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    USS Salute (AM-294), was a U.S. Navy oceangoing minesweeper, laid down on 11 November 1942 by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington;...
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  • USS Salute may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Salute (AM-294) was laid down on 11 November 1942 by Winslow Marine Railway...
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  • Gun salute 21-gun salute, a military honour USS Salute (AM-294) USS Salute (AM-470) Bellamy salute, a salute formerly used to accompany the United States...
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    1944 USS Sagacity (AM-293) – canceled June 6, 1944 USS Salute (AM-294), sunk by mine off Brunei 8 June 1945 USS Saunter (AM-295) USS Scout (AM-296) USS Scrimmage (AM-297)...
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  • minesweeper. USS Admirable (AM-136) USS Adopt (AM-137) USS Advocate (AM-138) USS Agent (AM-139) USS Alarm (AM-140) USS Alchemy (AM-141) USS Apex (AM-142) USS Arcade (AM-143)...
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    (LSM(R)-530) USS Salt Lake City (CL-25/CA-25, SSN-716) USS Saltery Bay (CVE-117) USS Saluda (IX-87/YAG-87) USS Salute (AM-294/MSF-294, AM-470/MSO-470) USS Salvager...
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    the minesweepers came under fire from shore batteries and one ship, USS Salute (AM-294), was sunk by a mine on 8 June. On completion of the operation, Scrimmage...
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  • Philippine Islands, 6 May 1942. USS Salute (AM-294) sunk by a mine off Brunei, Borneo, 8 June 1945. USS Sentinel (AM-113) sunk by German aircraft off...
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  • minesweepers came under fire from shore batteries; and one ship, USS Salute (AM-294), was sunk by a mine on 8 June. Sentry's task unit received a Presidential...
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    Garland (AM-238) ... Inaugural (AM-242) Salute (AM-294) ... Shelter (AM-301) Gulf Shipbuilding Madisonville, LA (16) Notable (AM-267) ... Rampart (AM-282)...
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  • 1967 USS Sage (AM 111) US Navy Minesweeper 1250d 23-Aug-43 To Mexico 1973 Renamed Hermenegildo Galeana, Renamed Matamoros (PO 117) USS Salute (AM 294) US...
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  • the minesweepers came under fire from shore batteries and one ship, USS Salute (AM-294), was sunk by a mine on 8 June. Scout's task unit won a Presidential...
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    March by destroyer escort Formoe (DE-509), minesweepers Sentry (AM-299) and Salute (AM-294), and stood by to provide fire support during the landings on...
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    USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the...
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  • June 1945 An Admirable-class minesweeper that struck a mine in Brunei Bay. 5°8′N 115°5′E / 5.133°N 115.083°E / 5.133; 115.083 (USS Salute (AM-294))...
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    Balikpapan from 15 June to 10 July. On 8 June, she assisted minesweeper Salute (AM-294) who had struck a mine, and rescued 59 survivors, 42 of whom were injured...
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    USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned...
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    became the first American naval vessel to be formally saluted by the French, with a nine-gun salute fired from Captain La Motte-Piquet's flagship. Jones...
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    carrier: USS Princeton Two escort carriers: USS Gambier Bay and USS St. Lo (the first major warship sunk by a kamikaze attack) Two destroyers: USS Hoel and...
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  • the most exciting footage from two decades of NOVA in a 20th anniversary salute. Real-life action, adventure, mystery, drama and non-stop discovery fill...
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    units. USS Lexington on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 Light cruiser USS Birmingham coming alongside burning aircraft carrier USS Princeton...
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    American frigates USS United States and USS Macedonian ended the war blockaded and hulked in New London, Connecticut. USS United States and USS Macedonian attempted...
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    a Bible provided by the Masons, after which the militia fired a 13-gun salute. Washington read a speech in the Senate Chamber, asking "that Almighty Being...
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    blessing while the crew of Tegetthoff emerged onto her decks to salute the sinking ship. At 6:12 am, with the pumps unequal to the task, Szent István capsized...
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    2004, pp. 291–294. Quirk 1993, p. 836; Coltman 2003, p. 288; Gott 2004, pp. 290, 322. Coltman 2003, p. 294. Coltman 2003, pp. 278, 294–295; Gott 2004...
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    Eckener commanded the delivery flight, and the ship was commissioned as the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3). The Treaty of Versailles placed limits on German aviation...
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    cruise aboard USS Missouri, where he worked alongside his future Apollo 10 crewmate Thomas P. Stafford,: 19 : 9  and another aboard USS Newport News.: 22 ...
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    ceremonies, which concluded the American Academy of Achievement's 1991 "Salute to Excellence" program. Morrison, Jane Ann (June 28, 1992). "Bright students...
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    the Stroke That Killed Him. (P1.294)". Neurology. 82 (10 Supplement): P1.294. doi:10.1212/WNL.82.10_supplement.P1.294. ISSN 0028-3878. S2CID 58575789...
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    purposeful". As built, QE2 had a gross tonnage of 65,863 GRT, was 963 ft (294 m) long, and had a top speed of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) with steam...
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