Off the main gallery space at the American Merchant Marine Museum is a small room easily mistaken for a chapel. This is understandable since upon entering, the visitor finds a Deco stained-glass window above an altar-like desk arrayed with newspaper clippings under a vitrine. The room is called, “Gallant Ship Room,” and like a chapel, […]
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u.s. navy
Although this site is primarily about the American Merchant Marine and civilian mariners, I often use the United States Navy or United States Naval Academy as points of reference since the merchant, government, and armed marine often overlap. The following pages offer some insight on the Navy or Annapolis – either in terms of organization […]