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cstanleytech

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20. From the wiki site on it

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #18)

Sat Jan 28, 2012, 03:25 PM

Jan 2012

"USS Ponce (LPD-15), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, is the only ship of the United States Navy that is named for Ponce in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which in turn was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, the first governor of Puerto Rico and European discoverer of Florida."

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+1 beat me to it. Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #6

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Time for some education, tsunamis have almost zero effect on ships at sea only when their in port or cstanleytech Jan 2012 #16

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'Ponce'? There's an unfortunate name for a ship muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #18

From the wiki site on it cstanleytech Jan 2012 #20