Maritime Links

Merchant Marine Veterans Organizations
Naval Armed Guard
Maritime Academies
USMM and State Academy Alumni
Historical and Miscellaneous Maritime Organizations
Ship Models and Internet Games
Radio Operators
Sinkings, Wrecks and Diving Sites
Personal Maritime Web Sites
Maritime Press, Books, Magazines, and Videos
Ports, Tugs and Shipping Companies
Ships and shipbuilding
Unions, Nautical Training and Merchant Marine Jobs
Museum Ships and Maritime Museums
WWII Allies and Axis
Canadian Merchant Navy
U.S. Government Sites
Other Military Links
Veteran Links
Special Links includes military memorials
POWs and MIAs
Mariners in Revolution, 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American, WW I, Vietnam
Maritime and Military Posters
Maritime Souvenirs Clothing, hats, shirts, etc
Immigrant, Passenger Arrivals, 19th Century Crew lists
Merchant Marine Today

Merchant Marine Veteran Organizations
AMMV National Headquarters
Hoffman Island Radio Association Radio operator veterans who trained at Hoffman Island, NY
Gulfstream Chapter AMMV AMMV members in Southeastern Florida
Midwest Chapter AMMV AMMV members in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Dennis Roland Chapter AMMV AMMV members in New Jersey
SS Samuel Parker Chapter AMMV AMMV members in St. Louis and Southern Illinois
Edwin J. O'Hara AMMV AMMV members in New York City area
MO Valley Mariners AMMV AMMV members meet in Bellevue, Nebraska
Sarasota-Manatee Chapter AMMV members meet in Sarasota, FL
Sacramento Valley Chapter AMMV members meet in Sacramento, CA

Naval Armed Guard
U.S. Navy Armed Guard U.S. Naval Armed Guard of WWII
U.S. Naval Armed Guard Meetings and Reunions
U.S. Naval Armed Guard Casualties

Maritime Academies
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Military Academy, Kings Point, NY
United States Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band Kings Point, NY
California Maritime Academy California State University, Vallejo, CA
Great Lakes Maritime Academy Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
Maine Maritime Academy Castine, MA
Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA
New York Maritime Academy State University of New York, Fort Schuyler, NY
Sea Education Association Woods Hole, MA
Texas Maritime Academy Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX
Maritime Schools Links to world Merchant Marine, Naval, Coast Guard, Military, Oceanographic schools

USMM and State Academy Alumni
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association Alumni Association Class news
New York Maritime Academy Alumni Class news

Historical and Miscellaneous Maritime Organizations
African American Warriors
Algonquin US Army Hospital Ship
American Merchant Marine Library Association
American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial San Pedro, CA
Chapel of Four Chaplains USAT Dorchester memorial
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) James F. Justin Online Museum
Coast Guard Links Directory
Convoy designations WW II
Donald Saxer St. Petersburg Maritime Service Training Station Library Collection at University of South Florida
Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis of Sealift
Historic Naval Ships Association
Index to Ships mentioned in Maritime History Books
International Maritime Center Port of Oakland, CA outreach to seafarers
Kansas-linked Names of Ships in World War II
Liberty and Victory ship names associated with Kansas
Louis A. Milne US Army Hospital Ship
Marine Exchange of Puget Sound Non-profit association providing maritime communication services
Mariners' Chapel US Merchant Marine Academy memorial to mariners
Maritime Heritage Project West Coast steamships, captains, passengers 1840-1900
Maritime Matters Ocean liners, cruise ships, historic vessels
Maritime research WWII troopships
Maritime Security Information Information on maritime piracy, ship theft, maritime terrorism
Merchant Mariner's Memorial, Battery Park, NY
Mercy ships Hospital ships staffed by volunteers bring medical aid to poor
Military Foodservice Bibliography US Merchant Marine Cookbooks and Food Service Manuals
National Maritime Historical Society Sea History Journal
Navy League of the United States
Off Soundings Marine, Fishing Vessel, Safety Information
Passenger Ship History Service Commercial site sells lists of voyages and passenger lists for some peacetime ships
Propeller Club of the United States International Headquarters
Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society, Seattle WA
Seafarer's Friend Boston Seaman's Friend Society provides Hospitality, Pastoral Care, Advocacy
Seamen's Church Institute New York and New Jersey
Seaweed's Ships Histories U.S. Navy ships
Steamship Historical Society of America
Steamship Historical Society, Southern California Chapter
Transportation Institute Maritime research, education, and promotion
United Seamen's Service
War Shipping Administration List of Officials, Purpose, Creation, Activities
World Ship Society
Youth Maritime Training Association

Ship Models and Internet Games
Motion Models Naval Models
Scale Reproductions
Ship models Kits
World War II Online Internet simulation of combat

Radio Operators
Hoffman Island Radio Association Radio operator veterans who trained at Hoffman Island, NY
Randy's Merchant Marine Personal page includes Ham Radio, & Lighthouse
SS Red Oak Victory Amateur Radio Club
Uncle Sparky's Maritime Radio Home Page
Veteran Wireless Operators Association

Sinkings,Wrecks, Diving Sites
American Merchant ships sunk or damaged in WWII Alphabetical list of American Merchant ships sunk/damaged in WWII
American Merchant ships sunk or damaged in WWI  Chronological list of American Merchant ships sunk/damaged in WWI
Australian Coastline Japanese Submarine Attacks on Ships
California shipwrecks  Database searchable by name, year, captain, etc.
Canadian WWII Merchant Ship Losses Lists of Canadian Merchant Ships lost 1939 to 1945
Cape Hatteras shipwrecks and timeline of the Weeksville Naval Air Station
Coast Guard Index to U.S. Merchant Ship Losses WWII
Diamond Knot Sinking
SS Cities Service Boston History and dive site
SS Esso Bolivar Eyewitness to damage
SS Esso Boston SS Axtell J. Byles, SS Merrimack by Robert Cusick
SS Georgetown Victory Sinking off Ireland
SS John A. Johnson sunk by Japanese sub
SS John Burke photo sequence of explosion
SS James Eagan Layne Wreck Tour
International Registry of Sunken Ships Commercial service
SS Merrimack, SS Axtell J. Byles, and Esso Boston by Robert Cusick
Nordic Underwater Archaeology Wreck Database and Lists for various world regions
NOAA Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System Location of 10,000 submerged wrecks and obstructions in US coastal waters
North Carolina Shipwrecks Graveyard of the Atlantic - around Cape Hatteras, NC
Northern Maritime Research Purchase Database on CD - 100,000 North American wrecks
Norwegian flag ships sunk or damaged in WWII
SS Paul Hamilton Names of casualties
SS Peter Silvester Story of sinking and rescue
SS President Coolidge History and dive site
SS President Coolidge
SS Raceland Sinking during Murmansk Run
Randy's Virginia and North Carolina Wreck Dive Page
SS Richard Montgomery Liberty sunk with ammunition aboard still off English coast
Schiffsverluste 1939-1945 Shipwreck database
Shipwrecks & Other Maritime Disasters
Tacoma Public Library Database of ships built in Northwest and others includes ship wrecks

Personal Maritime Web Sites
Bailey, Bill Kid from Hoboken
Jackson, Ramon Army Ships, Navy Oceanographic Research, Navy Survey Ship, cable repair ships
Mumford, J. Gordon Tanker MV Luling, Battle of the Atlantic, Convoy ONS-154
SS Marine Sulphur Queen lost 1963 Bermuda Triangle
Maritime web site Don Nugent
Merchant Marine Greg Hayden
Merchant Marine John Brambora
Merchant Marine Veterans Dedication
Merchant Seamen of WW II Allied seamen
Murphy, George - It Didn't Happen On My Watch
Trainor family tribute
Poropat, Cesar Experience on SS West Honaker, Normandy blockship
Sherman, Bruce Containership M/V Sea-Land Anchorage
U.S. Merchant Marine History Blog
Willner, Stanley WW2 mariner ex-POW on River Kwai
WWII Remembered Includes WW2 posters

Maritime Press, Books, Magazines, and Videos
Battle of the Atlantic Bookstore
BMC Publications Bill McGee's Bluejacket Odyssey and The Amphibians Are Coming
Bonanza Street Books - Walnut Creek and Clayton, California - New-Used- Bought - Sold
Columbia Trading Co Used Maritime books
Congressional Information Bureau Daily Maritime Newsletter
Dan Webb Books Great selection of used maritime, aviation, military books. Helpful staff!
Glencannon Press Wide selection of Merchant Marine books
It Didn't Happen On My Watch by George Murphy
Journal of Commerce
Mariner's International Books and Marine Art
Men Who Sailed Liberty Ships Video
Nautical Mind Marine Booksellers & Chart Agents
Sea Classics Monthly Magazine features many Merchant Marine articles
Sea History National Maritime Historical Society magazine 800-221-NMHS
SeaOcean Book Berth Used Maritime books
Sea Power Monthly Magazine of the Navy League
Shipping Out: the Story of America's Seafaring Women Video
Ten Pound Press Used Maritime books
U.S. Naval Institute Press

Ports, Tugs and Shipping Companies
American Association of Port Authorities
Crowley Maritime Corporation Provides diversified transportation services
Foss Maritime Maritime Services
Marine Exchange of Puget Sound Non-profit association providing maritime communication services
Moore-McCormack Lines
Moran Towing Company Tugs
Port of Charleston South Carolina
Reinauer Transportation 75 vessels on East Coast and Great Lakes
U.S. Shipping Company House Flags

Ships and shipbuilding
Aircraft repair ships in WWII Code name "Ivory Soap" Air Force website
Aircraft repair ships in WWII Code name "Ivory Soap" Bruce Felknor article
American President Line APL History
Arthur Foss, Tugboat ex-Wallowa, National Historic Landmark
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Online history of many US Navy and USNS vessels [DANFS]
Esso Tankers Auke Visser´s site in Dutch and English
European Steamship Companies Lists of Ships
Fort Ships of World War II Canadian built, name begins with Fort
Gulf Oil tankers
Isthmian Steamship Company
Kaiser Shipyard, Vancouver WA List of ships built during WWII
Kaiser Shipyard, Swan Island, Portland OR List of ships built during WWII
Liberty ships Master list
Liberty ships
Lloyd's Register Database of lists for 1930 to 1945
MSTS/MSC and Oceanographic Ships Army Ships Page, Navy Oceanographic Research, Navy Survey Ship, cable repair ships
U.S. Naval Ships Naval Vessel Register Inventory of Navy ships
New York Shipbuilding in WWII
Ocean Ships of World War II US built for Britain, names begin with Ocean
Park Ships of World War II Canadian built, name begins with Park
Passenger Lists
Shipbuilding and Shipping Industry Maritime Business Strategies
Shipbuilding History Lists of active and inactive shipyards and ships built
South Portland Shipyards of WWII Honoring Builders of Liberty Ships
SS American Mariner History of USMS training ship
SS Catalina Preservation Association Group trying to save SS Catalina
SS Catalina Raising the Catalina Association
SS Catalina history of SS Catalina
SS Gabriel Franchere
SS Loma Victory
SS Robert E. Lee cargo-passenger liner sunk in 1942
Tacoma Public Library Database of ships built in Northwest
T2 Tankers
Technical Specifications for Ships built under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936
US Flag Vessels Current list

Unions, Nautical Training, and Merchant Marine Jobs
American Maritime Congress
American Maritime Officers
Calhoon MEBA Engineering School Nautical training in Maryland
Center for Maritime Training and Education, Seafarers Union at Piney Point MD
Council of American Master Mariners
Crawford Nautical School Nautical training in Seattle
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots
Seafarers information on health, pay and safety
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Marine Firemen's Union Headquarters in San Francisco, California
Maritime Institute of Technology & Graduate Studies (MITAGS) Nautical training in Maryland
Master Mate & Pilot Rank & File Forum
Merchant marine jobs
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union
Seafolks Online community for today's mariners

Museum Ships and Maritime Museums
Robert H. Smith's Maritime Museums of North America Links to all maritime museums
Admiral Nimitz Museum & Historical Center
American Merchant Marine Museum Located at USMM Academy Kings Point, NY
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Virtual tour of U-505, a German submarine
Civilian Conservation Corps Museum
Houston Maritime Museum
J. Porter Shaw Library Library of commercial maritime history at San Francisco, CA Maritime National Historical Park
Los Angeles Maritime Museum Maritime Museum features local maritime history and Merchant Marine in WWII
Mariners' Museum Newport News, VA
Maritime Industry Museum Fort Schuyler, NY
Mystic Seaport Museum Museum of America and the Sea in Mystic, CT
National Maritime Museum San Francisco, CA
National Maritime Museum United Kingdom
North Carolina Maritime Museum Beaufort, NC
Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA
Rosie the Riveter Memorial, Richmond, CA
Maritime Museum of San Diego
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
South Street Seaport Museum New York City Museum
SS American Victory Museum Victory ship in Tampa, FL
SS Furman Victory  AK-280, Effort to save the Furman Victory
SS Jeremiah O'Brien Museum Liberty ship in San Francisco, CA
SS John W. Brown Museum Liberty ship in Baltimore, MD
SS Lane Victory Museum Victory ship in San Pedro, CA -- near Los Angeles
SS Red Oak Victory Museum Victory ship in Richmond, CA -- near San Francisco
US Naval & Shipbuilding Museum/USS Salem United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, Quincy, MA
USS Potomac President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Floating White House"
Veterans Memorial Museum Centralia, WA

WWII Allies and Axis
Allied Merchant Navy during World War II
Allied Merchant Navy Tribute
Allies in War Girls in the UK who married Allied Servicemen
Australian Merchant Navy
British Merchant Navy Convoy HX72
British Merchant Navy Association
British Merchant Navy Officers
Canonesa Convoy HX72 & U-100
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Names of WW I and WW II dead includes Merchant Navy
Convoy Database Compiled by Arnold Hague
Convoy OS-33 Includes SS Cripple Creek, SS Honoluluan, SS Stella Lykes
Convoy Series OS and OS/KMS United Kingdom to Freetown in Sierra Leone, also included vessels sailing to India
Darwin Australia Bombing Personal account
Eyewitness to history World War II eyewitness reports
HMS Belfast Arctic Convoys
HyperText History of WWII
Japanese Imperial Navy
Junyo Maru sinking
Mercantile Marine Discussion Forum
National Maritime Museum United Kingdom
National Merchant Navy Association British Merchant Navy group
Naval-History.Net First and Second World War British and Commonwealth Navy casualties and ship histories
Netherlands War Graves Foundation
New Zealand Merchant Navy
Normandy Invasion Maps
Northern Ireland Merchant Navy
Norwegian flag ships sunk or damaged in WWII
Norwegian Seamen Killed on Foreign Ships
Norwegian Seamen's War Memorial
Paperless Archives WWII Presidential papers Churchill, Hitler, and other historical papers
Prelude to War 1940 Netherlands website in Dutch
Prince of Wales Sea Training School
Russian Convoy Association
U-boat Net List of all U-boats, captains, victims, and final fate
U boats Of The Reich  
World War II Netherlands site
World War II in the Pacific Chronology
World War II Resources Pearl Harbor History Associates, Inc.
World Navies Today Haze Gray and Underway - Naval History, DANFS

Canadian Merchant Navy
Archives and Collection Society Canadian Maritime conservation and research
Canadian WWII Merchant Ship Losses Lists of Canadian Merchant Ships lost 1939 to 1945
Canadian Merchant Navy Valour at Sea
Canadian Merchant Navy Gordon Mumford includes POW
Canadian Merchant Navy Research Archives Canadian Archives and maritime research
Canadian Merchant Navy Veterans Association
Canadian Navy of Yesterday & Today
Canada Veteran Affairs Government site
Canadian Virtual War Memorial Searchable database of Canadian list of war dead
Canadian privateering
Maple Leaf Legacy Project Remembrance of Canada's War Dead
Mercantile Marine Discussion Forum

U.S. Government Sites
American Battle Monuments Commission Administers U. S. military burial grounds overseas; lists name of those buried overseas
Military Sealift Command
Military Sealift Command Ship Register List of ships
National Archives
National Archives Civilian and Military Personnel Records
National Cemetery Administration Veterans Affairs Burial and Headstone Information
National Moment of Remembrance
NOAA Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System Location of 10,000 submerged wrecks and obstructions in US coastal waters
Popular Government Toll Free Numbers Index to frequently used U.S. Government 1-800 toll-free numbers
US Army Center of Military History
US Army Records
US Army Corps of Engineers
United States Transportation Command
US Army Transportation Museum
US Coast Guard
US Coast Guard Historian's Office
US Coast Guard Index to U.S. Merchant Ship Losses WWII
US Coast Guard Mariner Licenses
US Department of Defense POW or Missing Personnel 
US Government Code
US Maritime Administration "Marad"
US Merchant Marine in Korean War
National Archives NARA
National Archives Regional Centers Location of Records Centers throughout the US
US Naval Historical Center
US Naval Magazine Explosion Port Chicago
US Navy
US Navy and Coast Guard Vessel Casualties World War II 12/7/41-10/1/45
US Navy Ships 1940-1945
US Navy ships and Service Craft - current inventory
US Transportation Command
US Veteran's Administration
US Veterans Administration Veterans' Benefits

Other Military Links
Amphibious Links LCT Flotillas
Battleships, Carriers, other Warships
Fleet Tugs National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Korean War Educator Links to Korean War websites
United States War Dogs Association Former US Military Dog Handlers
US Army Hospital Ship Algonquin
US Army Hospital Ship Louis A. Milne
US LCT 376
US Naval Activities during World War II, listed for each state
US Navy Hospital Ship Sanctuary (AH-17)
US Navy Ships 1940-1945
USS Holder Association DE 401/DD(E) 819
USS Houston (CA-30) USS Houston survivors, Battle of Java Sea, Battle of Sunda Strait, Railway of Death (Kwai)
USS Indianapolis CA 35 Ship History
USS Kearny DD-432
USS Queenfish Good submarine links
USS Ranger Antisubmarine Patrol in North Atlantic
USS Rowan DD405 WWII personal journal
USS Washington Battleship veterans
Vietnam Veterans
Vietnam Veterans of Florida State Coalition
World War II History

Veteran Links
American War Library Online Military, Veteran, and Military Family Registry
AMVETS National Headquarters National Amvets veteran organization
Armed Forces Benefits Links to various official and non-governmental agencies
California Department of Veterans Affairs CA State Veterans Directory, lists offices, VA clinics, Vet organizations
Resource Guide for Veterans Links to issues, organizations and benefits.
Stars and Stripes Newspaper Online version
U.S. Veteran Information Non-governmental
U.S. Veteran's Administration Official government agency
Veterans' Benefits Official government information

Special Links
American Battle Monuments Commission 24 overseas military cemeteries
American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial San Pedro, CA
American WWII Orphans Network
D-Day Museum New Orleans
Historical Records Birth, Marriage & Death Ancestry.com (some free information, detail by subscription)
Korean War Dead in National Cemeteries Abroad Search by Name
Mariner Crew List Database of U.S. Merchant Seamen of WW II (at Merchant Marine Academy)
National Archives
National D-Day Memorial Bedford, Virginia
National Moment of Remembrance
Olympic Institute for Leadership Development Works with students interested in attending federal service academies
Paperless Archives Historical documents on CD to purchase
Popular Government Toll Free Numbers Index to frequently used U.S. Government 1-800 toll-free numbers
Social Security Death Index - Ancestry.com (some free information, detail by subscription)
Social Security Death Index - Rootsweb
WWII Memorial Washington DC

POWs and MIAs
Allied POWS under the Japanese in World War II
American Ex-POWs
Duffy, George mariner POW of Germans and Japanese
Library of Congress Vietnam era POW/MIA database
Merchant Marine POW's
Merchant Marine POW's list of names
MIA Facts Site
Oryoku Maru Story A Hell Ship
Pakan Baroe Death railway through the jungle on Sumatra
Santo Tomas World War II Civilian Internment Camp One family's story
USS Houston (CA-30) USS Houston survivors, Battle of Java Sea, Battle of Sunda Strait, Railway of Death (Kwai)
Willner, Stanley mariner POW of Germans and Japanese

Mariners in Revolution, 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American, WW I, Vietnam
American Prisoners of the Revolution: Names of 8,000 Men held on the Old Jersey
American Prisoners of War buried at Dartmoor Prison War of 1812
American Prisoners of War died in Halifax War of 1812 includes merchantmen and privateers
Dartmoor Prison War of 1812
U-Boat Attack 1916 Eyewitness account by U-boat Captain
War at Sea World War I

Maritime and Military Posters
Meehan Military Posters
Zazzle.com Posters

Maritime Souvenirs - Clothing, hats, shirts, pins, medals, etc
Quartermaster Catalog Peacoats, sailor hats, medals
SS Jeremiah O'Brien Museum Liberty ship in San Francisco, CA
SS John Brown Museum Liberty ship in Baltimore, MD
SS Lane Victory Museum Victory ship in San Pedro, California

Immigrant, Passenger Arrivals and 19th Century Crew lists
Ellis Island Immigration Records
Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications
Mariner Resources Index to 1787-1936 Crew Lists for Irish and Canadian mariners
Maritime and Naval Sources Genealogy sources Ancestry.com
Passenger Ship History Service Commercial site sells lists of voyages and passenger lists for some peacetime ships
Researching Passenger Arrival in the United States
Ship Arrivals in the US Arriving in 1890 - 1930

Merchant Marine Today
Christmas at Sea Help a current mariner: knitting instructions for gifts

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