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American Merchant Marine Museum
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Phone:
1 (516) 726-6047
300 Steamboat Road
Kings Point, New York 11024
Business hours:
Tues. - Thurs., 10:00am - 3:00pm
National Maritime Hall of Fame
About
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.
Nomination Process
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 |
|
|
JOHN BROWN and | |
|
|
JEREMIAH O’BRIEN | |
|
2003
|
Edwin J. O'Hara | DELTA QUEEN |
|
2004
|
Captain Robert R. Randall | FLYING CLOUD |
Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013
