Word: cargoed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...appearing, silent man whose only regret for his historic rampage in the Java Sea as captain of the Seawolf is that it inspired some writer tc curse him with the nickname of "Fearless Freddie"; Commander Mike Fenno, who took the Trout into Corregidor with ammunition and brought out a cargo oi Manila gold...
...your Oct. 4 issue, I note you have printed the picture . . . showing a cargo ship loading war matériel through the bow or stern. ... On close examination you will see what appears to be a large red cross on the side of the boat or on some superstructure near...
When Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser stormed into Washington 16 months ago with plans to build 5,000 giant cargo planes in shipyards, most U.S. planemakers hooted down: 1) Mr. Kaiser, 2) the very idea. Some of them, Washington rumor said, put their best hatchet men to work to kill it. But stubborn Mr. Kaiser somehow salvaged a small Government contract from the battle. Turned down everywhere in the industry, he promptly went to work with lanky Howard Robard Hughes, movie maker, oilman, round-the-world flyer and aeronautical engineer. They planned to turn out three super-colossal planes of Hughes...
...call the incendiary "Blue Goose" (because its nose is colored blue, to differentiate it from other types of ammunition). The bullets are made in a secret area where visitors are barred and all workers must wear a special uniform. Neatest trick yet performed with the projectile: destroying a Japanese cargo vessel. U.S. flyers did that by dropping their belly fuel tanks on the ship's deck, then raking them with blue geese. The ship burned briskly...
...Commando (C-46), specifically built for the job and already proven as a rugged, speedy carrier of big loads. The second, with which airmen are even better pleased, is Douglas' Skymaster (C-54), a four-engined modification of the DC-4. The third is the (EUR-87), a cargo modification of the 6-24. It is probably the fastest of the transports, is particularly well-adapted to-the transocean lugging of heavy, concentrated, equipment...