A mariner’s cap , variations of which are known as skipper cap , Greek fisherman’s cap , fiddler cap or Breton cap , Lenin cap and Mao cap , is a soft, flat-topped cap with a small visor, usually made from black or navy bluewoolfelt, but also occasionally from corduroy or blue denim.
I see men, mostly older men wearing caps similar to this around here from time to time.
The white cap is also known in Alaska as a SE Stevedores cap. Also worn by the Alaska deep sea fishermen (halibut, cod, long line) mostly Scandinavian.
A good wool Greek Fisherman’s hats is actually really warm, stays on your head securely, and doesn’t cover the ears so you can still hear normally. I don’t wear them as much as I used to buy they’re great when it’s colder.
Remember this one ? Standard cap slop chest any American Ship 1970’s only one I have left, small, son used to wear it fishing when he was 4 or 5 years old, 48 now !
Thing about Landrys Port Arthur TX they were made out of Awning canvas scrap, every one different. Every ship I ever boarded as a young trainee American Export Isbrandtsen had Landrys nothing else. Those days signing on Shipping commissioner could and sometimes did inspect the slop chest
May be all Landrys because caps were slop chest required and articles as I recall specified slop articles could only be marked up 10 %
I remember that in the 1970s/80s there were some “rules” on the pipelay barges about who wore their welding caps backwards, over which ear, the pattern of the hats (Polka dots etc.)
Can’t remember if this had practical reasons to do with the type of welding they did (1st bead, fill weld etc.) or just signified which state they came from.
Anybody here remember??
When I was working in the shipyards in Korea, Singapore and occasionally China it was easy to to spot the USA guys on the plane. They looked like those clowns.
