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From: ed@visix.com
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Subject: Re: Quick Guide to Ship Designations
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Date: 22 May 91 15:16:05 GMT
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From: ed@visix.com


ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) writes:
> AGF	Command Ship
> AGOS	Ocean Surveillance Ship

In between these should go AGFF - Research Frigate, currently a 1-ship type, the 
former USS Glover (FF-????), now decommed and part of the Military Sealift
Command, spending its time testing 'stuff', as my brother (her OIC) describes it.

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