Note: All of the below illustrated hatch covers shown in use aboard the Jeremiah O'Brien are reproductions of the original hatch covers. The WWII Liberty Ship Hatch Covers offered by The Pirate's Lair are 100% originals. In fact some crew members of the O'Brien have purchased their original WWII hatch covers and associated furniture from The Pirate's Lair specifically due to our authenticity.
The Jeremiah O'Brien was never a Navy ship. It was a U. S. Maritime Commission-owned ship operated by Grace Line during
the war for the War Shipping Administration under a general agency agreement to carry government cargo. The ship had the normal U. S. Navy
Armed Guard contingency but all the sailors who operated the ship were civilian merchant seamen.
(provided by Greg H. Williams, volunteer deckhand and crewmember of the SS Jeremiah O'Brien
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Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!! |
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Note the Flatop and Two Monitor or Waterfall Trunks, Each Being Individually Unique at the Very Time of Production. |
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We all romanticize about the mystique of these antique trunks. The possible owners and travels that each steamer trunk has taken, along with the high level of detailed craftsmanship in the original production of each and every steamer trunk with that individualized character giving both intrinsic and non-intrinsic value. |
It was a common practice that loyal and productive craftsmen would be allowed to bring their children to work with them to learn a craft, so many of the children in this photograph were more than likely sons of the men shown. |
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