USS Sioux
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USS Sioux may refer to:
which was an iron-hulled tug
Tug
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 built as P. H. Wise at Philadelphia in 1892., a cargo ship
Cargo ship
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 built in 1916 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio
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. was laid down on 14 February 1942 by United Engineering Co. of San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
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. a Powhatan-class fleet ocean tug in service since 1981.
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