Good article from gcaptain: The Merchant Marine Is Of Critical Importance Says US SECDEF Mattis At Kings Point Graduation “As small as our Merchant Marine may be today, it is absolutely essential. It’s in every war plan that I review, I guarantee you,” the secretary said.

[image] c.captain: So we had it but gave it away…and thus I blame the US Government for wanting corporations in the US to make higher profits than for the US to keep its merchant marine…(but still kept the Merchant Marine Academy…what a joke!) so what is it that we don’t already know? [imag…

[image] Kraken: Total trade volum grew but the US fleet stayed the same size. actually the fleet has continually gotten smaller and smaller which is somewhat understandable since a single ship today can carry probably what 30 ships carried in 1950 HOWEVER the fact that US global trade has gro…

[image] Kraken: If all the American owned vessels sailing under different FOC could sail in a second US register that would open up hundreds (maybe even thousands?) of spots for US Masters and Chief Engineers, and you would create upward mobility from the US coastal fleet. I still don’t see w…

[image] c.captain: in 1946 the USA had more merchant ships than the rest of the planet COMBINED! And still you manage to lose it in the span of 10 years? Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

[image] Kraken: And still you manage to lose it in the span of 10 years? No mystery, U.S. ship owners created the FOC of Liberia, Panama and later the Marshall Islands and replaced American mariners with cheaper labor from former colonies.

[image] Kennebec_Captain: I still don’t see what stopping American mariners from sailing foreign if they want to. Do a unlicensed American mariner sailing foreign exist? Who would want one? So a second register to expand the pool of Officers and Engineers would be a plus?

My son has a U.S. MMC for 2 A/E which he used to get MMCs from Panama and Vanuatu with no issues. He has sailed on vessels of all three flags. There likely are others.

[image] Kennebec_Captain: I still don’t see what stopping American mariners from sailing foreign if they want to. except I know of no FOC shipowner who wants an American mariner (officer or seaman) for reasons that have already been discussed at length here. We simply do not have that option…

Let me also state that the merchant shipbuilding programs implemented by the US Maritime Commission in 1936 were to build ships to be commercial carriers in peacetime and only to be used by the military during war. These included pretty much every C and T type ships. The ones only intended for use…

[image] c.captain: Let me also state that the merchant shipbuilding programs implemented by the US Maritime Commission in 1936 Sounds like socialism. [image] c.captain: After the war ended, the US sold a vast number of vessels to both US and foreign operators who used these many thousand…

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