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Aboard the destroyer escort Douglas A. Munro the captain pledged a $50 reward for the first man to spot Sierks. The Navy, which knows how long a man can last in the open sea, ordered the search ended at 2 p.m. At 1:15 two seamen sighted a bobbing blond head, lost it, then picked it up again...
Certainly the ones who are not making money on the Panamanian ships are the seamen. It is a well-known fact that a good number of ship operators, especially Europeans, have made tremendous profits breaking embargoes, and are now trading with the enemy . . . Panama, we feel sure, will put a stop to this whenever the U.N. agree on a complete embargo against the enemy...
...Seamen's Syndicate of Panama
Panamanian registry of merchant ships is a handy thing for shippers and seamen who want to make big money breaking embargoes-or trading with the enemy. In 1925, Panama passed a law permitting foreign shipowners to switch their ships to Panamanian nationality by registering at any Panama consulate for a small tonnage fee. When the 1939 U.S. Neutrality Act forbade U.S. ships to enter war zones, some U.S. lines made use of these handy facilities. After the war, more switched to Panama because they could save money by employing non-union labor under Panamanian registry. How many U.S. ships flying...
Even a landlubber who only goes down to the sea in books knows that the first seamen to board a ship adrift and take her in tow can claim salvage. Last fortnight, in a Gulf of Mexico fog, the Esso oil tanker Greensboro collided with the Esso tanker Suez and caught fire, killing 38 of the Greensboro's 42-man crew. The captain and crew of a rival tanker Virginia, which was nearby, saw a chance to invoke the sea's ancient...