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Word: intrpid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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Commodore Worrall R. Carter, the bald, bony-faced commander of Service Suadron 10, had six types of naval repair ships at Ulithi (one for radio and radar alone). His flotilla included a drydock for destroyers, tenders to make emergency repairs on big ships like bomb-blasted Franklin, Ticonderoga and Intrpid. He claimed that Ulithi's water-taxi service, which ran between ships and shore was the world's largest - more than 400 small boats manned by more than 1,000 coxswains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Mighty Atoll | 8/6/1945 | See Source »

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