Showing posts with label #HMSMargaretta. Show all posts
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Friday, June 12, 2020

A Birthday for the Merchant Marines

        





   The Merchant Marine is 245 years old today. According to the Association of Merchant Marine Veterans of WWII, they predate the existence of the US Navy and the US Coast Guard. On June 12, 1775, a group of merchant mariners captured a fully armed British Warship named the HMS Margaretta.