Word: skippering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Owner Isbrandtsen, learning that his ship was unseaworthy, wired President Truman and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, loudly demanding the help of the U.S. Navy. His argument: since the U.S. refuses to recognize the legality of the Nationalist blockade, it should defend any U.S.-flag skipper who tries...