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Includes colored photographs, which display aerial views of facilities at the Port of New York and New Jersey. Facilities shown are: Howland Hook Marine Terminal, Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal, and Brooklyn-Port Authority Marine Terminal.

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Photographs of seafarer’s center at the passenger ship terminal in New York City. Includes black and white and colored images of seafarers using the services provided by the center from the 1980s and possibly the 1990s to early 2000s.

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Photographs of the passenger ship terminal located in Manhattan. One of the photographs display panoramic views of New York City and docked ships.

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Rod sailed on vessels stationed at Vietnam during the War. He recalls an incident in which his ship was shot at while sailing upriver. The US Army concluded that the bullet holes in the ship’s exterior were actually from World War II, and Rod and…

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Rod sailed during the First Gulf War, starting with Desert Shield and on through Desert Storm. He describes carrying cargo to and from the war zone.

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Rod describes the process of “shooting the stars” with a sextant to measure a ship’s geographic position using celestial navigation, before the days of electronic GPS.

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Rod McFarlin joined the Navy in 1960 before getting his Z card and joining the National Maritime Union. He sailed as an Ordinary Seaman before getting his 2nd Mate's license at the Seamen's Church Institute's Navigation and Marine Engineering…

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Includes "Mariner Pens Ballads At Sea," To Serve the Seafarer in Our Changing World" by Peter Van Wygerden, "A Maritime Menagerie" by N. J. Lopez, "Wives at Sea," "Strange Dream Saved Maine Sailor From a Fiery Death" by J. R. Crane, "America's…

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