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Hilton Head

 

An island along the lower coast of South Carolina where the Spanish explorer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon landed in 1525.

 

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Hilton Head (LSD-24) was renamed Point Defiance (q.v.) 30 December 1944, prior to the start of construction.