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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1933}}
|Ship name=USS ''Wainwright''
|Ship namesake=*[[Jonathan Wainwright (naval officer)|Jonathan Wainwright]]<ref name=DANFS />
*Jonathan Wainwright, Jr.
*[[Richard Wainwright (naval officer, Civil War)|Richard Wainwright]]
|Ship builder=*[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]]<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS | author = Naval History & Heritage Command | author-link = Naval History & Heritage Command | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/wainwright-i.html | title = Wainwright | short = on | access-date = 25 April 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Camden, New Jersey]]
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|Ship ordered=1913<ref name=Con-123 />
|Ship laid down=1 September 1914<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship launched=12 June 1915<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship sponsor=Miss Evelyn Wainwright Turpin<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship commissioned=12 May 1916<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship decommissioned=3 June 1922<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship identification=DD-62
|Ship struck=2 April 1926<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship fate=transferred to U.S. Coast Guard, 2 April 1926<ref name=DANFS />
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|Ship acquired=returned from U.S. Coast Guard, 27 April 1934<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship reinstated=27 April 1934<ref name=DANFS />
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|Ship struck=5 July 1934<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship fate=Sold on 22 August 1934
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|Ship name=USCGC ''Wainwright''
|Ship acquired=2 April 1926<ref name=USCG>{{cite web | title = Wainwright: CG-24 | url = http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Wainwright.pdf | publisher = Historian's Office, United States Coast Guard | access-date = 25 April 2009 }}</ref>
|Ship commissioned=30 July 1926, [[New London, Connecticut]]<ref name=USCG />
|Ship decommissioned=29 March 1934<ref name=USCG />
|Ship identification=CG-24
|Ship fate=returned to U.S. Navy, 27 April 1934<ref name=DANFS />
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|Ship class={{sclass|Tucker|destroyer|1}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1060|LT|MT|lk=on}}<ref name=Con-123 />
*{{convert|1205|LT|MT}} fully loaded
|Ship length={{convert|315|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship beam={{convert|29|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=Con-123>Gardiner, pp. 122–23.</ref>
|Ship draft={{convert|9|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=Con-123 />
|Ship propulsion=*2 × [[screw propeller]]s
*2 × [[Curtis steam turbine|Curtis geared steam turbine]]s, {{convert|17000|shp|abbr=on}}
*4 × [[Yarrow boiler]]s
|Ship speed={{convert|30|knots|km/h}}<ref name=DANFS />
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|Ship complement=99 officers and enlisted<ref name=DANFS />
|Ship armament=*4 × [[4"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}]]/50 gun<ref name=Con-123 />
*8 × [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s
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'''USS ''Wainwright'' (Destroyer No. 62/DD-62)''' was a {{sclass|Tucker|destroyer}} built for the [[United States Navy]] prior to the [[American entry into World War I]]. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of U.S. Navy officers [[Jonathan Wainwright (naval officer)|Jonathan Wainwright]], his cousin, Commander [[Richard Wainwright (naval officer, Civil War)|Richard Wainwright]], and his son, Jonathan Wainwright, Jr..

''Wainwright'' was [[keel laying|laid down]] by the [[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]] of [[Camden, New Jersey]], in September 1914 and [[launch (ship)|launch]]ed in June of the following year. The ship was a little more than {{convert|315|ft|m}} in length, just under {{convert|30|ft|m}} [[beam (nautical)|abeam]], and had a standard [[displace (ship)|displacement]] of {{convert|1090|LT|MT}}. She was armed with four {{convert|4|in|cm|adj=on}} guns and had eight [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s. ''Wainwright'' was powered by a pair of [[steam turbine]]s that propelled her at up to {{convert|30|knots|km/h}}.

After her May 1916 [[Ship commissioning|commission]]ing, ''Wainwright'' sailed in the [[Atlantic]] and the [[Caribbean]]. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, ''Wainwright'' was part of the first U.S. destroyer squadron sent overseas. Patrolling the [[Irish Sea]] out of [[Queenstown, Ireland]], ''Wainwright'' made several unsuccessful attacks on U-boats, and rescued survivors of several ships sunk by the German craft.

Upon returning to the United States after the war, ''Wainwright'' resumed operations with the destroyers of the [[United States Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]] until May 1922, when she was decommissioned. In April 1926, ''Wainwright'' was transferred to the [[United States Coast Guard]] to help enforce [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] as a part of the "[[Rum Patrol]]". She operated under the name '''USCGC ''Wainwright'' (CG-24)''' until April 1934, when she was returned to the Navy. She was sold for scrap in August 1934.

== Design and construction ==
''Wainwright'' was authorized in 1913 as the sixth and final ship of the {{sclass|Tucker|destroyer|4}} which, like the related {{sclass|O'Brien|destroyer|4}}, was an improved version of the {{sclass|Cassin|destroyer|1}}s authorized in 1911. Construction of the vessel was awarded to [[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]] of [[Camden, New Jersey]], which [[keel laying|laid down her keel]] on 1 September 1914. Just over nine months later, on 12 June 1915, ''Wainwright'' was [[launch (ship)|launch]]ed by sponsor Miss Evelyn Wainwright Turpin, a descendant of the ship's namesakes, Commodore [[Jonathan Wainwright (naval officer)|Jonathan Wainwright]] (1821–1863), his cousin [[Richard Wainwright (naval officer, Civil War)|Richard Wainwright]] (1817–1862), and son Jonathan Wainwright, Jr. (1849–1870), all U.S. Navy officers that died while serving. As built, ''Wainwright'' was {{convert|315|ft|3|in|m}} in length and {{convert|29|ft|9|in|m}} [[beam (nautical)|abeam]] and [[draft (ship)|drew]] {{convert|9|ft|4|in|m}}. The ship had a standard [[displace (ship)|displace]]ment of {{convert|1060|LT|MT}} and displaced {{convert|1205|LT|MT}} when fully loaded.<ref name=Con-123 />

[[File:Evelyn Wainwright Turpin.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Evelyn Wainwright Turpin, ''Wainwright''{{'}}s sponsor at [[launch (ship)|launch]]; Miss Turpin was the great-granddaughter of Commodore [[Jonathan Wainwright (naval officer)|Jonathan Wainwright]], one of the ship's namesakes]]
''Wainwright'' had two [[Curtis steam turbine]]s that drove her two [[screw propeller]]s, and an additional steam turbine geared to one of the [[propeller shaft (ship)|propeller shaft]]s for cruising purposes. The power plant could generate {{convert|17000|shp}} and move the ship at speeds up to {{convert|30|knots|km/h}}.<ref name=DANFS /><ref name=Con-123 />

''Wainwright''{{'}}s main [[artillery battery|battery]] consisted of four [[4"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}]]/50 Mark 9 guns,<ref name=DANFS /><ref name=NavWeaps-4in>{{cite web | last = DiGiulian | first = Tony | title = United States of America: 4"/50 (10.2 cm) Marks 7, 8, 9 and 10 | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4-50_mk9.htm | work = Naval Weapons of the World | publisher = Navweaps.com | date = 15 August 2008 | access-date = 22 April 2009 }}</ref><ref group=Note>The ''50'' denotes the length of the gun barrels; in this case, the gun is 50 [[calibers#Caliber as measurement of length|calibers]], meaning that the gun is 50 times as long as it is in diameter, {{convert|200|in|m}} in this case. The Mark number is the version of the gun; in this case, the ninth U.S. Navy design of the 4-inch/50 gun.</ref> with each gun weighing in excess of {{convert|6100|lbs|kg}}.<ref name=NavWeaps-4in /> The guns fired {{convert|33|lbs|kg|adj=on}} [[armor-piercing shot and shell|armor-piercing]] [[projectile]]s at {{convert|2900|ft/s|m/s}}. At an [[elevation (ballistics)|elevation]] of 20°, the guns had a range of {{convert|15920|yards|m}}.<ref name=NavWeaps-4in />

''Wainwright'' was also equipped with eight {{convert|21|in|mm|0|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s. The [[General Board of the United States Navy]] had called for two [[anti-aircraft gun]]s for the ''Tucker''-class ships, as well as provisions for laying up to 36 floating [[mine (naval)|mine]]s.<ref name=Con-123 /> From sources, it is unclear if these recommendations were followed for ''Wainwright'' or any of the other ships of the class.

== Early career ==
USS ''Wainwright'' was [[Ship commissioning|commission]]ed into the United States Navy on 12 May 1916. After fitting out at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], the destroyer rounded [[Cape May]] on 20 June and headed for [[Newport, Rhode Island]], to load torpedoes before joining Division 8 of the [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]] Destroyer Flotilla. Following exercises near [[Eastport, Maine]], she remained on the New England coast until mid-September when she headed south for gunnery tests and training off the Virginia capes. Upon the completion of a fortnight's gun drills, the ship then returned to [[Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts]], on 2 October. Later that month, ''Wainwright'' operated out of Newport, practiced torpedo tactics near [[Vineyard Sound]], and visited New York to pick up cargo for the flotilla's tender, {{USS|Melville|AD-2|2}}. She returned to Newport on the 18th and, eight days later, resumed torpedo practice near Vineyard Sound for the remainder of the month. She put into [[Boston, Massachusetts]] on 1 November for extensive repairs in the navy yard.<ref name=DANFS />

Refurbished, the destroyer got underway for the [[Caribbean]] on 8 January 1917. Steaming via [[Hampton Roads, Virginia]], she reached [[Culebra Island]], near [[Puerto Rico]], on the 14th and conducted war games exercises with the Atlantic Fleet. In the course of those operations, she visited the [[Dominican Republic]] as well as [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantanamo Bay]] and [[Santiago de Cuba|Santiago]] in [[Cuba]]. Later that month, ''Wainwright'' carried Assistant Secretary of the Navy [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]; Brigadier General [[George Barnett]], the [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]]; and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission from Santiago to [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]. Following that assignment, ''Wainwright'' conducted torpedo exercises, patrols, and power trials near Guantanamo Bay until the beginning of March.<ref name=DANFS />

She returned to Boston on 10 March for a short period in the [[Boston Navy Yard|Navy Yard]]. On 31 March, she departed Boston for Hampton Roads where she arrived on 2 April. The following morning, in response to the imminent threat of war with [[Germany]], ''Wainwright'' began to search for submarines and to patrol Hampton Roads to protect the Fleet and naval bases. Two days later, other warships relieved her on patrol; and she anchored with the Fleet in the mouth of the York River. The next day, 6 April 1917, the United States entered World War I.<ref name=DANFS />

== World War I ==
By the spring of 1917, the [[unrestricted submarine warfare (February 1917)|unrestricted submarine warfare]] campaign—which Germany had launched at the beginning of February—had so succeeded that the entire Allied war effort was endangered. Strong reinforcements to the Allied antisubmarine forces were desperately needed to avert defeat and needed at once. In response to a request from the [[Royal Navy]] for the service of American [[antisubmarine warfare]] ships in [[Europe]]an waters, the United States Navy began sending destroyers eastward across the Atlantic.<ref name=DANFS />

''Wainwright'' again briefly patrolled Hampton Roads before heading for the [[New York Navy Yard]] on 14 April, and on to Boston, where she arrived two days later, to prepare for overseas duty. On 24 April, the destroyer departed Boston in company with {{USS|Wadsworth|DD-60|2}}, {{USS|Porter|DD-59|2}}, {{USS|Davis|DD-65|2}}, {{USS|Conyngham|DD-58|2}}, and {{USS|McDougal|DD-54|2}}, bound for the British Isles. This division—led by Commander [[Joseph K. Taussig]]—was the first American naval unit to be sent to Europe. The destroyers reached [[Queenstown, Ireland|Queenstown]] on the southern coast of Ireland on 4 May and, after fueling, began patrolling the southern approaches to [[Liverpool]] and other British ports on the coast of the [[Irish Sea]].<ref name=DANFS />

''Wainwright'' reported her first scrape with a German submarine on 11 May. She sighted an abandoned lifeboat at about 08:00. After investigating the drifting boat for occupants and finding none, she sank the boat with gunfire. At about 08:15, a lookout reported that a torpedo had missed the destroyer some {{convert|150|yards|m}} astern. ''Wainwright'' then fired several rounds from her {{convert|4|in|mm|0|adj=on}} guns at what was thought to be a periscope. The supposed submarine disappeared soon thereafter; and, despite a thorough investigation of the area, the destroyer could turn up no more evidence of the presence of a [[U-boat]].<ref name=DANFS />

[[File:USS Bridgeport (ID-3009) at Brest, France, circa in 1918 (NH 42569).png|thumb|right|''Wainwright'' ''(right)'' alongside destroyer tender {{USS|Bridgeport|AD-10|2}} at Brest in 1918]]
The summer of 1917 provided few opportunities for ''Wainwright'' to test her sub-killing techniques. On 4 July, a member of the destroyer's crew spotted a purported periscope and soon thereafter others claimed that a torpedo was reported to have passed the ship, {{convert|5|ft|m}} astern. ''Wainwright'' depth-charged the last indicated position of the undersea raider but to no avail. On the morning of 20 August, after {{USS|Rowan|DD-64|2}} brought up some oil with one of her depth charges, ''Wainwright'' dropped a couple of depth charges as she passed through the faint slick. A few minutes later, she joined other ships in some sporadic gunfire but failed to prove that a submarine was in the area.<ref name=DANFS />

The fall, on the other hand, brought ''Wainwright'' increased activity. After spending the first two weeks of September in repairs at Birkenhead, near Liverpool, she departed the yard at Laird Basin at about 07:00 on the 14th to return to Queenstown. Three quarters of an hour into the afternoon watch, she received orders sending her to the scene of a submarine attack against an Allied merchantman some {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south-southeast of [[Helvick Head, Ireland]]. ''Wainwright'' rang up full speed, made off for the reported location, and began a search for the U-boat in conjunction with a British [[dirigible]] and other surface units. Near the end of the second dog watch, she sighted the submarine's conning tower and bow about {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off.<ref name=DANFS />

''Wainwright'' charged to the attack, but the submarine submerged almost immediately. Upon reaching the spot where the submarine had been, the warship located an oil slick and began dropping depth charges which failed to achieve positive results. Approaching darkness and the necessity of escorting an [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] [[oiler (ship)|oiler]] forced ''Wainwright'' to break off her attack. After she shepherded the oiler to safety, she returned to the area of her attack and patrolled throughout the night, but the submarine had apparently retired from the neighborhood.<ref name=DANFS />

Four days later, while searching for a U-boat in the area of [[Conigbeg Rock]], the destroyer received word that the Conigbeg Lightship had rescued survivors from a fishing vessel. ''Wainwright'' rendezvoused with the craft to interview the four seamen of the [[smack (ship)|smack]] ''Our Bairns''.<ref name=DANFS /> They revealed that the U-boat—which turned out to be {{SMU|UC-48||2}}<ref name=Ubn-our_bairns>{{cite Uboat.net | name = Our Bairns | id = 4622 | type = 1ship | access-date = 26 April 2009 }}</ref>—was of the latest type Germany had in action.<ref name=DANFS /> The destroyer relieved the lighthouse vessel of the four fishermen and continued the search until dusk, when she headed back to Queenstown to land the rescued men.<ref name=DANFS />

For a month, she carried on conducting routine patrols. Action finally came on the morning of 18 October, when ''Wainwright'' again received orders to Helvick Head to hunt for an enemy submarine. She arrived at the designated location at about 11:15 and searched for more than two hours for clues as to the U-boat's location. Then, at 13:58, she sighted a submarine's conning tower about {{convert|1500|yards|m}} off her starboard bow. The enemy appeared to be maneuvering into position for a torpedo attack but submerged the moment ''Wainwright'' charged to the attack. When the destroyer reached the estimated location of the U-boat, she dropped a depth charge and then a buoy to mark the spot. The warship followed that maneuver with a systematic, circular search out to a radius of {{convert|20|nmi|km}}. Having found nothing by 04:00 the following morning, she gave up and shaped a course for Queenstown.<ref name=DANFS />

The ensuing six months brought no new encounters with U-boats. She scouted areas where submarines had been reported but neither sighted nor engaged the enemy. On one occasion, she collided with a merchantman, {{SS|Chicago City||2}}, and had to enter the drydock at Spencer Jetty that same day, 24 November 1917, for repairs.<ref name=DANFS />

While steaming generally south on 29 April 1918, she sighted a sail bearing almost due west whose hull was down below the horizon. By the time the destroyer had swung around to an intercepting course, the sail had disappeared. While the destroyer steamed toward the estimated position of the sail, she searched for evidence of a submarine. After covering {{convert|10|nmi|km}} westward, she came upon an area marked by a number of small oil slicks. ''Wainwright'' chose the most promising of the slicks and dropped four depth charges. She then commenced another fruitless search which ended at midnight when she received orders to return to Queenstown.<ref name=DANFS />

[[File:U.S. Navy Destroyer Squadron 14, 20 May 1921.jpg|thumb|300px|left|''Wainwright'' and the rest of Destroyer Squadron 14 at [[New York City|New York]] on 20 May 1921]]
''Wainwright'' continued to operate out of Queenstown until June 1918 when she was reassigned to United States naval forces in France. On the 8th, she reported for duty at [[Brest, France|Brest]], the French port from which she conducted her patrols for the remainder of the war. Those patrols brought no further encounters with the enemy. Only two events of note occurred between June and November 1918. On the night of 19/20 October, she sighted what appeared to be a submarine running on the surface. However, upon closer inspection, the object proved to be a derelict carrying the crew of the 77-ton [[Portugal|Portuguese]] schooner ''Aida'', which had been captured by German submarine {{SMU|U-43|Germany|2}} and sunk with explosive charges.<ref name=DANFS /><ref name=Ubn-aida>{{cite Uboat.net | name = Aida | id = 123 | type = 1ship | access-date = 26 April 2009 }}</ref> ''Wainwright'' took on the survivors and saw them safely into port. Later, during the evening of 1 November, heavy winds at Brest caused the destroyer to drag anchor: and she struck the [[breakwater (structure)|breakwater]]. After {{USS|Jarvis|DD-38|2}} had failed to pull her loose, the tug {{USS|Concord|SP-773|2}} took over and finally managed to refloat the warship at 19:20 and towed her into Brest.<ref name=DANFS />

Hostilities ended on 11 November 1918, and ''Wainwright'' returned home early in 1919 to resume duty with the Atlantic Fleet destroyers. She operated along the east coast and in the [[Caribbean]] until 19 May 1922 when she was decommissioned at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. The destroyer remained in reserve until the spring of 1926.<ref name=DANFS />

== Coast Guard career ==
[[File:USS Wainwright (DD-62).JPG|thumb|right|''Wainwright'' in Coast Guard service, c. 1924–33]]
On 17 January 1920, [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] was instituted by law in the United States. Soon, the smuggling of alcoholic beverages along the coastlines of the United States became widespread and blatant. The [[United States Department of Treasury|Treasury Department]] eventually determined that the [[United States Coast Guard]] simply did not have the ships to constitute a successful patrol. To cope with the problem, President [[Calvin Coolidge]] in 1924 authorized the transfer from the Navy to the Coast Guard of twenty old destroyers that were in reserve and out of commission.<ref name=DANFS-Tucker>{{cite DANFS | author = Naval History & Heritage Command | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/t/tucker-i.html | title = Tucker | access-date = 22 April 2009 |short = on | link = off }}</ref> ''Wainwright'' was activated and acquired by the Coast Guard on 2 April 1926, as part of a second group of five to augment the original twenty.<ref name=DANFS /><ref name=DANFS-Tucker />

''Wainwright'' moved to Boston on 22 May and remained there until 27 July when she got underway for the [[Connecticut]] coast. She reached [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], two days later; and, on the 30th, she was commissioned by the Coast Guard. The warship retained her name while serving with the Coast Guard's "[[Rum Patrol]]" to suppress the illegal importation of alcoholic beverages. She served at New London from the summer of 1926 until 1929. On 4 January 1929, she headed south to [[Charleston, South Carolina]], whence she conducted gunnery practice until 4 February when she returned north to Boston. In January 1930, she headed south again for gunnery practice but this time at [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]. During each of the two succeeding years—in January 1931 and late in March 1932—she returned to St. Petersburg for a month of target practice and afterward resumed her duties along the New England coast.<ref name=DANFS />

In May 1933, her permanent duty station was changed to New York, and she reported there at the end of the first week in June. After a summer of normal operations, the warship began target practice at [[Hampton Roads]], on 7 September.

==U.S. Navy duty in Cuba==
That duty, however, was interrupted on the 9th by orders to report for duty with the Navy in the area of the [[Florida Strait]] during the [[Fulgencio Batista#1933 coup|series of revolts]] in Cuba which finally resulted in the beginning of [[Fulgencio Batista]]'s 25-year rule. On 6 November, ''Wainwright'' was released from duty with the Navy and was ordered back to New York.

==Return to Coast Guard duty==
''Wainwright'' arrived three days later and resumed duties with the Coast Guard until March 1934. On the 14th, she departed the station at [[Stapleton, New York]], and arrived in Philadelphia the following day. She was decommissioned by the Coast Guard on 29 March.

==Return to Navy, decommissioning, and disposal==
On 27 April, the [[Commandant]], [[4th Naval District]], took possession of ''Wainwright'' for the Navy. Her name was reinstated on the Navy list briefly but was struck once again on 5 July 1934. On 22 August, she was sold to Michael Flynn, Inc., of [[Brooklyn, New York]], for scrapping.<ref name=DANFS />

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/wainwright-i.html}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | editor1-last=Gardiner | editor1-first=Robert | editor2-last=Gray | editor2-first=Randal | title = Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]] | year = 1985 | isbn = 978-0-87021-907-8 | oclc = 12119866 }}

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