Retired merchant seaman Waldemar Semenov, 95, donated the compass in 2005. In 1942, Semenov, a Russian immigrant, was serving as a junior engineer on the American merchant ship SS Alcoa Guide ...

Back in October 1943, a merchant seaman named Carl M. Allen allegedly witnessed something remarkable. The so-called "Philadelphia Experiment" is the story of how the U.S. Navy destroyer USS ...

It is I beleive typical of the kind of chests used by Officers in the Merchant Navy in Victorian & Edwardian times, and although fairly cruedely made, were more than adequate for the job.

How to survive in wartime, in the seaman’s hazardous trade, is the subject of a practical handbook for U.S. merchant seamen, to be published next week. A few hints from Safety for Seamen ...

a merchant ship in convoy is sunk by a torpedo; the crew are rescued and later join another ship; and a young seaman among them is motivated to take a gunnery course.

It holds pre-1941 merchant seamen's service records, the information in which is similar to an individual seaman's discharge book. The National Maritime Museum, Imperial War Museum and Merseyside ...

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Manning the Merchant Marines and the U.S. Navy is yet another headwind facing the current maritime crisis. Recruiting is a ...