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    USS Hilo (AGP-2) was a converted yacht that saw service as a motor torpedo boat tender in the United States Navy during World War II. It was originally...
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  • High School, Hawaii Hilo (soil), the official state soil of Hawaii Ilo, Peru, a port city that was sometimes spelled Hilo USS Hilo, a yacht used as a motor...
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    called a "patrol craft tender." USS Hilo (AGP-2) example with a description of the functioning of this type of vessel USS Cyrene (AGP-13) upon which comedian...
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    with Crossbill and USS Sacramento (PG-19), conducted a search for survivors of a downed Army plane off Pepeekeo Point, near Hilo, and found one body...
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    France USS SC-34 USS SC-35 USS SC-36 USS SC-37 USS SC-38 USS SC-39 USS SC-40 USS SC-41 USS SC-42 USS SC-43 USS SC-44 USS SC-45 USS SC-46 USS SC-47 USS SC-48...
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    USS Druid (SP-321) USS Galatea (SP-714) USS Gloucester (1891) USS Helenita (SP-210) USS Hilo (AGP-2) USS Isabel (PY-10) USS Jamestown (PG-55) USS Lydonia (SP-700)...
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    sometimes seen as Caroline II, that became the Navy motor torpedo boat tender USS Hilo (AGP-2). "Athero II". Motor Boating. Vol. 37, no. 2. February 1926. pp...
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    USS APc-1 USS APc-2 USS APc-3 USS APc-4 USS APc-5 USS APc-6 USS APc-7 USS APc-8 USS APc-9 USS APc-10 USS APc-11 USS APc-12 USS APc-13 USS APc-14 USS APc-15...
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    November 1942 to 11 May 1944. Squadron 1B arrived on 2 November 1942 with USS Hilo as the support ship, which remained until 25 November 1942. On 22 December...
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    units operating along the New Guinea coast. Underway 4 July in convoy with USS Hilo (AGP-2) and 8 units of MTB Squadron 25, Portunus arrived at Mios Woendi...
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    USS R-14 (SS-91) was an R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy. R-14′s keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding...
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    (LST-835) USS Hilo (PG-58/AGP-2) USS Hilton (1911) USS Hilton Head (LSD-24) USS Hingham (PF-30) USS Hinsdale (APA-120) USS Hippocampus (SP-654) USS Hisada...
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    November 1942 to 11 May 1944. Squadron 1B arrived on 2 November 1942 with USS Hilo as the support ship, which remained until 25 November 1942. On 22 December...
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    docks for repair work, and an engine overhaul depot. USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6), USS Hilo (AGP-2), and USS Wachapreague (AGP-8), operated as PT boat tenders...
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    were the USS Hilo (AGP-2), USS Portunus (AGP-4), USS Varuna (AGP-5), USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6), USS Mobjack (AGP-7), USS Willoughby (AGP-9), USS Orestes (AGP-10)...
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  • Confederate States of America, later USS Arizona Caroline, a 1931-built motor yacht, later the tender USS Hilo "SHIP NEWS". Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh...
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  • The first USS Levant was a second-class sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. Levant was launched on 28 December 1837 by New York Navy Yard; and commissioned...
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    USNS Salvor (redirect from USS Salvor)
    Salvor towed ex-Tuscaloosa to Pearl Harbor for storage. Salvor visited Hilo Hawaii for the Merrie Monarch Festival from 8 to 10 April, and Lahaina, Maui...
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    USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy that was in service from 1923 to 1947. She was the lead ship of the Colorado class of...
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    USS Arthur Middleton (AP-55/APA-25) was the lead ship of the Arthur Middleton-class attack transports and was in service with the United States Navy from...
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    USS Besugo (SS-321, later AGSS-321), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1958. She was named for...
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    USS Coontz (DLG-9/DDG-40) was a Farragut-class destroyer leader/frigate in the United States Navy. She was named after Admiral Robert Coontz, the US Navy's...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Independence (1814)
    USS Independence was a wooden-hulled, three-masted ship, originally a ship of the line and the first to be commissioned by the United States Navy. Originally...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Wheatland
    USS Wheatland (AKA-85) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was sold into commercial service...
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    Squadron aircraft were involved in an antisubmarine attack off the coast of Hilo, Hawaii. The attack against the enemy submarine was assessed as probable...
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    Caroline Islands, and Okinawa. Departing Pearl Harbor she called at Midway, Hilo, Eniwetok, Ulithi, Okinawa, Saipan, Leyte, Samar, and Cebu taking aboard...
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    USS Wright (AZ-1/AV-1) was a one-of-a-kind auxiliary ship in the United States Navy, named for aviation pioneer Orville Wright. Originally built as a...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Aylwin (DD-355)
    with the "Hilo Detachment" on the 21st, Aylwin conducted a mock bombardment of Hilo, Hawaii before deploying to screen USS Houston and USS Ranger as they...
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    arriving at Honolulu on 18 June. After making cargo voyages to Midway, Hilo, Majuro, and Kwajalein, Selinur sailed from Pearl Harbor on 1 September with...
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    Hawaii on a route of San Francisco–San Pedro–Hilo–Honolulu with passage out taking four days with the stop in Hilo long enough for a volcano visit by tourists...
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