High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Antaeus (AS-21/AG-67) – later renamed USS Rescue (AH-18) – was a commercial passenger liner acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II and named USS Antaeus. She was initially intended to be employed as a submarine tender; however she was modified and used as a transport for troops from 1942 to 1944. In 1945 she was commissioned as a hospital ship, renamed USS Rescue, and played an important part in 1945 supporting Pacific Ocean attack and then liberation operations.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Alcor (AD-34) was a destroyer tender, the lone ship in her class, named for a star (also known as the 80 Ursae Majoris) in the constellation Ursa Major.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Alabama (SSBN-731) is the sixth Ohio class nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine, and the sixth United States ship to be named for the state of Alabama. The ship`s motto mimics the state`s motto, Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere ("We dare to defend our rights").

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Alpha (1864) was a side wheel Paddle steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS ARD-17 was an ARD-12-class floating dry dock built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Like most of the ships of her class, she was not named but known only by her designation.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The wooden-hulled excursion steamer Westport was built in 1911 by William McKie of East Boston, MA., and owned by the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., of Boston India Wharf at the start of World War I. The Navy inspected the ship in the 1st Naval District on 1 February 1918 for possible use as a passenger and freight carrier, and she was taken over on 14 November 1918. Five days later, her name was changed to Adrian-to avoid confusion with the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) freighter Westport (Id. No. 3548) - and, given the classification Id. No. 2362, was initially assigned to the 1st Naval District.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Alacrity (SP-206) was an Alacrity -class patrol boat acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of patrolling American coastal waters during the First World War.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Admittance was a brig in the United States Navy.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Albert Gallatin was a U.S. Revenue Cutter that grounded on Boo Hoo Ledge off Manchester, MA on 6 January 1892.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS American Legion (AP-35/APA-17) was a Harris-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), the original Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Allen Melancthon Sumner, a USMC captain, who was killed in action during World War I.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Accomac (YTB-812) was a United States Navy Natick class large district harbor tug named for Accomac, Virginia.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Annie (1862) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a ship’s tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Agawam (SP-570) — later renamed as the USS Natick (SP-570) — was a yacht acquired during World War I by the United States Navy. She was employed by the Navy as a patrol boat in the Great Lakes and was returned to her owner when the war was over.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Alabaster (PYc-21) was a coastal patrol yacht of the United States Navy during World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Alloway (YT-170/YTM-170) was an Alloway-class tugboat acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of providing yard tugboat services during World War II, when U.S. ports were often congested with ships arriving and departing.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Appling (APA-58) was a Gilliam-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) was an Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport: Laid down, 24 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (P2-SE2-R1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 684), at Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard Inc., Alameda, California; Launched, 25 February 1945; Commissioned USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126), 7 July 1945, Capt. Lewis E. Coley in command; Decommissioned, 14 May 1946, at New York; Transferred to the U.S. Army Transportation Service in May 1946; Commissioned USAT General Maurice Rose, 1 August 1946; Reacquired by the U.S. Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS); Placed in service as USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126), 1 March 1950.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Attala (APA-130) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy. She was built and used during World War II. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. She was named for Attala County, Mississippi.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Allendale (APA-127) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy. She was built and used during World War II. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. Allendale was named for Allendale County, South Carolina.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Ancon (ID-1467) was a screw steamship in the United States Navy. As SS Ancon, she was the first ship to sail through the Panama Canal.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Antona (1863) was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a dispatch boat and gunship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Acadia (AD-42) was a Yellowstone-class destroyer tender in the service of the United States Navy, named after Acadia National Park. She was inactive and in reserve after her 1994 decomissioning at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii under Maintenance Category B, until sunk off Guam during a live fire training exercise Valiant Shield on September 20, 2010.

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