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He rounded up 100 tugs and towed the caissons and ships to Omaha Beach so smoothly that supply ships were unloading within the man-made harbor on D-day plus 12. At the same time, as a precaution, Moran had towed barges loaded with supplies from New York to France. Thus when a storm battered the harbors, the barges were able to unload directly on the beaches.
Ed Moran has his eye on six more deep-sea tugs that the Maritime Commission has put on sale. If Operation Netherlands is a success, Ed Moran thinks he might buy them, have a fleet powerful enough to take on all comers.