Box 3

Scope and Contents

These "Bridge Notebooks" appear to be very rough drafts of the logbooks kept on the Empire State. They are not daily logs and seem to be used only when the ship was moving. Most of the information in these notebooks can also be found in the rough logs for these years.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the logbooks from the U.S.S Empire State one of the training ships used by the New York State Nautical School (now SUNY Maritime College) to train young men for the merchant marines and the naval reserves. A ship’s logbook is a daily record of the ship’s course, speed and location. Navigational, piloting and other notable events occurring in and around the ship are also recorded in a ship’s logbook. Logbooks serve as a reminder to the officers of the deck of their...