vanced type of equipment for this service has been installed, and pro- 

 vides a sustained temperature of ten degrees below zero. Deep tanks 

 on each of these vessels accommodate 2,700 short tons of molasses, loaded 

 and discharged by special pumps capable of handling 250 tons per hour. 

 Extensive alterations in hold arrangement, including permanent sheath- 

 ing, were made to accommodate bulk sugar consignments. Topping lift 

 winches have been added at all hatches. 



The C-3 service from the Pacific Northwest to Hawaii is augmented 

 by three Liberty ships, which make frequent sailings from that area with 

 lumber, sulphates, and other cargoes. 



In transit time, these postwar freighter services offer a 30 per cent in- 

 crease in speed over the prewar freighter fleet. The C-3's make the run 

 between California ports and Hawaii in five and a half days, and between 

 .Pacific Northwest ports and Hawaii in six days, as compared with the 

 seven- to eleven-day crossings required before the war. 



The four C-2's are augmenting the express and refrigerated cargo serv- 

 ice which the 21-knot Lurline, Mariposa and Monterey already provide. 



On November 6, 1943, the Monterey with 6,747 troops aboard en route 

 from New York to Gibraltar and Naples successfully accomplished the 

 greatest rescue operation in the annals of the sea. Twenty-five Junker 

 planes suddenly attacked her convoy. Two merchant ships and one de- 



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