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A United States World War II recruiting poster for the merchant marine. World War II United States Merchant Navy was the largest civilian Navy in the world, which operated during World War II. With the United States fighting a world war in all the world oceans, the demand for cargo and fuel was very high.
People who served in World War II as members of the United States Merchant Marines. Pages in category "United States Merchant Mariners of World War II" The following 143 pages are in this category, out of 143 total.
The maritime history of the United States goes back to the first successful English colony was established in 1607, on the James River at Jamestown.It languished for decades until a new wave of settlers arrived in the late 17th century and set up commercial agriculture based on exports of tobacco to England.
A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country.On merchant vessels, seafarers of various ranks and sometimes members of maritime trade unions are required by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) [1] to carry Merchant Mariner's Documents.
Marines developed tactics and techniques of amphibious assault on defended coastlines in time for use in World War II. [23] During World War II, Marines continued to serve on capital ships, and some were assigned to man anti-aircraft batteries. [24] In 1950, [25] President Harry Truman responded to a message from U.S. Representative Gordon L ...
In the Preface to Volume I, Maj. Gen. E.W. Snedeker, the Marine Corps Assistant Chief of Staff, wrote, "By publishing this operational history in a durable form, it is hoped to make the Marine Corps record permanently available for the study of military personnel, the edification of the general public, and the contemplation of serious scholars of military history."
United States Merchant Mariners of World War II (144 P) Pages in category "United States Merchant Mariners" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total.
The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...