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Show U. S. Oil Tankers Never Failed in Deliveries NEW YORK. "Not once did they fail," said Adm. Chester W. Nimitz in commending activities of the commercial tanker fleets engaged in transporting fuel for navy vessels in the Pacific. Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, made the commendation commen-dation in a letter to Adm. E. S. Land, war shipping administrator, which was made public here by the American Merchant Marine institute. insti-tute. "Our requirements were numbered num-bered in millions of barrels of fuel to be transported thousands of miles to the scene of fleet operations," Nimitz said. "The volume involved demanded the utmost in operational management to assure a rate of delivery de-livery in keeping with our needs. "Our success in keeping the fleet properly fueled was dependent upon the deliveries by these commercial ships. Not once did they fail." |