Not many people know what to make of today’s United States Maritime Service (USMS). At the United States Merchant Marine Academy, midshipmen call it the “United States Mystery Service” since many had not heard of it prior to enrollment at Kings Point. There’s a bit more to it than that: it is, in its own words, “a uniformed, semi-military, organization.” With the reorganization of the uniformed services in the late-1950s, the USMS was not included; it remained and is a “uniformed civil service.”
Posts & Pages
Collection items
- United States Maritime Service Uniforms, Insignia, and Ephemera.
- This Is Sheepshead Bay (Training Station Booklet)