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Aranca

 

The name of two Pima Indian villages in southern Arizona.

 

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The name Aranca was assigned to a Hisada-class large harbor tug, YTB-530, on 24 March 1945, but the contract for the construction of this district craft—scheduled to be built at Jacksonville, Fla., by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co.—was cancelled on, or slightly before, 1 October 1945.