merchantmarine

16 photos tagged merchantmarine, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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Boys on NEWPORT (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Harry Angstrom said:
    from the NY Times: LIEUT. COMMANDER LAY H. EVERHART, U.S.N., commanding officer of the New York Board of Education's training ship, Newport, has evolved a plan for the creation of a National merchant marine school where can be trained American boys who in the future could be called on to command American merchant vessels, naval auxiliaries, and transports used in sending American troops and supplies to our island possessions. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F04E5D81430E233A... A Wikipedia entry on the Newport: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Newport_(PG-12)

Capt. and crew of MACKAY-BENNETT (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Joe said:
    Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Mackay-Bennett was owned by the Commercial Cable Company, and was the first of four ships hired by the White Star Line to recover bodies of the victims of the Titanic disaster. The Captain was Frederick Harold Larnder. Some grim details here.
  • Nathan Adams said:
    Another link showing photos of the recovery operation: www.euronet.nl/users/keesree/dead.htm
  • Lú_ said:
    This photograph is part of the Indicommons.org post April 15, 1912: The Titanic.

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  • nova1961 said:
    My husbands grand uncle died on the MacKay-Bennett in Sept. 1915. Does anyone have any history on the ship at that time. This of course was afew yrs. after this ship was used to retrieve the bodies from the Titanic. The documents we have list F.H. Larnder as the master of the vessel at that time. Shipping Master Howard Bligh shipped his personal effects to his home with the sum of $25.30 for his wages. He worked less than a month when he died at the age of 26 yrs.
  • chrisw34 said:
    My great grandfather was an engineer at that time. I'd love to get a list of the names in that photo.

Capt. B.H. Tillman - NEWPORT (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Terrific Lake said:
    great shot
  • swanq said:
    According to NYT on March 9. 1913, query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E0DE7DE1F3AE633A... Tillman commanded the schoolship Newport and on March 29, 1913 (two days before the date on the negative of 3/31/13) there were to be the fourth annual athletic games of the New York Nautical School on the Recreation Pier at the end of East 24th St.
  • Barbara (LOC P&P) said:
    swanq: Thanks! The evidence supplied by the article, combined with the date on the negative, makes it a good bet the date is March 1913. We'll adjust the source data and reload to Flickr.