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Gazelle

 

Any of numerous small, graceful, and swift antelopes, with lustrous eyes, found especially in South Africa, northern Africa, Iran, and India.

 

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The second Gazelle (BAM-17), built by Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., Savannah, Ga., was transferred to the United Kingdom 28 July 1943. Returned to the United States December 1946, she was struck from the Navy List 10 June 1947.