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    USS Pontotoc (AK-206/AG-94/AVS-7) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the US Navy shortly before the end of World War II. She was converted into...
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    1201/9781003287339-1, ISBN 978-1-003-28733-9, retrieved 23 December 2023 "War Diary of USS Pontotoc (AVS-7)". catalog.archives.gov. World War II War Diaries, Other Operational...
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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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    (APA-191) USS Ponkabia (YTB-411) USS Pontiac (1864, YT-20, SP-2343, AF-20, YTB-756) USS Pontoosuc (1864) USS Pontotoc (AK-206/AG-94/AVS-7) USS Pontus (AGP-20)...
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  • USS Codington (AK-173) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops...
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  • USS Tarrant (AK-214) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was commissioned;...
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    USS Grainger (AK-184) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that served the US Navy during the final months of World War II. In 1947 she was placed back in...
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    USS Nicollet (AK-199/AG-93/AVS-6) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy shortly before the end of World War II. She was converted...
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  • USS PC-1230 was a Patrol Craft, laid down in 1942, participating in escort and convoy missions in the Pacific in World War II, and performed harbor control...
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  • USS Muskingum (AK-198/T-AK-198) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy under a US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract...
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    USS Davenport (PF-69), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Davenport, Iowa. Davenport (PF-69), originally...
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    Thad Cochran (category People from Pontotoc, Mississippi)
    served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978. Born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Cochran graduated from the University of Mississippi. He...
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    USS Leyte (ARG-8), later USS Maui (ARG-8), was a Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship that saw service in the United States Navy from 1944...
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  • USS Pemiscot (AK-201) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. By the time she...
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    USS Screven (AK-210) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She served in the...
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    USS Reading (PF-66), a Tacoma-class frigate, originally classified as PG-174, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Reading, Pennsylvania...
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    USS Knoxville (PF-64), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Knoxville, Tennessee. Knoxville (PF-64) was...
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  • resident and oldest living American, dies two weeks after 116th birthday Pontotoc actor Lanny Flaherty, 81, has died Kent Melton, Character Sculptor for...
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  • USS Schuyler (AK-209) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She served with...
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  • USS Habersham (AK-186) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that served the US Navy during the final months of World War II. She was named for Habersham County...
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    USS Uniontown (PF-65), a Tacoma-class frigate, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The ship was laid...
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  • USS Tipton (AK-215) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was commissioned;...
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  • USS Passaconaway (YN-114/AN-86) – sometimes called USS Skakamaxon -- was a Cohoes-class net laying ship which was assigned to protect United States Navy...
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  • 1966. She was sold in 1971. Sgt. George Peterson, originally projected as USS Washtenaw (AK-218), but built as Coastal Guide, was laid down under a MARCOM...
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    USS Amador (AK-158) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops...
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  • USS Chicot (AK-170) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops...
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    USS Mona Island (ARG-9) was Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1947. She was sunk...
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  • The second USS Brunswick (PF-68) was a United States Navy Tacoma-class frigate in commission from 1944 to 1946. Brunswick originally was authorized as...
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  • USS Gwinnett (AK-185/AG-92/AVS-5) was originally an Alamosa-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy shortly before the end of World War II and converted...
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    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, transferred to the Navy and commissioned and designated as USS Colquitt (AK-174) 22 September 1945. Two days later the ship was transferred...
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