mercury (element)
  In these compounds, mercury displays two oxidation states: +1 and +2. The +1 state oxidation involves the dimeric cation, Hg{{su|b=2| Higher oxidation states of mercury were confirmed in September 2007, with the synthesis of [[mercur
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• Toxicodendron
  ...n'' Mill. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2009-11-23 |accessdate=2010-02-12}}</ref> ...U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and [[Cascades|Cascade]] [[mountain range]]s between southern [[British Columbia]] and southward into [[Baja California (peninsula)|Baja
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• Cicuta virosa
  ...he Northern United States, Canada from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the [[102nd m [[Category:Flora of the United Kingdom]]
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• Calia
  ...' Berland. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=1999-03-05 |accessdate=2009-12-29}}</ref> ...] from western [[Texas]] to [[New Mexico]] and [[Arizona]] in the [[United States]], and south through [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Coahuila]] and [[Nu
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• Oriental Staff Vine
  ...distribution of invasive plants: the case of ''Celastrus orbiculatus'' in Southern Illinois, USA | publisher = Biol Invasions:2006}}</ref> Oriental staff vine has spread quickly in the United States, and is considered an invasive species by the USDA Forest Service.<ref>http
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• Cryptostegia grandiflora
  ...], [[India]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Latin America]], the southern [[United States]], [[Fiji]] and [[New Caledonia]].
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• Euphorbia lathyris
  ...ve to southern [[Europe]] ([[France]], [[Italy]], [[Greece]], and possibly southern [[England]]), northwest [[Africa]], and eastward through southwest [[Asia]] ...flora/><ref name="rhs"/> It grows in partial shade to full sun in [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] zones 5–9.
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• Melia azedarach
  ...] [[family (biology)|family]], [[Meliaceae]], that is native to [[India]], southern [[China]] and [[Australia]]. Common names include '''Persian Lilac''', '''W ...ina]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]) and widely planted in southern states. Today it is considered an [[invasive species]] by some groups as far north
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