Capt. Bert Rogers
Captain Bert Rogers (1956–2018) is known as the Tall Ships America executive director and remembered for gathering of hundreds of tall ships sailors and others in September at Fort Adams…
Read MoreAdmiral Sir Johnathan Band GCB DL
In 2012, Admiral Sir Johnathan Band GCB DL was awarded with the NMHS Distinguished Service Award. We recognized his many accomplishments in the evening’s awards dinner journal: Sir Johnathan Band…
Read MoreLos Angeles Maritime Institute & Capt. James Gladson
James Gladson 1930—2018, a retired Los Angeles teacher, in 1992 organized a small group of volunteers and former students to form the nonprofit, Los Angeles Maritime Institute (LAMI). The youth…
Read MoreCapt. Peg Brandon & Sea Education Association
In 2018, Captain Peg Brandon was awarded the NMHS Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Maritime Education. We recognized her many accomplishments in the evening’s awards dinner journal: Captain Peg…
Read MoreCapt. Pamela Hepburn & Tug Pegasus Preservation Project
Capt. Theodore Foster
Captains of the Miracle on the Hudson
In 2009, the Captains of Miracle on the Hudson were awarded the NMHS Bravo Zulu Award. We recognized their many accomplishments in the evening’s awards dinner journal: The Society salutes…
Read MoreCapt. Jean Wort
In 2019, Capt. Jean Wort was awarded with the David A. O’Neil Sheet Anchor Award at the Annual Awards Dinner. We recognized her many accomplishments in the evening’s awards dinner…
Read MoreStanley Haas
Stanley B. Haas led the team aboard the tanker Manhattan in the expedition to prove that a commercial vessel could traverse the Northwest Passage from the American East Coast to…
Read MoreCapt. Karl Kortum & Balclutha
Capt. Arthur M. Kimberly, the late Gloria Kimberly & Romance
Captain Arthur M. Kimberly (1922–2011) Known as “Skipper” to all who sailed with him, Captain Arthur Kimberly and his wife, Gloria, sailed his brigantine, Romance, from 1966 to 1989 on…
Read MoreCapt. Irving Johnson
Irving McClure Johnson (1905–1991) was an American sail training pioneer, adventurer, lecturer, and author. He is well-known for his 1929 voyage from Germany to Chile aboard a 345-foot, four-masted bark,…
Read MoreErnestina, accepted by Capt. Marcos Lopes
Capt. Carl Bowman & Star of India
The Star of India is the world’s oldest active sailing ship. She began her life on the stocks at Ramsey Shipyard in the Isle of Man in 1863. Iron ships were…
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