Merchant Marine and Government Marine Caps
Title
Merchant Marine and Government Marine Caps
Description
The maritime trades and the government marine have traditionally shared similar headwear and uniforms with that of the armed marine - the United States Navy. In this collection please find representative headwear from private and government concerns primarily from the mid-twentieth century.
Collection Items
Cap (White), American Mail Line, Quartermaster
Circa 1930s. ex-Lorn W. York. Mr. York was a quartermaster aboard the American Mail Line steamships SS President Cleveland and SS President Jackson.
Hat - Garrison (Khaki), United States Army Transportation Corps - Water Division Officer
Ca. late 1940s..
Cap (Khaki), National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Commissioned Officer
Ca. 1971.
Cap (White), United States Maritime Service, Officer
Ca. 1970s-1980s. ex-Captain Charles M. Renick. Cap frame is circa 1970s or 1980s; photographic evidence shows cap worn in 1984. Cap badge is circa 1960s. The business card in the cap is at least from July-August 1989, when Captain Renick assumed the…
Cap (White), American Mail Line, Master
Ca. late 1930s. ex-John S. Smith (?). Custom cap to a ship's master made in Shanghai, China. Cap manufactured by New Bright Cap Company, Shanghai, China. Construction is wicker frame with grey leather sweatband; cap badge is unmarked.(?) Despite cap…
Cap (Khaki), United States Maritime Service Officer
Ca. 1940s. Cap badge is of Vanguard manufacture with smooth ribbon on the wreath element.
Cap (White), Merchant Marine Able Seaman
Ca. 1940s. Cap components are interesting; various elements are indicative of cap being repaired over time.
Cap (Khaki), United States Army Transportation Corps - Water Division Officer
Ca. 1940s. Manu.: Vanguard.
Cap (Khaki), United States Navy U.S. Technician
Ca. 1943. Cap badge construction is of 1943 manufacture; the chin strap buttons (bodkins) are of a pre-1941 manufacture.
Cap (Gray), National Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots Union unionman
Ca. 1944. The cap in context may be found here:
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Cap (Khaki), Socony Mobil Oil Co. Officer
Ca. 1955-1966. Cap device has Pegasus over stylized "V"; employed when Socony-Vacuum became Socony Mobil Oil Co. in 1955.
Cap (Khaki), Military Sea Transportation Service Officer (Licensed)
Ca. 1949. Type 1. Although cap and badge are original, the cap band is not regulation. The present band is that of a United States Navy Officer (Commissioned).
Hat - Flat (Blue), United States Maritime Service Enlisted
Ca. 1942. Tally legend is stamped and not woven.
Cap (Khaki), United States Maritime Service, Officer
circa 1949-1952. ex-Edgar Farr Russell, Jr. Capt. Russell was a 1949 graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy; this was his cap at graduation.