Training-ships
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Captain Hugh Stephens Oral History Interview
In this interview Captain Hugh Stephens speaks of his time as a merchant mariner during World War II working on liberty transport ships, his experiences during his career after the war, how he got into being a nautical educator, and comparing cadets from his time to cadets nowadays.
Captain Robert Fay Oral History Interview
In this interview, Captain Fay discusses his childhood spent working on fishing boats, why he went to SUNY Maritime college, stories of his time at the college and the people he knew there, the three cruises he spent aboard the Empire State V, the first women cadets at the college, and his career post graduation.
Herbert T. Clabault Papers
Empire State I Logbooks, 1931-1941
Empire State I Records, 1927-1979
Empire State VI Records, 1990-2012
The Empire State VI was used by SUNY Maritime College as its training ship from 1990 to today. The ship was used to train cadets for their careers in the Merchant Marines and the Naval Reserves. This collection also contains administrative documents, cruise itineraries, correspondence, news articles and "Plan of the Day".
Phylipp Dilloway Oral History Interview
In the interview Phyl talks about his life leading up to his Maritime career, his time spent at the New York Maritime Academy from the Summer of 1944 to his graduation in October 1946, the people he knew while he was at the Academy, his time on the training ship USMSTS American Pilot (also known as Empire State I), and the differences between today's mariners and mariners in the 1940s.
Phylipp Dilloway Papers, 1946-2021
Robert B. Thompson Oral History Interview
This interview contains Robert B. Thompsons experiences while attending SUNY Maritime College, his time spent as a Master if the Training Ship in 1978, his favorite stories while at sea, and an account of an aid trip he made to North Korea.