Search Details

Word: mormacsea (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Warned Great Britain and Germany alike that the only three U. S. vessels (the freighters Flying Fish, Charles R. McCormick, Mormacsea) in Scandinavian ports last week must have safe passage home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Force with Force | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...beginning, Moore-McCormack got busy on the radio. To Mormacstar and Mormactide, far out in the Atlantic, Scandinavia-bound, went orders to [ turn about, keep steerage way with their bows pointed west, pending further orders. Few hours later the orders went out: head for home. Later, to the freighters Mormacsea at Trondheim and Flying Fish at Bergen, caught in the middle of the shooting, went welcome news; the U. S. State Department had notified belligerents it expected U. S. ships to get safe passage out of the newest segment of the President's combat zone. This week anxious Moore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Scandinavia Closed | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

| 1 |