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Specifics of marking American neutral merchants
Posted by: Eric Stone ()
Date: December 13, 2009 04:05PM

All,

I'm looking for specifics on how American merchant ships were marked prior to our official entry into WWII.

Generally speaking I know this involved painting one or more large American Flags on the side of the hull, sometimes supplemented by the the name of the ship and/or U.S.A painted in large white letters.

1. Was there a specific date this practice started? September 1st, 1939 perhaps?
2. Was this practice mandated by the Federal Government, the owners, the managers, the captains themselves?
3. Were all US Merchants Painted in this fashion or only those on trans-Atlantic voyages, or some other qualifier?
4. Was there a standard for what and where to paint?

Thanks,

Eric Stone
www.ssarkansan.com

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