Unloading of cumbersome military supplies at ports where cargo handling facilities are inadequate or have been wrecked will be speeded in future by two heavy lift ships converted by Bethlehem steel Co shipyards for Military Sea Transportation Service; vessels are USNS Leonard C. Brostrom and USNS Marine Fiddler of World War II C-4 type.


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    Title :

    MSTS converts ships for superlifts


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1954


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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