U
U-boats. See German U-boats
“U-853––The Last U-Boat Sunk in American Waters,” 175:32–35
U-1105 Historic Shipwreck Preserve, 74:10, 75:3
uang saliu, 30:38–39
“U-Boats and Rockets,” 80:33
UC 97 (submarine), 12:29
UDT-Seal Museum, 79:40
Ugglas, Baron, 170:36–37
“An Ugly Duckling Turns Warrior” 91:32–34
Ullberg, Kent (sculptor), 61:28, 155:46
Ulloa, Antonio de, 137:19–21, 137:20
Ulmer, Charlie, 47:9
Ulster Folk Museum (Northern Ireland), 3:30
Ultimate Canoe Challenge, 20:36
Ultonia (Cunard liner), 95:12
Ultra (yacht), 70:26
Uluburun shipwreck, 68:0, 119:36
Ulysses (Joyce), 96:11
Ulysses S. Grant (submarine), 30:10
Umgeni, SS, 129:36
Ummenhofer, Caroline, 169:28
Umpquah, USS (tugboat), 68:12
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, 72:36
Una (yacht), 70:26
Unanimity (US revenue cutter), 153:33
“Uncommon Companions—a Rat, a Seal, and Miners on San Francisco Bay’s Blossom Rock,” 140:28–31
Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41 (articulated tug-barge), 174:48
“Under Main Skysail in the Mediterranean,” 57:29
“Under Sail in European Waters,” 80:17–19
“Under Sail in the Pacific Northwest,” 79:23–26
Underground Railroad, 128:44, 175:20–23, 179:53
Undersea Scientific Exploration Society of Israel, 22:36
underwater archaeological preserves, 70:39
Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia (UASBC), 153:19
underwater archaeology. See marine archaeology
underwater robots, 103:33
“Underway in a New World, Godspeed,” 119:18–21
Underwriter, USS (armed steamer), 151:35
UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, 139:38
UNESCO Slave Route Project, 143:48
UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 119:34
Unicorn (Antarctic explorer), 76:38
Unicorn (ex-Lyra) (brig), 3:10, 3:12, 4:35, 5:15, 8:27, 8:27, 9:16, 11:8, 11:33, 13:31, 13:34, 13:45, 13:48, 14:33, 14:43, 15:38, 17:35, 18:17, 18:21, 24:27, 140:48, 140:48
Unicorn, HMS (frigate), 2:14, 3:29, 12:27, 168:51
Unicorn Maritime Institute, Inc., 14:43
Unicorn of St. Helier (ex-True North) (two-masted ship), 84:3–4
Unicorn Preservation Society (UPS), 168:51
Unieurope (bulk carrier), 20:46
Union (frigate) (miniature of John Paul Jones’s Ranger), 54:37
Union (Peruvian ship), 94:17
Union Iron Works (San Francisco), 94:9
Union Transportation Company, 179:20
“A Unique Concours d’Elegance of Canoes,” 99:18–21
“The Unique Legacy of the Navesink Twin Lights,” 94:34–35
“A Unique Vision of the Sea on Film,” 32:26
United Daughters of the War of 1812, 151:30
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, 95:40
United Nations International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
Basic Safety Training (BST), 157:28
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 157:28
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), 177:24–25, 177:27–29
United Provinces of South America, 164:19, 164:20
United Seamen’s Service (USS), 63:36, 64:6
United States, SS (United States Lines transAtlantic ocean liner), 1:33, 13:6, 16:21, 16:21, 16:34, 36:16, 61:39, 62:34, 64:12, 64:34, 65:21, 65:33, 65:38, 65:38, 74:41, 79:37, 83:48, 84:4, 85:3, 85:4, 90:39, 92:55, 96:34, 104:38, 108:33, 108:33, 110:14–17, 114:37, 127:4, 127:10–11, 127:10–11, 128:5, 128:6, 129:6, 132:4, 132:4, 133:21, 141:41, 147:14–16, 147:15–16, 148:30, 148:30, 154:49–51, 155:55, 155:55, 156:50, 156:50, 159:49, 160:0, 160:36–38, 160:37, 164:11, 165:25, 167:4, 168:5, 170:8, 170:26, 176:4, 176:9, 182:54–55,183:14, 183:14, 183:16–21, 183:16, 183:18–21
model, 44:41
United States, USS (frigate), 14:52, 44:12, 69:24, 84:22, 85:21, 87:15, 99:17, 103:16, 105:11, 110:29, 116:11, 116:12, 116:13–14, 116:13, 122:5, 129:5, 133:10, 134:13, 134:14, 134:14, 135:6, 135:12, 135:13, 141:14, 142:37, 149:31, 150:20, 153:33, 153:34, 169:41, 176:4
vs. HMS Macedonian, 135:10–14
United States (packet ship), 75:27
United States Coast Guard. See US Coast Guard
United States Geological Survey (USGS), 140:33
United States Lines, 183:18
United States Lifesaving Service, 157:16, 176:6. See also US Coast Guard
United States Maritime Service, 10:20, 170:12
United States Merchant Marine. See US Merchant Marine
United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). See US Merchant Marine Academy
United States Navy. See US Navy
United States Navy Deck Seaman, 139:35
United States Shipbuilding Museum, 65:38
United States Shipping Board (USSB), 158:28, 158:29
United States South Seas Exploring Expedition, 145:24
United States Transportation Command, 169:16
United Victory, SS (Victory ship), 120:6
Unity (sloop), 4:35, 123:24–27
University of Exeter (UK), 128:44
University of Georgia Marine Institute, 154:35
University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, 166:32
University of Mississippi Marine Minerals Technology Center (MMTC), 154:35
University of Rhode Island, 138:44
unseaworthiness, 159:27
Unyo Maru (bark), 2:12
Upham, Samuel C., 38:20
Upham, Stewart, 171:21
“An Upstart Maritime Museum is Launched in Camden, New Jersey,” 144:34–37
Urania (barque), 50:17
Urania (ketch), 48:17
Uranker, Joseph P. (woodcarver), 105:21–23, 147:45
Urban, Erin, 64:9, 155:15, 165:8, 178:8, 183:11
“My Own Little Leaking Monticello: John A. Noble’s Legacy for the Snugs,” 103:18–21
Urban BoatWork, 144:37, 144:37
“The Urban Waterfront: A Shining Asset for New York,” 13:14
Urca de Lima (Spanish galleon shipwreck), 70:39, 138:36
Urger (ex-Henry J. Dornbos) (tugboat), 58:4, 58:7–8, 58:7, 58:8, 59:5, 68:6, 80:3, 82:4
Uruguay (barque-rigged steam corvette), 2:14, 12:28, 13:39
U. 114 (canal boat), 4:22
US Army
troop transports (USATs), 177:26–27
Quartermaster Department, 177:31
US Army Corps of Engineers, 157:11–12
US Army War College, 170:36
US Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM), 179:38
“US Changes Course (Spanish-American War),” 86:16–19
US Coast Guard, 127:41, 130:34, 136:23, 139:34, 157:11–12, 157:16, 157:20, 164:45, 175:6, 176:6., 179:12, 179:54. See also United States Lifesaving Service; US Revenue Cutter Service
bicentennial celebration, 54:33
double cabin picket boat, 169:43
and the El Estero fire, 126:16–19
in Hawaii, 180:30–33
Integrated Visual Identification Program, 139:28
largest single-handed seizure during Prohibition, 169:42–45
Merchant Mariner Credential Verification, 128:44
National Security Cutter (NSC) program, 172:48
National Strike Force (NSF), 167:18
National Strike Force Coordination Center (NSFCC), 167:20
Picket Patrol, 52:5
Pilot Command, 65:13
postage stamp honoring, 152:52
“Racing Stripe” emblem, 139:28–29
tattoo policy revision, 169:50–51
and the war on drugs, 167:28–31
web site, 120:40
US Coast Guard Academy, 77:4, 81:4, 104:26, 114:6, 115:34, 121:41, 134:44
US Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015, 158:15
US Coast Guard Auxiliary, 104:4
“US Coast Guard Cutter Ingham, Pride of the Coast Guard,” 143:26–29
US Coast Guard Historical Collection, 151:42–44
“US Coast Guard Veteran Seymour Wittek Awarded the Coast Guard Commendation Medal for his Heroic Effort Fighting the El Estero Fire,” 126:20
US Coast Survey, 151:22, 151:26
US Commission on Ocean Policy, 108:7, 109:37, 154:30
US Department of Defense, Maritime Security Program, 169:16
US Department of Homeland Security, 176:6
US Department of Transportation, 152:52
“US Flag Shipping: A Matter of National Survival—and More,” 65:8
US Grant, USAT (ex-USS Madawaska), 161:22
US Life-Saving Service Heritage Organization, 77:38
US Lighthouse Service, 47:43, 113:20–21, 152:34, 161:41, 176:6, 183:41–42. See also lighthouses; lightships
US Lighthouse Society, 53:11, 69:37, 76:38
US Lightship Museum (USLM), 173:40
US LST Association, 96:32
US Maritime Administration. See Maritime Administration (MARAD)
US Maritime Commission, 91:32
US merchant marine, 15:47, 16:21, 16:23, 17:30, 36:3, 45:5, 46:44–45, 47:6, 48:4, 69:4–5, 73:4, 77:6–9, 78:3, 78:6–7, 79:2, 80:2–3, 80:6–7, 81:2, 81:7–8, 85:55, 102:4, 118:8, 158:28, 161:7–8, 167:53, 169:10, 170:11–12, 179:50–51, 179:50
cadet corps, 10:20
credentials, 130:46, 138:44–45
job benefits and compensation, 79:6
and the Jones Act, 169:12–16
in Latin America, 83:8–9
memorials to, 57:35, 68:6, 97:15
officer education, 10:19–20
in the Revolutionary War, 82:3
Sons and Daughters of US Merchant Marine Veterans World War 2, 29:2
wartime training, 144:24–27
during WWII, 35:10, 38:4, 38:5, 41:18, 111:35, 112:5, 113:10–15, 180:28–29
US Merchant Marine Academy, 10:19–20, 57:5, 72:6, 77:4, 92:54, 118:8, 138:42, 141:41, 157:27, 163:43
US Merchant Marine Museum. See American Merchant Marine Museum
US Military Academy (West Point), 103:5, 158:35
USMC Amphibious Corps 166:28
US Naval Academy (Annapolis), 10:19, 75:33, 123:46, 144:4, 150:8–9, 150:8, 169:10, 170:10–11
Varsity Offshore Sailing Team, 170:11
US Naval Academy Museum, 147:34, 150:8
US Naval Amphibious Training Base, 166:30
US Naval Charles, 166:10
US Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees), 175:44
US Naval Institute, 12:33–34, 22:38
US Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, 96:32
US Naval Observatory, 156:30
US Naval Shipbuilding Museum, 66:26
US Naval War College, 137:44, 170:34–37, 170:34–35
US Naval War College Museum, 178:55
“The US Naval War College––The Navy’s ‘Home of Thought’,” 170:34–37
US Navy
ABC-1 Plan, 69:9
African Squadron, 132:10–14
and the American Revolution, 178:46
Bureau of Aeronautics, 178:26
Bureau of Ships Computation Project, 168:24
during the Civil War, 157:5, 157:32
Department of Charts and Instruments, 156:30
evolution of, 104:6–9
history in art, 167:32–36
and National Marine Sanctuaries, 179:12
Naval Data Automation Command Headquarters (NAVDAC), 168:26
Neutrality Patrol, 69:9
new ship construction, 31:10–11
SEAL teams, 177:47–48
shipbuilding plan 2012, 139:45, 139:47
symbol of the fouled anchor, 96:29–30
Underwater Demolition Teams, 177:47–48
US Navy Memorial (Utah Beach, Normandy), 167:26
US Navy Museum, 119:36
US Navy SEALS (Sea, Air, Land teams), 145:39, 149:47
US Navy Ships of War (1898–1991) Exhibit, 147:34
US Postal Service
lighthouse stamps, 143:48
stamps commemorating ships, 59:30–31, 121:4, 128:48
stamps commemorating US Submarine Force, 92:53
US Revenue Cutter Service, 139:10–14, 153:32–36, 154:5, 157:16, 166:11, 167:18, 168:14–17, 176:6, 180:30–33. See also US Coast Guard
US Revenue–Marine, 173:0, 173:21, 173:23, 175:16, 175:18
US Rowing Association, 56:32
US Sailing, 168:46
US Sailing Association, 129:40
US Shipping Board (USSB), 169:13, 169:14, 169, 34
US Shipping Board Emergency Fleet, 7:24
US Steamboat Inspection Service, 176:6
US submarine service, 95:18–19. See also submarines
US Tall Ships Foundation, 54:13, 55:7
USATs (US Army troop transports), 177:26–27
USC Olympia Foundation, 71:36
USCG International Ice Patrol, 124:46
USCG Lightship Sailors Association International, Inc. (USCG LSA), 126:15
USN Preservation Association, 80:36
“USRC James Madison: A Rogue Cutter and the Coast Guard’s First POWs,” 175:16–18
“USS Adirondack: Then & Now,” 76:34–35
USS Clamagore Restoration and Maintenance Association (CRAMA), 167:49
USS Constellation Foundation, 78:26
USS Constellation Museum, 112:40, 119:39
“USS Constitution: 200 Years of the Battle and the Breeze,” 83:19
“USS Constitution: A Study in Command,” 44:14–16
“USS Constitution and the American Spirit,” 24:12–14
“USS Constitution: Living to Fight Another Day,” 24:11
USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild, 130:47
USS Constitution Museum, 13:45, 14:44, 17:9, 18:42, 20:38, 21:31, 40:30, 44:17–18, 65:40, 90:28, 131:39–40, 145:48, 174:55, 180:16, 182:11, 183:4
“The USS Constitution Museum,” 17:19
“USS Constitution: Reaching Out Over the Horizon,” 44:11–13
“USS Constitution Reborn,” 81:40–41
“USS Constitution Sails Again!” 83:20
“USS Constitution Yarn, A: Untangled,” 169:40–41
USS Coral Sea National Sea-Air-Space Museum, 59:33
“USS Hornet,” 109:30
“USS Kearny and USS Reuben James: Early Casualties of an Undeclared Naval War,” 87:34–37
“USS Laffey and a Place Called Okinawa,” 73:14–16
“USS Langley and the Centennial of US Navy Carrier Aviation,” 178:26–33
USS Lexington Museum, 64:37
USS LIST Ship Memorial, Inc., 73:35
USS LSM/LSMR Association, 79:36
USS LST 393 Veterans Museum, 167:48–49
USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc., 161:55
USS Missouri Association, 111:34
USS Missouri Memorial Association, 96:32
USS Monitor Center, 119:32–33, 142:49, 155:48, 179:12, 179:16, 182:8
USS Monitor Center Capital Campaign, 118:38
“The USS Monitor Center,” 119:32–33
USS Monitor Center Wet Lab, 146:40
USS Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, 179:16, 179:16, 179:54
“USS Monitor Project,” 44:33
“USS Monitor’s Gun Turret, A Look Inside,” 108:28–29
USS Norton Sound Association, 20:37, 24:28
“USS Orleck DD 886,” 114:7
USS Saratoga Museum, 118:38–39
USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, 103:36, 116:37
USS Saratoga Reunion Association, 92:53
USS Silversides and Maritime Museum (Muskegon, MI), 93:38
“USS Slater (DE-766),” 115:18
“USS Texas: The Ship, and the Myth,” 31:8–15
USS X-1 (midget submarine), 100:42, 100:42
Utacarbon (tanker), 114:3
Utah, USS, 60:17
Utley, Bill
“Dunkirk Revisited,” 55:12
Utrecht (tug), 4:20
Utvaer (Norwegian submarine), 30:10