Members of American Maritime Officers, AMO officials and staff, and AMO Plans directors and staff gather with City of Dania Beach Mayor A.J. Ryan IV, Broward County Commissioner Tim Ryan, and Port Chaplain Father Sanford Sears, Seafarers’ House, Port Everglades, at a ceremony observing National Maritime Day at the memorial for the crew of El Faro on the STAR Center campus in Dania Beach, Fla.
The crew of the M/V Empire State celebrated National Maritime Day anchored off the coast of San Diego, Ca. while preparing for CONSOL-UNREP evolutions with Military Sealift Command.
AMO National President Willie Barrere attended the National Maritime Day event held by the United States Department of Transportation on May 22. Here, he greeted U.S. Maritime Administrator Ann Phillips and Captain Peter Kahl of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
United States Transportation Command Commander Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost and Rear Admiral Philip Sobeck, Commander, U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command participated in a wreath laying ceremony during the Norfolk Propeller Club’s National Maritime Day even in Virginia.
American Maritime Officers members who attended the National Maritime Day celebration in Norfolk, Va. included AMO National Secretary-Treasurer Bob Rice, AMO member Emily Gramer, AMO East Coast Representative Todd Christensen and AMO National President Willie Barrere. The event was held on the USS Wisconsin.
AMO National President Willie Barrere and AMO National Secretary-Treasurer Bob Rice greet guest speakers United States Transportation Command Commander Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost and Rear Admiral Philip Sobeck, Commander, U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command at the Norfolk Propeller Club’s National Maritime Day celebration on the deck of the USS Wisconsin.
Longtime AMO member and United States Navy veteran Ross Shimel celebrated National Maritime Day by volunteering on the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, one of the last remaining unaltered Liberty ships from World War II. The Jeremiah O’Brien is based in San Francisco and sailed in honor of both National Maritime Day and Memorial Day.