The tankerstowered over us, rusty and screeching as the waves rubbed them against each other.
Tankers of the 761st Medium Tank Battalion Prepare for Action.
In August, 1947, this group formed a corporation (and ultimately formed others) to buy surplus oil tankers from the government.
One of the eight tankerswas ultimately leased to the Soviet Union and used to haul fuel oil from communist Romania to the Chinese reds during the Korean war.
During that early postwar period, the United States government had approximately 390 Merchant Marine oil tankers (built and used during World War II) which had become surplus.
The purpose of the law was to guarantee that oil tankers (vital in times of war) would remain under the control of the United States government.
Holmes and his associates managed to buy eight oil tankers from the U.
Mention should be made here of the very serious situation which arose during the year 1917 owing to the success attending the attacks by enemy submarines on oil tankers bringing oil fuel to the United Kingdom for the use of the Fleet.
The tankers sought a defilade spot in which to rearm and refuel for the day’s assault.
Hereafter the tankerswould maintain and re-equip their vehicles at night.
The tankers unknowingly redeemed themselves when one of their final 75mm rounds caught Colonel Atsuchi as he peered out of a cave entrance, killing him instantly.
Along with the chemical pollutants in their environment and food, logging, and the specter of huge oil tankers plying the west coast, we are greatly concerned by the potential threat of boating enthusiasts and recreationists.
Tankers traversing South Africa's Cape of Good Hope are said to be responsible for the reduction of jackass penguins, Spheniscus demersus (Rowan 1968).
Kodiak Island during winter 1970 as a result of oil pollution (probably ballast dumped by tankersentering Cook Inlet).
It does cost more to transport oil in small, double-bottomed tankers with well-trained crews than to transport it in big ships flying flags of convenience, but the cost differential is very small compared to the value of the shipment.
We lack the base-line data which could help influence routes of oil tankers to lessen the potential danger of spills to marine birds.
More than 600 coast-wise ships, merchantmen from the Caribbean and South America, and tankers from the Gulf, were sunk in the first year of war.
The loss of tankers brought serious complications ashore, the rationing of gas along the eastern seaboard to conserve supply for military purposes.
After that, the oil would traverse the Tipline to Israel's Red Sea port of Eilat, where it would be reloaded onto tankers for shipment to Asia.
According to Stratfor, the Strategic Forecasting consultancy, "tankers bearing Russian crude from the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk would unload at Israel's Mediterranean port of Ashkelon.
That Coast Guard chap also told us about those oil tankers that were attacked right off this very shore last week,” continued Jimmy.
He said the tankers were going down-coast when the sub attacked them.
Denig’s tankers liked the greater horsepower provided by the water-cooled Ford V-8 engine and considered the reversion to gasoline from diesel an acceptable risk.
By removing two crewmen, the tankers could stuff six replacement riflemen inside each vehicle.
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