National Maritime Hall of Fame
 For more than two decades, the
Museum houses the National Maritime Hall of Fame, the only
such permanent exhibit in the nation, which is dedicated
to recognizing and honoring the great people and great ships
of our maritime history. For almost two decades, famous
people and ships from our great maritime past have been
selected annually to be honored in the Hall.
A primary goal of the American Merchant Marine Museum is
to give national prestige and fame to these persons and
merchant vessels that are vital to the history of the United
States since Colonial times. All phases of the maritime
industry are represented in this Hall of Fame: ship operation,
ship building, maritime unions, maritime museums, and other
maritime-oriented fields. Over one hundred ships and people
have been honored.
Anyone can nominate a person or ship
to be considered for induction into the Hall. There are
criteria: the person must have been deceased or the ship
sunk or scrapped for at least five years before being
considered. Every effort is made to insure that all segments
of our nation's shipping industry (oceans, coastwise shipping,
inland waterways and Great Lakes) are included. Only one
person and one ship are inducted into the Hall of Fame
each year, except for the 2003 inductees which were the
two last surviving Liberty ships, both floating museums:
JOHN W. BROWN and the JEREMIAH O'BRIEN.
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME HALL OF FAME
Year |
MARINERS |
SHIPS |
1982 |
Nathaniel Bowditch |
SAVANNAH |
|
Robert Fulton |
CLERMONT |
|
Clifford Mallory |
PRISCILLA |
|
Capt. Alexander McDougall |
WALK-IN-THE-WATER |
1983 |
Andrew Fureseth |
LEVIATHAN |
|
Capt. Nettie Johnson |
NEW ORLEANS |
|
Charles Morgan |
YALE |
|
Frank E. Kirby |
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS |
1984 |
William Francis Gibbs |
PATRICK HENRY |
|
DeWitt Clinton |
ROBERT E. LEE |
|
Thomas Crowley/Capt. Hugh Mulzac |
GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD |
|
Harry Coulby |
METEOR |
1985 |
Matthew Fontaine Maury |
GREAT REPUBLIC |
|
John Ericsson |
MARY POWELL |
|
Capt. Robert Dollar |
GREAT NORTHERN |
|
Capt. George McKay |
TASHMOO |
1986 |
Donald McKay |
MEREDITH VICTORY/ ANN McKIM (tie) |
|
John Fitch |
NATCHEZ |
|
Mary Patten |
EVANGELINE |
|
Capt. A.E. Goodrich |
GREATER BUFFALO |
1987 |
Capt. William Matson |
MALOLO |
|
Capt. Mary Greene |
STANDARD |
|
Capt. Edward P. Bartlett |
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA |
|
Henry Ford |
OCTORARA |
1989 |
Capt. Thomas P. Leathers |
GOLDEN EAGLE |
|
Capt. Nels Helgesen |
METROPOLIS |
|
Rear Adm. Richard R. McNulty |
ANCON |
|
Charles T. Harvey |
ASHTABULA |
1990 |
N.J. Roosevelt |
TICONDEROGA |
|
Andrew & Thea Foss |
CITY OF SAVANNAH |
|
William Webb |
ST. MARYS |
|
W.W. Bates |
CHIEF WAWATAM |
1991 |
Henry Kaiser |
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON |
|
Callie French |
SHAWNEE |
|
Thomas Clyde |
HELIOPOLIS |
|
John James Boland |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT |
1992 |
James Davidson |
FAR WEST |
|
Capt. Moses Rogers |
DAVID DOWS |
|
Capt. Seth Warner |
CHARLESTON |
|
Capt. William “Buck” Leyhe |
SANTA PAULA |
1993 |
Edward K Collins |
W.W. HOLLOWAY |
|
Mary Miller |
ARCTIC |
|
August P. Belmont |
WYOMING |
|
John T. Hutchinson |
J.M. WHITE |
1994 |
Capt. George Fried |
MANCHURIA |
1995 |
Elmer A. Sperry |
PENNSYLVANIA |
1996 |
Homer Ferguson |
MINNESOTA |
1997 |
Capt. Joshua Slocum |
PENNSYLVANIA |
1998 |
Dennis A. Roland |
DREADNOUGHT |
1999 |
George G. Sharp |
WASHINGTON |
2000 |
Capt. Frederick A. Larsen, Jr. |
AMERICA |
2001 |
Capt. Felix Riesenberg |
MANHATTAN |
2002 |
James A. Farrell |
Liberty Ships |
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JOHN BROWN and |
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JEREMIAH O’BRIEN |
2003 |
Edwin J. O'Hara |
DELTA QUEEN |
2004 |
Captain Robert R. Randall |
FLYING CLOUD |
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