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    USS Whippoorwill (AM-35) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. The first Whippoorwill to be so named by the Navy, Minesweeper No....
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  • the eastern whip-poor-will. USS Whippoorwill (AM-35) laid down on 12 December 1917 at Mobile, Alabama. USS Whippoorwill (AMS-207) laid down on 7 January...
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    an Ensign in 1919. As an ensign, he served on the minesweeper USS Whippoorwill (AM-35) shortly after World War I and received the World War I Victory...
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    in 1946 1 minesweeper USS Whippoorwill (AM-35) 6 PT boats Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three PT-31, PT-32, PT-33, PT-34, PT-35, PT-41 — all lost 6 Dec...
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    AVP-7 USS Whippoorwill (AM-35) USS Bittern (AM-36), scuttled in Manila Bay, PI following damage from air attack 10 December 1941 USS Sanderling (AM-37)...
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    USS Whidbey (AG-141) USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) USS Whippet (SP-89, IX-129) USS Whipple (DD-15, DD-217/AG-117, DE-1062/FF-1062) USS Whippoorwill (AM-35/AT-169/ATO-169...
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    (AT-143), ex-AM-13 USS Vireo (AT-144), ex-AM-52 USS Woodcock (AT-145), ex-AM-14 USS Lark (AT-168), ex-AM-21 USS Whippoorwill (AT-169), ex-AM-35 The first ten...
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    included Johnston Atoll and Wake Island. The first team left on the Whippoorwill (AM-35), which made the first survey of Johnston Island in the 20th century...
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    USS Vireo (AM-52) was a U.S. Navy Lapwing-class minesweeper, No. 52, reclassified on 1 June 1942 as a fleet tug. The bulk of her combat career was served...
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    14 ships received the award in 1961 and 1962. The 1963 ship history for USS Enterprise (CVN-65) reported that they were awarded the (presumably 1962)...
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    Hurricane Center. Retrieved May 5, 2008. Tempest, Mark. "Sunday Ship History: USS Mount Hood (AE-11)". EagleSpeak. Retrieved October 6, 2017. "Horrible Accident...
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    drifted past it after ditching in the ocean. After a thorough search, USS Whippoorwill radioed that no trace of the missing aircraft had been found. Bright...
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