Roll of Honor | Recipient Photos | OWI Recipient Citations | MM DSM | Leonard Conley | MM DSM Design | MM DSM Price Guide The American Merchant Marine Museum has in its collections press photographs of wartime recipients of the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal. Some photos show stalwart widows, and others a smiling […]
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mm dsm roll of honor
Roll of Honor | Recipient Photos | OWI Recipient Citations | MM DSM | Leonard Conley | MM DSM Design | MM DSM Price Guide In 1942 Franklin Franklin D. Roosevelt honored Edwin Fox Cheney, Jr. for his selfless act of bravery with the award of the first Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal in the […]
awards & decorations: rarities
The United States Merchant Marine is not an armed service and has a relatively recent history of federally-issued medals and decorations. American merchant seamen and their ships have had a long history of being militarized without due recognition; before the Second World War, medals, awards, and decorations came from civic groups and managing operators. The […]
usmma james harvey tomb chapeau
Among the many treasures found at the American Merchant Marine Museum located at the United States Merchant Marine Academy is the chapeau of the first Superintendent of the Academy, Captain James Harvey Tomb (U.S.N., Retired). Often, naval officers had their funeral viewings in full regalia, with their dress hats laid on their chests; it is […]
the 142
Almost every April or March since 1985, the outgoing class of the United States Merchant Marine Academy hosts a gathering of First Classmen, alumni, and distinguished guests called the “Battle Standard Dinner.” Before a packed crowd in Delano Hall, the keynote speaker – invariably a high-ranking military officer or an official in the Federal government […]
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Recently I came across a news item where the United States Navy once again redesigned its working uniform. Over the past decade, sailors complained they did not like the blue and purple or kelp green digital camouflage uniforms issued them by the fleet, nor did they appreciate having to change uniforms to and from work […]
kings point
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point Regiment of Midshipmen Kings Point is a compact campus founded in 1943 on Long Island, New York. It is devoted to training future maritime leaders of the United States Merchant Marine. The Academy has about one thousand students altogether comprising of the Regiment of Midshipmen. These pages offer […]
usmma uniform gallery
The dress and service dress blue uniforms of today’s Kings Pointer are in essence the same as those worn by their antecedents in the late 1940s. And, these uniforms themselves were identical to those worn by midshipmen at Annapolis. This was not a coincidence, rather a move on the part of the U.S. War Shipping […]
usms cap badges
Evolution of United States Maritime Service Cap Badges A cap badge serves as a visual marker of a maritime organization’s corporate identity; in this regard, the United States Maritime Service (USMS) is no different. What was different was the amount of experimentation in design from 1938 through 1942; this is both vexing and interesting for […]
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