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    USS Merrick (AKA-97/LKA-97) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after Merrick County, Nebraska. Merrick (AKA–97) was laid down as Maritime Commission...
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  • Massachusetts Merrick County, Nebraska Merrick State Park, Wisconsin Merrick Mountains, Palmer Land, Antarctica Merrick Glacier, Oates Land, Antarctica Merrick Point...
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    Flagship USS Mount Olympus. Capt. R. R. Moore, USN, Commanding Supplyship USS Yancey. Capt. J.E. Cohn, USN, Commanding Supplyship USS Merrick. Capt. John...
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    Byrd Glacier (redirect from Merrick Glacier)
    and Merrick Glaciers, flowing southward from Mount Aldrich to the Byrd Glacier. Named by US-ACAN, ACAN, in association with Byrd Glacier, for the USS Sennet...
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    (LKA-61) USS Yancey (LKA-93) USS Winston (LKA-94) USS Merrick (LKA-97) Tolland class USS Rankin (LKA-103) USS Seminole (LKA-104) USS Skagit (LKA-105) USS Union...
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    5 December 1946, 166 Seabees sailed from Port Hueneme on the USS Yancey and USS Merrick assigned to Operation Highjump. Little America V was established...
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    In December 1946, 166 Seabees sailed from Port Hueneme on the USS Yancey and USS Merrick assigned to Operation Highjump. They were part of Admiral Richard...
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  • placed a navigational marker on Dinkum Sands, but a return visit by the USS Merrick in 1955 failed to find the marker. A 1976 visit by the National Ocean...
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    Operated by the firm of Merrick & Towne (later renamed Merrick & Sons), the foundry built the engines for the USS Mississippi. Merrick took a deep interest...
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    served the remainder of World War II in the Pacific Theater aboard the USS Merrick. Ryan returned to the University of Idaho in 1946, and entered its College...
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