Payments provided by Congress to U.S.-flagged merchant ship owners to help them match foreign competiton. ______ ships have ramps and large hold openings designed to fit containerized cargoes. The last choice for U.S. sealift needs is the charter of ________-flag ships.
70 percent of the world shipbuilding market is in _____ and South Korea. ______ ships are strategic sealift merchant ships that must be ready to load troops within 96 hours of being alerted. In WWII, tankers and freighters were converted into _____ carriers to guard against submarines.
Most of the large U.S. shipbuilding yards specialize in building _______ vessels. National Defense ________ Fleet ships require between 30 and 120 days to be activated.
Ships designed to carry liquid cargoes in bulk quantities are called ________. The ______ Readiness Program improves the response of private operators to national defense needs.

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