Ships out of the National Defense Reserve Fleet (mothball fleet), Roll-on/roll-off ships and container ships which speeded loading and unloading. Identification in event of enemy capture. Crew members were given Navy grades and rank Used by our Armed Forces in Vietnam including bombs and ammunition intoĬombat zones under fire. Were staffed by "civilian" crews, but carried 95% of the supplies MSTS had four separateĬustomers to serve: the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. To Vietnam - 10,000 miles from the Pacific coast. Military Sea Transportation Service had the job of bringing war supplies [Your webmistress arrived in the United States in 1949 To Freedom" bringing 300,000 refugees and 200,000 tons of Cargo from USNS Howze was one of many MSTS ships involved in "Passage Of Vietnam, MSTS evacuated Vietnamese refugees from North to South Vietnam. Was succeeded by Military Sealift Command. Of ships and had charter agreements with commercial shipping firms. Service was established in 1949 to provide sea transportation to the militaryĪs a successor to the Army Transportation Service. The ship was docked at Saigon (French Indochina) 17 hand grenades were Was the first large ship to navigate the Long Tam River since 1925. Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) aircraft carrier Windham Bay, Sea Transportation Service, and Military Sealift Command in Vietnam
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