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  2. USS Hector (AR-7) - Wikipedia

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    During these cruises the repair ship, operating in support and service of the United States Pacific and Asian defenses, visited such ports as Yokosuka, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guam, and Eniwetok. Serving intermittently as flagship for both Service Squadrons 1 and 3, Hector also was a major participant in the Navy's "People to People" program in ...

  3. USS Vestal - Wikipedia

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    USS Vestal (AR-4) was a repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1913 to 1946. Before her conversion to a repair ship, she had served as a collier since 1909. Vestal served in both World Wars. She was damaged during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and received two battle stars for her World War II service.

  4. USS Cadmus - Wikipedia

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    2 × 5 in (130 mm) guns USS Cadmus (AR-14) was a Amphion -class repair ship of the United States Navy during World War II . Cadmus launched on 5 August 1945 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company in Tampa, Florida , and sponsored by Mrs. B. P. Ward. Cadmus was commissioned 23 April 1946.

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    BAE Systems Platforms & Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems Inc. and is a large provider of tracked and wheeled armored combat vehicles, naval guns, naval ship repair and modernization, artillery and missile launching systems, advanced precision strike munitions and ordnance, and other technologies for US and international customers.

  6. USS Vulcan (AR-5) - Wikipedia

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    USS Vulcan (AR-5) was the lead ship of her class of repair ships of the United States Navy.The ship was laid down on 16 December 1939 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 14 December 1940; sponsored by Mrs. James Forrestal, wife of the Under Secretary of the Navy; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 14 June 1941.

  7. List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Mk 2 Mod 0/1/2 (Semi-Automatic Rifle, 7.62×51mm NATO) M1 Garand (Semi-automatic rifle, .30-06) M1941 Johnson rifle (Semi-Automatic Rifle, .30-06) Model 45A; M1946 rifle (never used in active duty) M1947 Johnson auto carbine (Semi-Automatic Rifle, .30-06) Pedersen Rifle (.276) (competed unsuccessfully with M1 Garand to become primary service rifle)

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  9. Gun Control Act of 1968 - Wikipedia

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    While the Gun Control Act prohibits the direct mail-ordering of firearms, a person may ship a gun via contract carrier (such as United Parcel Service (UPS), United States Postal Service, or FedEx) to a gunsmith (who has an FFL) or the gunmaker's factory for repairs or modification. After the repair work is done, the gunsmith or the factory can ...