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SS Meredith Victory

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The SS Meredith Victory was a United States Merchant Marine Victory ship, a type of cargo freighter built for World War II. [1]

42 relations: Babcock & Wilcox, Bremerton, Washington, Busan, California, California Shipbuilding Corporation, Chief mate, China, Christmas Eve, Department of transportation, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Geojedo, Guinness World Records, Hungnam, Hungnam evacuation, Korea, Korean War, Koreans, Leonard LaRue, Los Angeles, Merchant Marine Gallant Ship Citation, Meredith College, Meritorious Service Medal (United States), Moon Jae-in, North Carolina, North Korea, Ode to My Father, President of South Korea, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Reserve fleet, South Korea, Suisun Bay, The Guardian, The Korea Times, The New York Times, United Nations Command, United States Congress, United States Merchant Marine, Victory ship, Vietnam War, World War II, 3"/50 caliber gun, 5"/38 caliber gun.

Babcock & Wilcox

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, originally Babcock, Wilcox & Company and then The Babcock & Wilcox Company, is an American power generation company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Bremerton, Washington

Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, United States.

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Busan

Busan, formerly known as Pusan and now officially is South Korea's second most-populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.5 million inhabitants.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California Shipbuilding Corporation

California Shipbuilding Corporation built 467 Liberty and Victory ships during World War II, including ''Haskell''-class attack transports.

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Chief mate

A chief mate (C/M) or chief officer, usually also synonymous with the first mate or first officer (except on passenger liners, which often carry both), is a licensed member and head of the deck department of a merchant ship.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus.

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Department of transportation

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is the most common name for a government agency in North America devoted to transportation.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Geojedo

Geojedo or Geoje Island (also often spelled Koje Island) is the principal island of Geoje City, on the southern coast of Gyeongsangnam-do province, South Korea.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Hungnam

Hŭngnam is a district of Hamhung, the third largest city in North Korea.

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Hungnam evacuation

The Hungnam evacuation, code-named Christmas Cargo, also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of UN forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950.

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Korea

Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Koreans

Koreans (in South Korean; alternatively in North Korean,; see names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group originating from and native to Korea and southern and central Manchuria.

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Leonard LaRue

Captain Leonard LaRue (January 14, 1914 – October 14, 2001), later known as "Brother Marinus", attended the Pennsylvania Nautical School, served aboard the Schoolship Annapolis and graduated in 1934.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Merchant Marine Gallant Ship Citation

The Merchant Marine Gallant Ship Citation is an award of the United States Merchant Marine.

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Meredith College

Meredith College is a women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Meritorious Service Medal (United States)

The Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) is a military award presented to members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguished themselves by outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States subsequent to January 16, 1969.

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Moon Jae-in

Moon Jae-in (born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean politician serving as the 12th and current President of South Korea since 2017.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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North Korea

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ode to My Father

Ode to My Father (lit. "Gukje (International) Market") is a 2014 South Korean drama film directed by Yoon Je-kyoon.

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President of South Korea

The President of the Republic of Korea is, according to the South Korean constitution, the chairperson of the cabinet, the chief executive of the government, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state of South Korea.

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Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation

The Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation (Hangul: 대한민국 대통령 부대 표창; Hanja: 大韓民國大統領 部隊表彰) is a military unit award of the government of South Korea that may be presented to South Korean military units, and foreign military units for outstanding performance in defense of the Republic of Korea.

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Reserve fleet

A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed, and thus partially or fully decommissioned.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Suisun Bay

Suisun Bay is a shallow tidal estuary (a northeastern extension of the San Francisco Bay) in northern California.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Korea Times

The Korea Times is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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United Nations Command

The United Nations Command (UNC) is the unified command structure for the multinational military forces, established in 1950, supporting South Korea (the Republic of Korea or ROK) during and after the Korean War.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States Merchant Marine

The United States Merchant Marine refers to either United States civilian mariners, or to U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.

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Victory ship

The Victory ship was a class of cargo ship produced in large numbers by North American shipyards during World War II to replace losses caused by German submarines.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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3"/50 caliber gun

The 3″/50 caliber gun (spoken "three-inch fifty-caliber") in United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile in diameter, and the barrel was 50 calibers long (barrel length is 3 in × 50.

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5"/38 caliber gun

The Mark 12 5"/38 caliber gun was a United States naval gun.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Meredith_Victory

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