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    USS Washoe County (LST-1165), previously USS LST-1165, was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1971, and which then...
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  • LST-21 USS LST-22 USS LST-23 USS LST-24 USS LST-25 USS LST-26 USS LST-27 USS LST-28 USS LST-29 USS LST-30 USS Addison County (LST-31) USS Alameda County (LST-32)...
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  • Jeff Land in Same Boat". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. "USS WASHOE COUNTY (LST-1165) Deployments & History". Mooney, James L., editor, The Dictionary...
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    1984, Traverse County and three of her sister ships -- USS Waldo County (LST-1163), USS Walworth County (LST-1164), and USS Washoe County (LST-1165)—were...
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    No ex-USS Washoe County. Sunk as target 30 September 2021 BAP Eten (DT-144)  United States Landing Ship, Tank Terrebonne Parish class Yes ex-USS Traverse...
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    (T-AKE-11) USS Washoe County (LST-1165/T-LST-1165) USS Washtenaw (AK-218) USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166/MSS-2) USS Washtucna (YTB-826) USS Wasmuth (DD-338/DMS-15)...
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    two of her sister ships, tank landing ships USS Washoe County and USS Westchester County, Terrell County lost two causeways which were torn loose by heavy...
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  • and Nevada, including the National Register of Historic Places-listed Washoe County Library in Reno. Wells was born in 1915 in Washington, D.C. He was educated...
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    Hancock air group, gunfire from USS Henry County and USS Washoe County and Ontos fire from the deck of Henry County the Marines assaulted the banks of...
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  • census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County Verdi Peak (Nevada), a group of three mountain peaks in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County Verdi Range, a mountain...
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    1984, Waldo County and three of her sister ships – USS Traverse County (LST-1160), USS Walworth County (LST-1164), and USS Washoe County (LST-1165) –...
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    a seagoing vessel in February 2008. BAP Callao DT-143 (1953?) ex-USS Washoe County LST-1165. Leased from US Navy for five years on 7 August 1984; recommissioned...
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  • Maryland, a town Galena, Missouri, a city Galena, Lander County, Nevada, a ghost town Galena, Washoe County, Nevada, a town abandoned after 1867 Galena, Ohio...
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    Reno, Nevada (category Cities in Washoe County, Nevada)
    Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in...
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    After a one-night liberty, Tom Green County joined the USS Vernon County, USS Washoe County and USS Westchester County in support of Operation Keystone Lift...
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    1984, Walworth County and three of her sister ships -- USS Traverse County (LST-1160), USS Waldo County (LST-1163), and USS Washoe County (LST-1165)—were...
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    Nevada (section Counties)
    regions – Clark County (Las Vegas), Washoe County (Reno) and Carson City (which, as an independent city, is not within the boundaries of any county). The tourism...
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    tank landing ships USS Washoe County, Westchester County, and Tom Green County. Reaching Da Nang on 4 November 1969, Vernon County embarked 147 Marines...
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    Route 839 Lyon County – west Washoe County – northwest Pershing County – north Lander County – east Nye County – southeast Mineral County – south Fallon...
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    USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) was a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship in commission in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1973. Named for Washtenaw...
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    Comstock Lode (category History of Storey County, Nevada)
    mining technology that it spurred, such as square set timbering and the Washoe process for extracting silver from ore. The mines declined after 1874, although...
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    William B. Jr.; Seacrest, William B. Sr. (2006). "1864: Explosion of the Washoe". California Disasters, 1812-1899: Firsthand Accounts of Fires, Shipwrecks...
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    USS Westchester County (LST-1167) was a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy at the tail end of the Korean War. Named...
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    Gallup, New Mexico (category Cities in McKinley County, New Mexico)
    Gallup is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of 21,899 as of the 2020 census. A substantial percentage of its population...
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  • districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within Alameda County, Northern California. Note: Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the...
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    murals for the Washoe County Courthouse, Creation, is based on a Washoe creation myth showing, as was described in 1936, figures of the "Washoes, Paiutes,...
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  • paranormal" and discussed phenomena related to residual hauntings. 22 6 "Old Washoe Club and Chollar Mine" Virginia City, Nevada, US December 4, 2009 (2009-12-04)...
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    John C. Frémont (category History of Mariposa County, California)
    sailors and marines on the United States Navy frigate USS Savannah and the two sloops USS Cyane and USS Levant landed and captured Monterey with no shots...
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    in Portland, Oregon, in 1942, SS Chief Washakie, was named in his honor. USS Washakie, a U.S. Navy harbor tug in service from 1944 to 1946 and from 1953...
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    California Republic (category History of Sonoma County, California)
    – I prefer the latter." Early July 7, the frigate USS Savannah and the two sloops, USS Cyane and USS Levant of the United States Navy, captured Monterey...
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