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  2. USS Georgia (BB-15) - Wikipedia

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    USS Georgia (BB-15) was a United States Navy Virginia -class battleship, the third of five ships of the class. She was built by the Bath Iron Works in Maine, with her keel laid in August 1901 and her launching in October 1904. The completed battleship was commissioned into the fleet in September 1906. The ship was armed with an offensive battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns and eight 8-inch ...

  3. History of slavery in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    History of slavery in Maryland. Slavery in Maryland lasted over 200 years, from its beginnings in 1642 when the first Africans were brought as slaves to St. Mary's City, to its end after the Civil War. While Maryland developed similarly to neighboring Virginia, slavery declined in Maryland as an institution earlier, and it had the largest free ...

  4. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of the lumber industry in the United States spans from the precolonial period of British timber speculation, subsequent British colonization, and American development into the twenty-first century. Following the near eradication of domestic timber on the British Isles, the abundance of old-growth forests in the New World posed an ...

  5. Roll-on/roll-off - Wikipedia

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    Roll-on/roll-off ( RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.

  6. Russo-Georgian War - Wikipedia

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    The 2008 Russo-Georgian War [note 3] was a war between Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia against Georgia. The war took place in August following a diplomatic crisis between Russia and Georgia, both formerly constituent republics of the Soviet Union. The fighting took place in the strategically ...

  7. List of Amazon locations - Wikipedia

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    List of Amazon locations. Amazon's Day 1 building in Seattle. Doppler building in Seattle. re:Invent in Seattle. Amazon Spheres in Seattle. Amazon is an American technology company that has a multinational presence with offices and facilities around the world. The company is based in Seattle, Washington and has over 1,600,000 employees globally ...

  8. Stephen Decatur - Wikipedia

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    Stephen Decatur Jr. ( / dɪˈkeɪtər /; [1] January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was a U.S. naval officer and commodore. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. His father, Stephen Decatur Sr., was a commodore in the United States Navy who served during the American Revolution; he brought the younger Stephen into the ...

  9. General aviation - Wikipedia

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    General aviation ( GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other purposes. [1] However, for statistical purposes, ICAO uses a definition of general aviation which ...