Anchors Aweigh, My Friend... Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/28/2011
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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Magnetic key box

USS Uvalde (AKA-88) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship named after Uvalde County, Texas, the home of former Vice President John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner
and launched on 20 May 1944.She saw action in many campaigns during the next 25 years and was Ultimately declared "unfit for further service", and replaced by a Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship, with significant increases in combat vehicle and cargo stowage and better combat characteristics, Uvalde was decommissioned and struck from the Navy List on 1 December 1968. Transferred to the Maritime Administration on 26 June 1969 for disposal, Uvalde's hulk was simultaneously sold to Levin Metals Corp., of San Jose, California, and scrapped. The anchor and bell of the USS Uvalde are displayed in Uvalde, Texas

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