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The products offered here are not endorsed or sponsored by any governmental organization and all logos and designs are not ed and remain within the public domain. This specific class of warship was the stateoftheart naval weapon of the late eighteenth century, and one of the most complex engineering constructions of its day. Unfortunately, a cruise book was not published for the 1960 cruise. She was named after john lang, a sailor on the uss wasp during the war of 1812 who helped turn the tide of battle against the hms frolic. You would be purchasing an exact copy of the uss decatur dd 936 cruise book during this time period.
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