Kaye Williams & “HMS” Rose
Nancie Villiers & Joseph Conrad
Nancie Villiers (1915–2018) Nancie Wills was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. She worked in an architect’s office and then moved to the UK and took…
Read MoreLarry Sowinski & Intrepid
The USS Intrepid is a 900-foot-long aircraft carrier commissioned by the Navy in 1943. The ship was stationed in the Pacific during World War II, at one time taking a…
Read MoreRADM Thomas Patterson, USMS (Ret.) & Jeremiah O’Brien
RADM Thomas J. Patterson, USMS (Ret.) 1924—2008 had a long career as a seagoing officer, a senior official of the US Maritime Administration, and as deputy superintendent of the US…
Read MoreEmil Mosbacher Jr. & Operation Sail
Elizabeth E. Meyer & Endeavour
CAPT Christopher Melhuish, USN (Ret.) & USS Constitution
CAPT Christopher Allan Melhuish, USN (Ret.) was the commander of the USS Constitution from July 26, 1997 to July 30, 1999. In July 1998, the final bicentennial activity for Constitution and the…
Read MoreJames P. McAllister & Mathilda
Clifford D. Mallory Jr. & Mystic Seaport Museum
J. Patrick Mahoney & USCG Eagle
On 28 April 1978, construction workers in San Francisco’s financial district discovered the remains of the fabled ship Niantic. Abandoned in the Gold Rush in the city’s harbor, Niantic had…
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 MoreJakob Isbrandtsen, Allen G. Rupley & Wavertree
Jakob Isbrandtsen (1922–2018) Jakob Isbrandtsen’s love for sailing and the sea permeated his whole life; what stemmed from that passion is his legacy. After serving in the US Coast Guard…
Read MoreAlan D. Hutchison & Kaiulani
A graduate of George Washington University School of Law, Alan Hutchison was a practicing lawyer in Washington, DC, in the early 1960s when he became involved with a group hoping…
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