No MSTS Ships
Here After 1960
A recent decision toy the Joint
Chiefs of Staff to move military
personnel and civilian dependents
by air means that the transports
James O’Hara and the Frederick
Funston, both of which come to
Kodiak from time to time, will be
taken out of service.
The two transports, both ope
rated by civilian crews, will be
put in layup at Olympia after com
pleting voyages November 30 and
January 3 respectively.
The only civilian-manned MSTS
ship to continue operation out of
Seattle will be the Harris County,
a landing vessel which carries car
go between Seattle and Alaska.
Capt. N. A. Lidstone, command
er of the North Pacific subarea,
said he did not know what ship
service would be maintained to
Alaska. The navy-manned trans
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ports remaining in service are up
larger than the O’Hara and the pa
Funston, making trips to the shal
low harbors of Kodiak and Adak IF
difficult. SEL.
The announcement that the A c
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