Actually an escorted tanker (using fuel from the Kern County oil fields which are still in Milgov possession) would be a great idea on how to get guys back from Korea. There are still US Navy ships in Korea most likely - either too low on fuel to get home or out of fuel - and there is a big time precedent to use them to get troops back home - i.e. Operation Magic Carpet from WWII.
That gives you both escorts and transport all in one.
I..e its one thing to attack a bunch of defenseless freighters - is another if they are joined by several refueled destroyers, cruisers or even carriers or battleships (i.e. as per the RDF there arent any operational carrier task forces outside of the one in the Persian Gult - well a carrier that is out of jet fuel is pretty much non-operational even if everything else works - and would make one hell of a transport) - or forget the freighters its just the naval ships with perhaps three or four freighters holding the remaining tanks, artillery, etc..
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