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Hopping in the Far East
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The
Platte was in an Elvis movie!
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The birth date of the United States Navy was Friday, 13 October 1775 when,
meeting in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress authorized our first man of
war.
The USS Platte AO 24 was commissioned in 1939.
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USS Platte AO 24
Ready for sea trials.
San Pedro Shipyards 1966
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