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Circa 1930s. ex-Lorn W. York. Mr. York was a quartermaster aboard the American Mail Line steamships SS President Cleveland and SS President Jackson.

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Ca. 1960s.

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Ca. 1971.

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Ca. late 1940s..

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Ca. 1940s. Crown is without grommet.

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Ca. 1940s.

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Ca. 1942. Tally legend is stamped and not woven.

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Ca. 1940s.

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Ca. 1940s.

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Ca. 1940s.

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Ca. 1944

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Ca. 1941-1943.

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Ca. 1940s.

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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).

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Ca. 1940s.

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Ca. 1940s.

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Ca. 1955-1966. Cap device has Pegasus over stylized "V"; employed when Socony-Vacuum became Socony Mobil Oil Co. in 1955.

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Ca. 1944. The cap in context may be found here:

http://ianewatts.org/nommp-not-ussb

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Ca. 1943. Cap badge construction is of 1943 manufacture; the chin strap buttons (bodkins) are of a pre-1941 manufacture.

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Ca. 1940s. Manu.: Vanguard.

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Ca. 1944.

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Ca. 1940s. Cap components are interesting; various elements are indicative of cap being repaired over time.

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Ca. 1940s. Cap badge is of Vanguard manufacture with smooth ribbon on the wreath element.

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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…

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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…

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Ca. 1930s. Manufacturer: Appel & Co., New York.

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Ca. 1942. Tally legend is woven.

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usms-1949-russell-1.JPG
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.

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usms-1940s-upham-1.JPG
ca. 1940s. ex-David L. Upham.

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