The crew of the APT tanker Pelican State pose for a photo commemorating National Maritime Day on May 22. American Maritime Officers members aboard the Crowley-operated vessel included Captain Robert Johnson Jr., Chief Mate Michael Watkins, Second Mate James Diguglielmo, Third Mates Eric Wissermann, Trevor Crute and Juan Alberto Colon Ortiz, Chief Engineer James McDaniel, First Assistant Engineer Bob Williams, Second A.E. William Tyler Brady and Third A.E. Zachary Little.
AMO National President Paul Doell addressed AMO members during a ceremony celebrating National Maritime Day on STAR Center’s campus in Dania Beach.
AMO member Antione Jennings is greeted by Military Sealift Command Commander RADM Michael A. Wettlaufer after receiving the AMO Mariner of the Year award at a National Maritime Day celebration in Norfolk. With them were AMO National Secretary-Treasurer Bob Rice, AMO Vice President, Great Lakes, John Clemons, AMO East Coast Rep. Todd Christensen and AMO member Ben Tidwell.
U.S. Maritime Administrator Rear Admiral Ann C. Phillips, US Navy (Ret.) prepares to place a ceremonial wreath into Chesapeake Bay as part of the National Maritime Day celebration held by the Norfolk International Propeller Club of the United States on May 18.
AMO members attended the National Maritime Day celebration at the American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial in San Pedro, California on May 22.