• Ferdinand Augustus Silcox (December 25, 1882 – December 20, 1939) was the fifth Chief of the United States Forest Service (USFS) of the Department of...
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  • Silcox may refer to: Look up Silcox in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deborah Silcox, American politician Ferdinand A. Silcox (1882–1939), Chief of...
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    distance directly up the mountain. Silcox Hut was built by the WPA and finished in 1939. It was named after Ferdinand Silcox, the fifth Chief of the Forest...
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    tenure of United States Department of Agriculture Chief Forester Ferdinand A. Silcox. That same year, it was combined administratively with the Bienville...
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  • Southwestern Region, U.S. Forest Service, 1908-1916, Co-founder CARE Ferdinand A. Silcox, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, 1933–1939 David Martyn Smith, forester...
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    Starting in 1876, and undergoing a series of name changes, the United States Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture grew to protect and use millions...
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    February 13, 1883, on a farm in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He earned B.A. and M.A. degrees at Dickinson College in Carlisle, and a M.F. degree from Yale...
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    Clapp left the research program to become Associate Chief. When Ferdinand A. Silcox died in office on December 20, 1939, he was appointed Acting Chief...
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  • SS Robert E. Peary was a Liberty ship which gained fame during World War II for being built in a shorter time than any other such vessel. Named after...
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  • Liberty ships is a sortable list of Liberty ships—cargo ships built in the United States during World War II—with names beginning with A through F. Fotiadi...
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    SS Red Oak Victory (category Articles using NRISref without a reference number)
    Oak Victory is a U.S. Victory ship of the Boulder Victory-class cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum ship in...
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    USS Talladega (APA/LPA-208) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Talladega was named...
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    Vandenberg (T-AGM-10) (originally named USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145)) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship in the United States Navy in World...
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    differed from a Liberty ship in that they were: faster, longer and wider, taller, with a thinner stack set farther toward the superstructure and had a long raised...
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    departed with 3,300 troops for Italy, and debarked them at Naples. Following a voyage thence to Oran and back, General G. O. Squier joined Task Force 87...
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    USS General Stuart Heintzelman (AP-159) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U...
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    USS Montrose (APA/LPA-212) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1969. She was...
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    USS General A. W. Brewster (AP-155) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. The ship was crewed by the U.S...
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    USS General Omar Bundy (AP-152) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was transferred to the U.S. Army...
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    USS General C. C. Ballou (AP-157) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army...
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    USS General W. M. Black (AP-135) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast...
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    USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S...
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    Richmond Shipyards (category Articles using NRISref without a reference number)
    more ships than any other shipyard, turning out as many as three ships in a single day. The shipyards are part of the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home...
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  • Thumbnail for USNS Private Joe E. Mann
    USNS Private Joe E. Mann (T-AK-253) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship acquired in 1950, from the U.S. Army, where she was known as the USAT Private...
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    goods and equipment to locations in the war zone. Amador was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract, MC hull 2103, on 27 December 1943, at Richmond...
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    was a troop ship for the United States Navy in the 1950s. She was built in 1945 for the United States Maritime Commission as SS Marine Adder, a Type...
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    USS Tazewell (APA/LPA-209) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1973. Tazewell...
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    built and operated as Greenville class cargo Victory ship which operated as a cargo carrier in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean during World...
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    USS Okaloosa (APA-219) was a Haskell-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1949. She was scrapped in 1972. Okaloosa...
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    USS Cheleb (AK-138) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II. It was the only ship of the Navy to have borne this name...
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