On this episode of What's Going on With Shipping, Sal Mercogliano - Associate Professor of History at Campbell University (www.campbell.edu), former merchant mariner, and adjunct professor of Maritime Industry Policy at US Merchant Marine Academy (www.usmma.edu) - discusses the birthday of the U.S. Merchant Marine. The birthday is marked by the Battle of Machias between the Royal Navy, Loyalist merchants, and Patriot militia and mariners led by Jeremiah O'Brien - who is remembered today by a Liberty ship that bears his name. George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3000194-george-washington-s-secret-navy SS Jeremiah O'Brien https://www.ssjeremiahobrien.org/ Town of Machias https://machiasme.org/