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    USS Waccamaw (AO-109) was a Cimarron-class replenishment oiler in the United States Navy. She was named after Waccamaw River. The original capacity was...
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  • Carolina Waccamaw Corp., a former home furnishings retailer Waccamaw River, which drains the lake Lake Waccamaw, a lake in North Carolina USS Waccamaw (AO-109)...
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    John W. Brown Liberty ship, now a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland. USS Waccamaw (AO-109), an oil tanker. MS Sea Witch (1940) Type C2 cargo ship. SS California...
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    1927 and graduated on June 4, 1931. After serving aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, he reported for submarine training at New London in 1933. Dempsey...
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    USS Saratoga (CV/CVA/CVB-60), was the second of four Forrestal-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1950s. Saratoga was the sixth...
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    USS Wabaquasset (YTB-724) USS Wabash (1855, ID-1824, AOG-4/T-AOG-4, AOR-5) USS Waccamaw (AO-109/T-AO-109/T-AOT-109) USS Wachapreague (AVP-56/AGP-8) USS Wachusett (1861...
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    USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned in 1965, she spent...
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    USS Mountrail (APA/LPA-213) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War era. She was of the VC2-S-AP5...
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    USS Little Rock (CL-92/CLG-4/CG-4) is a Cleveland-class light cruiser and one of 27 completed for the United States Navy during or shortly after World...
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    South Atlantic by the USS La Salle after a flight of 33 minutes. On 3 April 1978, Fort Snelling and the replenishment oiler Waccamaw (AO-109) collided north...
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    killing all five crewmen. On 24 September 1981 Guadalcanal and the USNS Waccamaw (T-AO-109), collided during underway replenishment south of Sardinia, Italy...
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    the tests. From 1949 to 1950, Hooper was assigned as captain of the USS Waccamaw(AO-19) a fleet oiler. As captain, Hooper developed and tested techniques...
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    reverted to DD-711 on 15 March 1963. On 18 June 1970 the Greene and the oiler Waccamaw (AO-109) were involved in a minor collision in the eastern Mediterranean...
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    Ships in class: Ashtabula, Mispillion, Navasota, Passumpsic, Pawcatuck and Waccamaw. Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. T3-S-AZ1 tanker: Only one in class:...
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  • Creek. On 1 July she took possession of four rice-laden lighters up the Waccamaw River. Gem of the Sea returned to the Boston Navy Yard 18 October 1862...
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    was sold at the Yard on 27 September. She was subsequently renamed to Waccamaw in civilian employment, which lasted until sometime prior to 1885. Abandoned...
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    the family became members and of and attended All Saints' Parish Church, Waccamaw. After his son, William Alexander Ancrum IV, known as "Billy Boy," died...
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    USS Davis (DD-937) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Quincy, Massachusetts...
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  • company of the Wateree several years after temporarily migrating to the Waccamaw River in 1732. They spoke a language distinct from and unintelligible to...
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    USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968) was a Spruance-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Arthur W. Radford USN (1896–1973),...
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    shipping could be disrupted by gunboats moving up the Black, the Pee Dee, the Waccamaw, and the Sampit rivers, which flow into the bay; and the two distributary...
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    Lake Waccamaw Lumber River State Park Pee Dee River Saluda River Savannah River Shaw Air Force Base Sumter National Forest Tennessee River USS North...
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    Mispillion (AO-105) Navasota (AO-106) Passumpsic (AO-107) Pawcatuck (AO-108) Waccamaw (AO-109), later T-AOT-109 In January 1942 the Navy moved to acquire two...
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    Southeastern Siouan-speaking tribes, such as the Cheraw, Waxhaw, Saponi, Waccamaw, Cape Fear Indians, and Catawba of the Piedmont. In the late 16th century...
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    Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is the site of the wreck of the USS Monitor, one of the most famous shipwrecks in U.S. history. It was designated as...
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    a separate class from Mispillion, Navasota, Passumpsic, Pawcatuck, and Waccamaw can be made by comparing the actual design and equipment of the two groups...
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    cubic yards of vegetative debris generated by the storm was collected. The Waccamaw River crested in Conway at 17.9 ft (5.5 m), breaking a record set by the...
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    passes north of Lake Waccamaw. The freeway ends at an at-grade intersection with Chaunceytown Road, northwest of the town of Lake Waccamaw. US 74 and US 76...
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    County. Broken into several smaller tribes, they were the Catawba, the Waccamaw Siouan, the Cheraw, the Winyaw, the Wateree and the Sugaree. The following...
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  • Piedmont Triad Historic house Unusual historic mansion Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum Lake Waccamaw Columbus Lower Cape Fear Local history Latimer House Wilmington...
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