Woodman: went to sea in 1960 as a midshipman with Liverpool-based Alfred Holt & Co, the Blue Funnel Line Captain Richard Woodman, who has died aged 80, was a gifted and adventurous seaman, a prolific ...

WITH the completion of the Panama Canal at a comparatively early date, and the growing and natural desire of America to possess a mercantile marine of her own, it is safe to prophesy that, before ...

In a career that began as a World War II merchant seaman and took him to Cam Ranh Bay during Vietnam, John Mackey Lockhart crossed the globe to places including South America and South Africa. More ...

The Merchant Marine is a civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Navy. It is not a uniformed service, except in time of war, when its sailors are considered military personnel. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan ...

Man of-the-sea Hans Skalagard soon will turn 90, no thanks to Adolf Hitler's navy. All through World War II, German submarines tried their best to blow up and sink the ships on which Skalagard ...

There is another maritime "service" you may not have heard much about, yet, the United States Merchant Marine is arguably incredibly important to the Armed Forces. They also help keep America's ...

Over the past 15 months, as the world has confronted COVID-19, the United States has been forced to question the fundamental assumptions that underpin our economic and military strength. This can be ...

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