Word: avis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Known only as Maritime Commission design CI-M-AVI, these pocket-size ships can enter bomb-destroyed ports blocked to larger ships, or deliver relief cargoes at smaller ports. Later, as part of a merchant fleet top-heavy with plodding 10,000-ton Liberty ships, they will be useful for U.S. coastal service and offshore trading in the Caribbean...