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A guide to the United States Maritime Service booklets, 1947-1956
HDC1734 (SAFR 24689)
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Title: United States Maritime Service booklets
Date: 1947-1956
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1734 (SAFR 24689)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
14 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The collection consists of seven (7) instructional booklets, each focusing on a different aspect of maritime mechanics. Folded
into each booklet is a test on the subject matter taken by Lt. Herschel Yim.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC1734 (SAFR 24689), United States Maritime Service booklets, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
SAFR-02374
Historical or Biographical Note
Herschel H.C. Yim was born in San Francisco in 1919 and worked aboard various vessels as a marine engineer. The United States
Maritime Service (USMS) was established in 1938 under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The mission of the
organization is to train people to become officers and crew members on merchant ships that form the United States Merchant
Marine per Title 46 U.S. Code 51701.
The collection consists of seven (7) instructional booklets, each focusing on a different aspect of maritime mechanics. Folded
into each booklet is a test on the subject matter taken by Lt. Herschel Yim.
1 collection in 1 folder.