World War II Posters: Train or return to sea

World War II Posters: Merchant Marine Training or return to sea (Part 2)

Join the fighting men of the U.S merchant marine poster

Calling all seamen! You are needed at sea now! poster

Join the Fighting Men of the U.S. Merchant Marine
U.S. Maritime Service
Dimensions: 41.75 x 28 inches
1943
U. S. Government Printing Office: 1943--O-504474
National Archives: 44 PA-1149
Inset: "Opportunity for Advancement • If you want a seagoing career, and learn a trade at the same time, enroll now for training with the U.S. Maritime Service. Men of the U.S. Merchant Marine are doing a heroic job delivering supplies and war equipment to our fighting forces overseas.• Some of the thousands of Apprentice Seamen at Sheepshead Bay Training Station, Brooklyn, N.Y." [Posters such as this fooled many young men into thinking were joining a branch of the Navy or Coast Guard]

Calling all seamen!
You are needed at sea now!
If you hold or have held a License as Mate, Engineer, or Radio Operator, or certificate as Able-Bodied Seaman, write or wire collect to --
U.S. Merchant Marine, Washington, D.C. or apply at any U.S. Employment Service Office or any Recruitment and Manning Organization
Port Office of War Shipping Administration ... Today
Dimensions: 20 x 14.5 inches
Published [Washington, D.C.] 1944
U. S. Government Printing Office : 1944 O-592816
National Archives: 287-MC-1.25: Se-1
[The poster depicts a Chinese-American seaman in an appeal to minorities and former seamen to return to sea]


Let's finish the job! Urgent -- experienced seamen needed! Artist: Martha Sawyers, 1944 Dimensions: 28 x 20 inches Published [Washington, D.C.] : U. S. Government Printing Office 1944--O-61699 National Archives 287-P-MC-1.24:Se-1(3)	You bet I'm going back to sea! Register at your nearest U.S. Employment Service Office U.S. Merchant Marine War Shipping Administration Man the Victory Fleet 1942 Dimensions: 20 x 14.5 inches U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942--O-478281 [This poster was used early in the war to attract former seamen back to sea]

Deliver the goods to our fighting fronts across the 7 seas poster

Deliver the goods
to our fighting fronts across the 7 seas
Men 18 to 35 Join the U.S. Maritime Service
A Vital Job at $200 - $300 mo. today --
a peacetime job tomorrow
U.S. Maritime Service Euclid Ave. Cleveland [OH]
No information available.
[The age limit was lowered to 16.5 in 1944. The upper limit of 35 years old was only for basic training. There was no upper limit for sea-going service with 78 year-olds serving.]

Seamen Needed
Train for Deck Department
Engine Department
Steward's Department
Radio Operator
Asst. Purser-Hospital Corps
Apply U.S. Maritime Service
Artist: C. Ruggiero, 1943
Dimensions: 14x19 inches
National Archives 44-PA-1691


United States Maritime Service for Merchant Marine Seamen V oluntary Enrollment for Seagoing Men... Three months Training with Pay Annual Training and Retainer pay Apply to U.S. Maritime Service Washington D.C. or U.S. Coast Guard [Coast Guard was in charge of training 1938 to early 1942] Artist: Worden- Wood No other information	Be a ship's officer in the U.S. merchant marine for information to become a cadet-midshipman U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps United States Maritime Service 1943 Dimensions: 41.75 x 28 inches Published [Washington, D.C.] : U. S. Government Printing Office : 1943--O-526093 National Archives: 44-PA-442

poster Be a Ship's officer. U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps

Be a Ship's officer. U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
13" x 31"
No other information available.


U.S. Maritime Service for American Seamen No information available.	Work to be done. enroll now. U.S. Maritime Service National Archives: 44-PA-2461

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