When the Maritime Administration converted two Liberty ships to gasturbine and freepiston propulsion. MSTS put them to use. The accomplishments of MSTS are varied and impressive. Statistics of passenger lifts. evacuation of refugees from troubled lands. the transportation of military cargoes. and -the supply of petroleum products throughout the world :by this vastly complex. yet highly effi.cient. organization are available for all to see. It has been geared with emergencies in mindKorea and Lebanon. to name but two. In such a successful manner is MSTS run that its ships were loaded and operating with units of the fleet within hours of the announcement of the .existence of the emergency.
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