• USS Mahogany (AN-23/YN-18) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine...
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  • Look up mahogany in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mahogany refers to dark-colored wood from various types of tree. Mahogany may also refer to: Three...
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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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    uncertain AN-34 ... AN-37 All members of this class survived the war though USS Mahogany was caught in a typhoon in September 1945 and decommissioned the following...
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    USS Sequoia is the former presidential yacht used during the administrations of Herbert Hoover through Jimmy Carter; setting a cost-cutting example, Carter...
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    (AG-8) USS Mahaska (1861, YN-36/YNT-4/YTB-730) USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27) USS Mahnomen County (LST-912) USS Mahoa (YTB-519/YTM-519) USS Mahogany (YN-18/AN-23)...
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    USS Kentucky (BB-66) was an uncompleted battleship intended to be the last ship of the Iowa class. Hull BB-66 was originally to be the second ship of...
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    preparation to turn the Matsonia into a troop carrier involved ripping out mahogany staircases "as if they were worth nothing" and using every bit of space...
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    USS Wolverine (IX-64) was a training ship used by the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally named Seeandbee and was built as a Great...
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    used in construction of this type of wheel was most often either teak or mahogany, both of which are very durable tropical hardwoods capable of surviving...
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    slip into the Warrior River with a cargo of sugar, rum, wool, ginger, and mahogany from Jamaica. Towing Somerset, she sailed for New York on 9 June 1865 where...
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    USS America (ID-3006) was a troop transport for the United States Navy in World War I. She was launched in 1905 as Amerika by Harland & Wolff in Belfast...
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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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  • dictionary. Chinaberry, Melia azedarach, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family. Chinaberry may also refer to: Actaea rubra, an herbaceous plant...
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    captain's stateroom and a toilet. The owners quarters, finished in African mahogany and trimmed with ivory, were located forward. Ten people could be accommodated...
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    USS Peacock was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy that served in the War of 1812 and later the United States Exploring Expedition. Peacock ran...
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    Frederick & Nelson, and many of these original selections remain, including a mahogany buffet, table, consoles, 18 chairs in the State Dining Room, and the grandfather...
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  • shade I flourish National Motto of Belize, referring to the shade of the mahogany tree. sub verbo; sub voce Under the word or heading; abbreviated s.v. Used...
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    USS Lydonia (SP-700) was United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 that saw service during World War I. Prior to her U.S. Navy...
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  • the silverleaf milkvetch Cercocarpus montanus, the silverleaf mountain mahogany Cotoneaster pannosus, the silverleaf cotoneaster Dichondra sericea, the...
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    USS Oneida (SP-432) was the proposed name and designation of an American steam yacht considered for use as a section patrol craft during World War I....
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    of Siamese ironwood were two further decks constructed from oak, teak, mahogany and cedar. Cabins were opulent and equipped with air conditioning and heating...
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    USS Wadena (SP-158) was a converted yacht patrol vessel of the United States Navy during World War I. She was built in 1891 in Cleveland, Ohio, as a steam...
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    & Machine Company. Construction used two local woods, Madeira, a local mahogany like wood, and "yellow pine," probably the slash pine native to south Florida...
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    by metal which repels fish and other organisms. Hardwoods like teak and mahogany, the material for most stateroom furnishings, are more resistant to decay...
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    Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 March 1953. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper was one of the last of the "wooden walls" (wooden-hulled...
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    from the plaza to the memorial is the central mall, which is lined with mahogany trees (Swietenia macrophylla). Circular roads leading eastward and westward...
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    had strong wooden hulls, constructed of two layers of 1-inch (2.5 cm) mahogany planking, excellent for speed and reasonably adequate for seakeeping, but...
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    both designed and manufactured complicated brass-wheel hall-clocks, a mahogany printing-press in 1769 (the first made in America, after Doolittle successfully...
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    The second USS Ardent (AM-340) was a Auk-class minesweeper in the United States Navy. Ardent was originally laid down as HMS Buffalo (BAM-8), for the...
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