Navy League of the United States Pacific Merchant Marine Council

05/05/2023

Aproaching 1,000 likes and followers.
Thank you one and all!

11/14/2021

The Navy League at the headquarters/national level has a totally new website. Check it out https://www.navyleague.org.
Membership starts at $25 without the printed magazine Sea Power and $55 with it.
There is a good chance there is a chaper, called council, near you. For supporting the military you can't do better. If joining, on the form is a space for indicating a sponsor though one is not required. If you could please indicate Phelps Hobart as your sponsor. Though inactive, the Pacific Merchant Marine Council welcomes your affiliation regardless of where you reside.

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10/27/2021

Read down to see the procurement of "merchant ships" as the foundation of the Navy.

NAVY DAY

Navy Day was established on October 27, 1922 by the Navy League of the United States. Although it was not a national holiday, Navy Day received special attention from President Warren Harding. Harding wrote to the Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby:

"Thank you for your note which brings assurance of the notable success which seems certain to attend the celebration of Navy Day on Friday, October 27, in commemoration of past and present services of the Navy. From our earliest national beginnings the Navy has always been, and deserved to be, an object of special pride to the American people. Its record is indeed one to inspire such sentiments, and I am very sure that such a commemoration as is planned will be a timely reminder."

"It is well for us to have in mind that under a program of lessening naval armaments there is a greater reason for maintaining the highest efficiency, fitness and morale in this branch of the national defensive service. I know how earnestly the Navy personnel are devoted to this idea and want you to be assured of my hearty concurrence."

October 27 was suggested by the Navy League to recognize Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. Roosevelt had been an Assistant Secretary of the Navy and supported a strong Navy as well as the idea of Navy Day. In addition, October 27 was the anniversary of a 1775 report issued by a special committee of the Continental Congress favoring the purchase of merchant ships as the foundation of an American Navy.

10/20/2021

FOR MARITIME MATTERS GCAPTAIN IS A MUST READ

Maritime and Offshore News

10/20/2021

PRESIDENT BIDEN APPOINTS A NEW MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR

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by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) The FAA is headed by a pilot, NASA is headed by an astronaut, the US Marine Corps is headed by a Marine but for the...

04/05/2021

Preserve Alameda, CA historic WWII Merchant Marine training site!
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Preserve Alameda, CA historic WWII Merchant Marine training site!

04/05/2021

WIND S0X INFORMATION

And here is something I bet you did not know. The bands on windsocks have a purpose.

04/05/2021

RECOGNIZING MERCHANT MARINER RUSSELL INZINGA
https://www.navyleague.org/news/highlighting-our-heroes-russell-inzinga/?fbclid=IwAR0zX_9gX9P35ZVdpR6s_TqmUx6ef4cvEqdPuLLgfC7vNglvEq-V5rLRSf4

Highlighting Our Heroes: Russell Inzinga Home > Highlighting Our Heroes > Highlighting Our Heroes: Russell Inzinga March 12, 2021 Highlighting Our Heroes: Russell Inzinga By Luke Lorenz Director of Legislative Affairs Navy League of the United States This is part of an ongoing series, where we look....

03/18/2021

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