The Archive · 1941

Navy Requisitions New Ships

New York. June 4.

Tae American Export Lines announced yesterday that the United States Navy had requisitioned two of its new vessels, the s, Exporter and the s, Executor, effective immediately. The s. Executor has just returned from India and is still unloading cargo here. while the s. Exporter was due in New York on June 9.

The two vessels were in addition to the 13 taken over by the Maritime Commission last week for. use as Army and Navy transports—United Press.

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