Sebou River
Military planners addressed the question of supplying aviation gasoline and munitions directly to airfield by means of the Sebou River to docks at the airfield. The search for a shallow draft ship settled on the Honduran registered , a Standard Fruit &amp; Steamship Company refrigerated cargo and passenger vessel, built in 1930, that had operated between Caribbean ports and the United States. The War Shipping Administration was empowered to take over all oceanic shipping. It took over "Contessa" for war service on 29 May 1942 with Standard Fruit as its operating agent. "Contessa" was chartered at the last minute for the operation.