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Author : Willis John Abbot
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Story of Our Merchant Marine written by Willis John Abbot and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Longhi
Publisher : iBooks
ISBN 13 : 9780743480048
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Woody, Cisco, and Me written by Jim Longhi and published by iBooks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woody, Cisco and Me is a must read romp, reading like a novel, that gives the reader rare insight into World War II experiences in the Merchant Marine with Woody Guthrie, his folksinging friend Cisco Houston, and Jim Longhi, who was shamed by Woody and Cisco into joining with them. Brilliantly told - with pathos and humor - it is an irresitible story of bravery and hardship, sacrifice and boredom, and life and death, appealing not only to folk music fans, but to those interested in tales of World War II adventures as well.
Author : Ralph Delahaye Paine
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Old Merchant Marine written by Ralph Delahaye Paine and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the beginnings of the merchant marine from colonial days up to the Civil War, including the personalities of the men who ran the ships and honorable mentions of the ships themselves.
Author : David LaMont Lee
Publisher : Narwhal Press
ISBN 13 : 9781886391215
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)
Download or read book Merchant Marine Days written by David LaMont Lee and published by Narwhal Press. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merchant Marine Days, the chronicle of a merchant sailor at sea during World War II,
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)
Download or read book Merchant Marine written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to extend shipbuilding construction loans; to provide for equitable distribution of mail contracts and institute a Federal maritime reinsurance program; to revise U.S. Shipping Board authority and jurisdiction; and to establish a Merchant Marine Naval Reserve.
Author : Charles Hoffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781500590147
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Life As a US Merchant Marine in World War II written by Charles Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-20 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This World War II US Merchant Marine memoir was written by Charles William Hoffman. This highly personal memoir of his days as a young man serving his country reflects the culture of that time. The US entry into WWII required immediate growth of US Merchant Marine capabilities. The Atlantic Ocean was a major strategic battle zone during WWII. The Merchant Marine participated in every landing operation by the US Marine Corps from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima. It took 15 tons of suppliers to support one soldier for one year at the front. During 1945 alone, the Merchant Mariners delivered 17 million pounds of cargo every hour, including ammunition, airplanes, fuel, PT boats and amphibious craft, tanks, jeeps, trucks, medicines, locomotives and food. Mariners delivered the goods when and where needed in every war theater.Charles W. Hoffman served his country on seven ships, including a United Nations mercy mission and a highly dangerous ammunition ship. He was 1 of only 7 who survived from his original group of 51 young men who left St. Louis, Missouri to serve their country by delivering the goods to serve all warfighters.
Author : The American Maritime History Project
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1493186132
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Download or read book Braving the Wartime Seas written by The American Maritime History Project and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political and Military Statements in Support of the Thousands of Merchant Mariners Including Those We Honor in This Book Braving the Wartime Seas “The Academy serves the Merchant Marine as West Point serves the Army and Annapolis serves the Navy . . .” (September 30, 1943, dedication of USMMA campus) President Franklin D. Roosevelt “The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.” Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill “This is a hundredth gone. Too damned many of these fine lads gone. Wish there was more we could do to minimize losses.” Captain Richard R. McNulty, June 16, 1943 Note on report of death of a Cadet-Midshipman “They have brought us our lifeblood and they had paid for it with some of their own . . . they have delivered their cargoes to us who needed them so badly. In war it is performance that counts.” Quotes from Douglas MacArthur, General of the U.S. Army “Yours was the first front on every ocean, and without you, no Army and Navy can survive . . . one of the vital teams participating will be recognized as the merchant seamen in dungarees . . . we of the Navy will salute you with a final ‘Well done’.” Admiral Harold R. Stark, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe “Our operations would not have been possible without the strong support of our Merchant Marine. These gallant officers and men maintained a bridge of ships across the Pacific, and bore their share of the Japanese attacks while unloading on distant islands where the struggle was still intense and the issue not yet decided.” Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations Braving the Wartime Seas is the final book of the American Maritime History Project, a private nonprofit foundation. The quotations were drawn from www.usmm.org. Front cover was designed by Marek Mutch, Bay Village, OH.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Merchant Marine written by United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Jopes
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780738806242
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Voyage to Abadan written by Bill Jopes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of the sea training and service during World War II of two Cadet Midshipmen of the United States Merchant Marine Corps. Only about six thousand cadets were trained during the war, a situation which left these men largely unknown and unidentifiable when on leave. The uniform was much the same as a navy midshipmans uniform and was marked with a USNR emblem. The cadet was, in fact, a midshipman in the U.S. Navy Reserve. The purpose of the corps was to supply officers for the merchant ships being built at a rapid rate for the war effort. There was a danger of there being more ships than there were crews to sail them. The accelerated curriculum undergone by these men was designed for three months basic training, six months sea duty and six months at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. Upon graduation, a third mate or third engineers license was issued. Near the end of the war the final training at the academy was extended to one year. After the war, this became a full-time four-year program similar to that at Annapolis. This is a story typical of that of any U.S. merchant ship during wartime. It explores the problems caused by untrained crews, disregarded safety rules, boredom, danger, and storms. However, the men of the Yamhill lead something of a renegade life not usually experienced in running in convoy across the Atlantic. The fact that this voyage lasted nearly a year, traveling halfway around the world alone, operating in all the war zones, visiting seventeen foreign ports, and undergoing several thrilling adventures gives this story perhaps a little extra vitality. For example, there is a day-long battle with a Japanese submarine. The spectacle of a slow, plodding merchant tanker out-dueling a Japanese man o war in a one-on-one engagement puts it high in the chronicles of merchant marine battles with the enemy. For present-day sailors who may wonder about life at sea on board a merchant ship during World War II, this book gives a look into the past and an acquaintance with the wartime merchant marine. For those who were there, it will bring back the memories that may be fast fading away.
Author : United States. War Shipping Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)
Download or read book United States Merchant Marine at War written by United States. War Shipping Administration and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
