Those "masterpieces of ship building" were mostly hastily built T2 tankers, repurposed after the war for civilian use. Needless to say, they didn't hold up well in extreme winter conditions (en.wikipedia.org)
Those "masterpieces of ship building" were mostly hastily built T2 tankers, repurposed after the war for civilian use. [Needless to say, they didn't hold up well in extreme winter conditions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Pendleton)
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