A strong U.S.-flags commercial merchant fleet is absolutely essential to ensuring U.S. national defense and economic security in
West Coast Sailors
USNS Pililaau: the fifth of a series of seven Bob Hope-class, large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off being built for the Military
Officers elected, amendments decided.
Foreign-flag cruiseship working conditions exposed.
Among the Union's objectives is "to support a journal which shall voice the sentiments of the seafaring class, and through its columns seek to maintain the knowledge of and interest in maritime affairs." The first issue of the West Coast Sailors, in June of 1937, noted that "Common sense, fearlessly applied, brings success to a Union."