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DaveVT

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My father was stationed on this ship - wooden deck ...


I was able to go on a Tiger Cruise from Pearl to San Diego when I was 9

I see it was scrapped - wasn’t sure

(In response to this post by Chris Coleman)

Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Prairie_(AD-15)


Posted: 03/20/2019 at 5:47PM


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