American Merchant
Marine at War - Revolution to World War II to today |
American
Merchant Marine in World War 2 |
Frequently
Asked Questions about the Merchant Marine |
Merchant
Marine Records and Contact Information |
Sources
for photographs of U.S. Merchant Ships |
Merchant
Marine Jobs |
Shipmate
Search |
Belated
Thank You to WW2 Mariners |
Mysterious
Loss of SS Crusader |
Duplicate
items available |
Captain
George Duffy's POW Page |
Privateers
or Merchant Mariners help win the Revolutionary War |
American
Prisoners of the Revolution Names of 8000 Men Aboard the Old Jersey
Prison ship |
American
Merchant Marine and Privateers in War of 1812 |
American
Merchant Marine in Mexican-American War |
Merchant
Marine in the Civil War |
American
Merchant Marine in Spanish-American War |
Merchant
Marine in World War I |
American
Merchant Marine Ships Participating in Korean War |
Military
Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) Ships in the Korean War |
U.S.
Merchant Marine in Vietnam |
Gulf War
1990-91 |
Ready Reserve
Force (RRF) |
American
Merchant Marine Casualties |
Merchant
Marine POWs of WWII |
World War
II Mariners Buried or Memorialized in National Cemeteries Overseas |
U.S.
Naval Armed Guard Casualties During World War II |
Ships
and Men of the Army Transport Service (ATS) by Charles Dana Gibson |
Army Sailors
train at U. S. Maritime Service St. Petersburg for Army Transportation
Corps |
One Hundred
Years in the Making: The Birth of Military Sea Transportation Service
(MSTS) |
Merchant
Marine Emblem, Medals and Ribbons |
Merchant
Marine Heroes - Citations for Distinguished Service Medal during
World War II |
Merchant
Marine Heroes: Text of Meritorious Service Medals Awarded during
WWII |
Army
and Navy Medals Awarded to Mariners During World War II |
BATTLIN'
PETE Walt Disney Merchant Marine Emblem |
United
States Maritime Service Insignia of Rank and Distinctive Devices
and Uniforms |
Merchant
Marine Seals |
Merchant
Marine Posters during World Wars |
Brochure
for Vaco Rubber Lifesaving Suit |
Capacity
of One Liberty Ship |
Duties
of Seamen in Ship's Engine Department |
Duties of
Seamen in Ship Deck Department |
Duties
of Ship Steward's Department |
African-Americans
in the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Maritime Service during World
War II |
American
Women Mariners in World War II |
American
Merchant Marine Prisoners of War during World War II |
Past
Features from American Merchant Marine at War website |
History
of the U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps |
U.S. Maritime
Service: the Forgotten Service |
U.S.
Maritime Service and Merchant Marine Gunnery Training |
United
States Maritime Service: Excerpts From Sheepshead Bay Heaving Line
Newsletters |
Hospital
Corpsmen: U.S. Maritime Service trains Pursers for combination medical-paper
work on ships |
U.S.
Maritime Service Enrolling Office Answer Men |
U.S.
Maritime Service Enrolling Offices 1944 |
U.S.
Maritime Service to Accept 16 Year Olds for Training |
U.S. Flag
Ships including U.S. Maritime Commission ships |
U.S.
Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II |
World
War II Liberty Ships listed by Shipyard |
Shipyards
and Suppliers for U. S. Maritime Commission During World War II |
Stories
of U.S. Merchant Ships in World War II |
Lifeboat
Regulations during WWII |
Ship
Slop chest during World War II |
Standard
List Of Medical Supplies Issued to U.S. Merchant Ships During World
War II |
Merchant
Marine Books, Videos, and CDs |
Merchant
Marine Book Reviews |
Captain
Arthur Moore's Book - A Careless Word... A Needless Sinking... |
Quotes
about American Merchant Marine from Presidents, Military and National
Leaders |
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt Speeches and Statements |
Bruce
Felknor's American Merchant Marine Historians Page |
American
Merchant Mariners' Struggle for Veteran Status |
Merchant
Seamen's War Service Acts of 1945 and 1947 |
American
Merchant Marine Veterans |
U. S. Merchant
Marine Veterans of World War II |
Merchant
Marine Act of 1936 |
Memorial
Service for a Mariner in Two Versions |
Poetry
About Merchant Mariners |
Maritime
Terms and Definitions |
American
Merchant Marine and Veteran Organizations |
Maritime
Links |
Heave
Ho My Lads - Official Song of The U.S. Maritime Service and Song
of the Merchant Marine |
World War
II Press Releases and Regulations |
Information
Sheet Handout re WWII Merchant Marine |
Battle
of the Atlantic Statistics |
Close
to Home - Georgians Identify Mariners Killed in 1942 Torpedoing
of SS Oklahoma |
American
Merchant Marine Ships on the Murmansk Run |
SS
Black Point - Last American U-boat Victim of World War II |
U.S.
Merchant Ships Participating in Pacific Theater Combat Operations
and Engagements Earning Battle Stars |
American
Merchant Marine on D-Day at Normandy |
Merchant
Marine: We Deliver the Goods |
Troops
and Cargo Transported During World War II under U.S. Army Control |
Official
World War II Notice to all Merchant Marine Personnel regarding Diaries |
American
Merchant Marine Men and Ships in World War II |
American
Merchant Marine at War - Revolution to World War II to today |
http://www.usmm.org/infomm.pdf |
Gallant
Ships of WW II Merchant Marine |
SOS Morse
Code signal for distress at sea replaced |
Form
DD2168 |
Belated
Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007 |
Salary
Comparison U.S. Navy vs American Merchant Marine during World War
II |
Rumors,
Lies and Innuendos about the Merchant Marine in World War II |
Acquisition
of Domestic or Foreign Merchant Vessels |
U.S. Maritime
Commission Appeal to Danish Seamen to Remain Aboard their Requisitioned
Vessels |
Foreign
Passenger and Cargo Ships Taken Over by U.S Maritime Commission
during World War II |
Merchant
Mariners at Milag Nord Prisoner of War Camp in Germany World War
II |
Dreadful
Saga of the MV American Leader |
Captain
George Duffy's POW Page: Pearl Harbor Bombing and the Truth |
Ultimate
Losers: Merchant Seamen POWs, Captain George Duffy's POW Page |
Captain
George Duffy contacted by POW family members throughout the world |
"Fateful
Enmity" Turns Into Sincere Friendship by Captain George Duffy
merchant marine POW of WWII |
Life
and Death on the Death Railway Through the Jungle of Sumatra by
American prisoner of war George Duffy |
Tracking
the Hunters, the Hunted - POW George Duffy comments on Clay Blair's
books on submarine warfare |
It
Gave Him Life - It Took It, Too by George Duffy |
Honoring
Those Who Listened - Capt. George Duffy's POW Page |
Of
Stars and Planets - and a Lost Father, story of Philip P. McKeever |
Merchant
Marine POW's and MIA's by Captain George Duffy |
Paul
Buck, A Heroic Captain None Remember |
Memorial
to martyred mariners rededicated |
A
Privateersman's Letters Home from Prison - War of 1812 - Bruce Felknor's
Historian's Page |
Memorial
Ceremonies At The Statue Of Liberty, 1922 |
World
War I Merchant Marine Training |
Merchant
Marine Training Program 1918 |
World
War I Merchant Marine Posters Train for the sea |
Hog
Islanders |
U.S.
Merchant Ships, Sailing Vessels, and Fishing Craft lost, captured,
or damaged during World War I |
Military
Sea Transportation Service and Merchant Ships Participating in Inchon,
Korea Invasion |
Military
Sea Transportation Service and Merchant Ships Participating in Hungnam,
Korea Redeployment |
Capture
and Release of SS Mayaguez by Kmer Rouge forces in May 1975 |
Remembering
Vietnam's Forgotten Seamen - Baton Rouge Victory |
Badger
State rocked by Blasts en route to Vietnam |
Chartered
Ships used in 1991 Gulf War |
Ready
Reserve Fleet Ships used in Persian Gulf War |
Most
Dangerous Position Aboard Ship |
Residence
of Merchant Marine Casualties |
SS President
Harrison Master's Report |
Stanvac
Calcutta: the Gallant Ship that Fought a German Raider |
Government
Regulation for merchant marine Prisoners of War during world War
2 |
Merchant
Mariners Buried or Commemorated in European Theater National Cemeteries |
Merchant
Mariners Buried or Commemorated in Pacific Theater National Cemeteries |
Comparison
of U.S. Army and U.S Navy Vessels in World War II |
U.S.
Maritime Service Training Station, St. Petersburg, Florida |
Laws
establishing Merchant Marine Medals |
Bruno Baretich,
Hero of Sea Fire, Honored by War Shipping Administration |
Cadet-Midshipman
Francis Dales Gets Tanker to Malta Under Blazing Attacks during
WW2 |
World
War II Posters: Buy bonds, Importance of the Merchant Marine, Rules
at Sea |
Cadet-Midshipman
William M. Thomas Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal |
Regulation
establishing Bronze Star Medal |
Posters:
Shipbuilding during World War I |
World
War I Posters: Buy bonds - importance of merchant marine |
World
War II Posters: Train or return to sea |
World
War II Posters Keep Secrets |
Posters:
Build Merchant Ships during World War II |
World
War II Posters: Buy bonds, Importance of the Merchant Marine, Rules
at Sea |
Torpedoed
in the Arctic |
Liberty
Ship Crew |
Fur Vest
Project for Seamen during World War II |
Ten
minutes to abandon ship! SS Washington Meets U-Boat. |
Maritime
Commission Representative in Honolulu for Dec. 7-15, 1941 |
Gallant
Liberty Ship SS Stephen Hopkins |
Displaced
Person Transportation post World War II |
American
Merchant Marine Ships Rescue Army Air Corps and Navy Air Crews |
SS
Seatrain Texas Carries Sherman Tanks for Battle of El Alamein during
World War II |
Merchant
Marine Stamp of 1946, Steamship Stamp of 1944 and First Day Covers |
Torpedoed
Four Times during World War II: Jay G. Lopez, Merchant Marine Radio
Operator |
D-Day
1944 and Why They Owe Me a Trip on the Queen Mary by Richard R.
Powers |
Sinking
of the American Merchant Ship SS Lehigh in October 1941 |
Operation
Pedestal and SS Ohio save Malta |
Tugs
at Normandy Harbor Harbor on D-Day June 6, 1944 |
Port
Chicago Disaster |
SS Red
Oak Victory Comes Home |
SS Robert
E. Peary Liberty Ship Built in 4 Days 15 Hours 29 Minutes |
History
and Photos of Merchant Marine Cadet Corps Life in the 1940's |
Merchant
Marine Distinguished Service Medal Awarded to U.S. Merchant Marine
Cadets |
U.S.
Merchant Marine Cadets Killed During World War II and Cadet Corps
Battle Standard |
Statement
by Admiral Emory Scott Land on Sixth Anniversary of Merchant Marine
Cadet Corps |
Tribute
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Seventh Anniversary of Merchant
Marine Cadet Corps |
Surrendered
Sword of Vice Admiral Ugaki Awarded to Kings Point Academy |
U. S. Merchant
Marine Cadet Corps Report 1945 |
War Shipping
Administrator Report re U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps 1946 |
Port
Hueneme U.S. Maritime Service Training Station |
Sheepshead
Bay Maritime Training Center |
History
of Fort Trumbull U.S. Maritime Service Officer Candidate School
|
U. S.
Maritime Service Officer Training School Alameda, California |
Hoffman
Island U. S. Maritime Service Training Station |
U.
S. Maritime Service Radio Training Station at Gallups Island, Boston
Harbor |
U.S.
Maritime Service Radio Training Station, Huntington, Long Island,
New York |
Self-improvement
is the Patriotic Duty of Every Merchant Seaman |
U. S.
Maritime Service Training |
Oath of
Office in U. S. Maritime Service |
Training
ships U.S. Maritime Service |
Merchant
Marine mariners gun duties and training aboard ship |
Gunnery
Training and Certificates |
U.S.
Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged by Mines in World War II |
American
Merchant Marine Ships at Normandy in June 1944 |
U.S.
Merchant Ships Participating in World War II Combat Operations and
Engagements whose U.S.Naval Armed Guard earned Battle Stars |
Ship Casualties
of the Socony Vacuum Company ( Mobil) During World War II |
American
Flag ships in foreign trade or trade with U.S. possessions as of
April 1939 |
Troopships
of World War II |
Hospital
Ships of Army Transport Service |
American
President Lines Ships |
List of
Matson Navigation Company and Oceanic Navigation Company Ships |
American
Flag ships in foreign trade or trade with U.S. possessions in 1914 |
Liberty
Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War
II |
Victory
Ships alphabetical list War II |
Victory
Ships by shipyard |
Tankers
Built in U.S. During World War II |
United
States Maritime Commission built C1 and C1-M Type Ships |
United
States Maritime Commission C2 Type Ships |
United
States Maritime Commission C3 Type Ships |
United
States Maritime Commission C4 Type Ships |
United
States Maritime Commission C5 and Refrigerated Type Ships |
Miscellaneus
U.S. Maritime Commission Ships Part 1 |
Miscellaneous
Ships U.S. Maritime Commission Ships Part 2 |
United
States Maritime Commission built P-Type Passenger Ships |
Esso
Fleet Tankers of World War II |
Mission
Tankers |
Ships
of Standard Oil of California "SoCal" now Chevron since
1895 |
Chronological
List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged 1939 to 1941 |
Chronological
List of U.S. Ships sunk or damaged January to June 1942 |
Chronological
List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during July to December 1942 |
Chronological
List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1943 |
Chronological
List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1944 |
Chronological
List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1945 |
Chronological
List of Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1946 to 1950 |
U.S.
Ships sunk or damaged on Alaska coast, West coast of U.S., Pacific
Ocean area, Philippines, or Okinawa During World War II |
U.S.
Ships Sunk or Damaged on Eastcoast and Gulf of Mexico During World
War II |
U.S. Ships
sunk or damaged in Caribbean Sea during World War II |
U.S.
Ships Sunk or Damaged in South Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Red Sea |
U.S.
ships sunk or damaged in North Atlantic during World War II |
Ships Sunk
or Damaged in Approaches to Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea,
and Black Sea |
U.S. Ships
Sunk or Damaged in Murmansk Run, Normandy, Northeast Atlantic, Northern
European ports |
Alphabetical
list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged |
U.S.
Navy Ship Losses during World War II |
Bruce
Felknor's American Merchant Marine Historians Page |
The
Useful Death of the MV Galveston |
Ghost
Ships at Normandy |
SS
Richard Hovey: a Tale of Japanese Atrocities and Survival by Bruce
Felknor |
Sinking
of the Esso Tanker T. C. McCobb: death and survival in lifeboats |
Lifeboat
equipment USMS |
Bob Hope's
Christmas 1944 Broadcast to the U.S. Merchant Marine Everywhere |
World
War II Mariner Looks at the Iraq War |
Planning
for D-Day Normandy Invasion |
Bruce
Felknor's American Merchant Marine Historians Page |
Bruce
Felknor's American Merchant Marine Historians Page |
Top
Secret Project Ivory Soap -- Aircraft Repair Ships |
Voyage
of the SS Sunset Crew around the world to their death in Alaska
plane crash by Bruce Felknor |
Tribute
to Lane Kirkland -- Peacetime Hero to Mariners |
Maritime
Day 1945 tributes |
Time Magazine
Article on WASPs |
Recognized
Veteran Groups |
Admiral
Land plea for mariners to stay at sea |
Press
Release announcing Dedication of U.S. Maritime Service Training
Station, Port Hueneme CA |
Family
Visits Grave of Sailor Killed on SS Oklahoma in 1942 |
News
Articles about Merchant Marine |
U.S.
Merchant Ships with Naval Armed Guard aboard Participating in Convoy
Battles during World War II Earning Battle Stars |
American
Merchant Ships with U.S. Naval Armed Guard aboard participating
in European Theater Operations during World War II Earning Battle
Stars |
New
York Times praises Merchant Marine as D-Day Heroes during Normandy
Invasion |
Huge
U.S. Service Army Rushes Supplies to Front |
U.S.
Ships Deliver 'Tommies' On Beach |
Messages
From General Eisenhower on Normandy D-Day |
http://www.usmm.org/dd2168.pdf |
Justice and
Equity for WWII Mariners |
Comparison
of military and civilian pay in WWII by Barron's |
Alleged
Incident at Guadalcanal and Other Smears of Seamen During WWII |
Pacific
Lifelines merchant marine rumors |
Heroes
Without Privileges Coronet magazine Sept. 1945 |
Correspondence
re mariners draft exemption during World War II |
Tribute
to Panama Canal Pilots by Milag Nord POW Master Mariners |
Posters:
Shipbuilding during World War I |
World
War II Posters: Train or return to sea |
World
War II Posters: Don't talk about ship movement or cargo |
U. S. Maritime
Commission V-4-M-A1 Tug |
U.S.
Merchant Marine Ships whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle
Stars" in World War II, A to G |
U.S.
Merchant Marine Ships whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle
Stars" in World War II - Ships with names "G to M" |
U.S.
Merchant Marine Ships whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle
Stars" in World War II - Ships with names "N to Z" |
Victory
Ship Photo and Cross-section |
Illustration
of T-2 Tanker |
How
U.S. Merchant Marine Fared During WWII |
Not So
Merry Christmas -- the tragedy of the SS Badger State |
American
Mariners in World War II: First to Go; Last to Return |
Recognition
Sought by Heroic Wartime Merchant Marine Veterans |
Enemy at
Home pamphlet about Guadalcanal and labor by National Maritime Union
|