USS Gemsbok (IX-117)
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uss-gemsbok-ix-117-169-7766455
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USS Gemsbok (IX-117)
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USS Gemsbok (IX-117), an Armadillo-class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gemsbok, a large, handsome species of straight-horned African antelope. Her keel was laid down as Carl R. Gray by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Wilmington, Los Angeles. She was launched on 9 November 1943 sponsored by Miss E. Jeffers, acquired and simultaneously commissioned on 3 December 1943. She was renamed Gemsbok upo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gemsbok_(IX-117)
date created:
2006-07-15T15:10:44Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T11:54:21Z
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