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The USS Antietam was an American Essex Class fleet aircraft carrier of 27100 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Antietam was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 2900 and normally 82 aircraft though up to 103 could be carried. She was armed with twelve 5 inch guns; seventy-two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and fifty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns mounted in quads.
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The USS Bennington was an American Essex Class fleet aircraft carrier of 27100 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Bennington was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 2900 and normally 82 aircraft though up to 103 could be carried. She was armed with twelve 5 inch guns; seventy-two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and fifty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns mounted in quads.
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The USS Bon Homme Richard was an American Essex Class fleet aircraft carrier of 27100 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Bon Homme Richard was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 2900 and normally 82 aircraft though up to 103 could be carried. She was armed with twelve 5 inch guns; seventy-two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and fifty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns mounted in quads.
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The USS Boxer was an American Essex Class fleet aircraft carrier of 27100 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Boxer was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 2900 and normally 82 aircraft though up to 103 could be carried. She was armed with twelve 5 inch guns; seventy-two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and fifty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns mounted in quads.
The USS Bunker Hill was an American Essex Class fleet aircraft carrier of 27100 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Bunker Hill was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 2900 and normally 82 aircraft though up to 103 could be carried. She was armed with twelve 5 inch guns; seventy-two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and fifty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns mounted in quads.
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The USS Coral Sea was an American Midway Class large fleet aircraft carrier of 45000 tons displacement launched in 1945. the USS Coral Sea was powered by twelve boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots and carried a complement of 4085. She was armed with eighteen 5 inch guns; eighty-four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns arranged in quads and eighty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. She carried 137 aircraft including large bomber types.
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The Dao was a Portuguese destroyer of 1239 tons displacement launched in 1934. The Dao was powered by three Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 37 knots and a range of 8640 km at 15 knots. The Dao carried a normal complement of 163, increasing to a maximum of 184 as required and was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; three 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; two depth charge throwers and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quads. Twenty mines were also carried and deployed from mine rails.
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The Douro was a Portuguese destroyer of 1239 tons displacement launched in 1935 to replace an earlier, identical destroyer also named Douro sold to Columbia. The Douro was powered by three Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 37 knots and a range of 8640 km at 15 knots. The Douro carried a normal complement of 163, increasing to a maximum of 184 as required and was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; three 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; two depth charge throwers and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quads. Twenty mines were also carried and deployed from mine rails.
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The USS Essex was an American Essex Class fleet aircraft carrier of 27100 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Essex was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 2900 and normally 82 aircraft though up to 103 could be carried. She was armed with twelve 5 inch guns; seventy-two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and fifty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns mounted in quads.
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The USS Flint was an American San Diego Class light cruiser of 6000 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Flint had a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 597. She was armed with twelve 5 inch dual-purpose guns; twenty-eight 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; twelve 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quads.
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