MOOREMACK ALUMNI
Moore-McCormack Lines was made up of more than passenger ships, passengers, cargo liners, and cargo. It was the men and women (commonly known as "Mooremackites") who made the company what it was. Below is the list of Mooremackites who have contacted us. The names in parentheses are the persons who contacted us for their relative, living or deceased. If there are any revisions to be made, or if any Mooremackite would like to add their name to the list, please send us an e-mail. You will probably recognize some of these names and remember good times. If you wish to make contact with an old friend, please don't hesitate to let us know. For those of you who would like your name to be linked to an e-mail address, please let us know. ____________________ * Deceased
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* George Robert Aitken (son, Samuel Aitken, II) |
Manager Bulk Cargoes Assistant Vice President |
MML - New York (1938-1958) MML - New York (1958-1967) |
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* Samuel R. Aitken (grandson, Samuel Aitken, II) |
Superintendent Engineer Vice President - Operations |
MML - New York (1919-1926) MML - New York (1926-1938) |
Andrew Allocco |
Third Engineer |
Mormaclynx |
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* Thomas D. Baker (son, Thomas Baker) |
Radio Operator |
Mormacsea (1948-1954) |
* Nikki Biggs (niece by marriage, Sue Shreve, and grandniece, Cindy Richard) |
Cruise Directress |
S.S. Brazil / S.S. Brasil (1952-1969) |
* Robert Bradsell (sons, Robert and Kenneth Bradsell)
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Staff Captain |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Uruguay |
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Pascagoula, MS - Oversaw construction of the S.S. Argentina and S.S. Brasil (1957-1958) |
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Staff Captain, Captain |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brasil |
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* Eleanor Britton (grandnephew, John-Paul DeRosa)
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Cruise Directress, Chief Cruise Directress, Directress of Cruise Staff |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brazil / S.S. Uruguay / S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brasil / MML-New York (1938 to lay-up in 1969) |
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Mail Room Clerk |
April 5th, 1955 - May 1956 |
Cables Department (Where all international and domestic communications were received and transmitted as well as radiograms and Cables from all sources) |
June 1956 - August 1957 |
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ARL Freight Booking |
August 1957 - May 1960 |
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Traffic/Operations (Vessel Scheduling) |
May 1960 - October 1961 |
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Military Service (U.S. Army) |
October 1961 - September 1963 |
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PRL/SL Traffic |
September 1963 - April 1967 |
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Terminal Department (23rd Street Pier, Brooklyn) |
April 1967 - 1970 |
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Assistant Pier Supt. |
1970 - 1978 |
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Traffic/Operations Manager |
1978 - April 23, 1983 (Last day as Moore-McCormack Lines) |
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Ronald Campana |
KP Cadet, Kings Point |
S.S. Argentina (1948) |
Bill Campbell Married Ann Schimoler (see below) |
Third Radio Operator |
S.S. Argentina (1948-1949) |
Second Radio Operator |
S.S. Argentina (1949) |
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First Radio Operator |
S.S. Argentina (1949-1951) |
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Chief Radio Operator |
S.S. Argentina (1951-1958) |
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Electrical |
Pascagoula, MS - S.S. Argentina (1958) |
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Chief Radio Operator |
S.S. Argentina (1958 to lay-up in 1969) |
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* William A. Carey (son, Art Carey) |
Chief Engineer |
Mormacsun (1948) Mormackite (1950) Mesa Victory (1950) Beatrice Victory (1950) Mormactern (1950) Mormacfuel (1955) Mormacteal (1955) Mormacdawn (1965) Mormacpine (1968) |
* Peter Castano (son, Robert Castano) |
Chief Engineer Superintendent of Engineers |
Cargo liners (1942-1960) Brooklyn Pier (1960s) |
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* Charles "Charlie" A. Chamot (daughter Tracey Gesell) |
Bosun |
Mormacrigel (1966-1979) |
* Carlos Lopes Coelho (son, Carlos Lopes Coelho, Jr.) |
Driver for Operations |
MML-Santos, Brasil (1962-1981) |
Carlos Lopes Coelho, Jr. |
Position Unknown |
MML-Santos, Brasil (1977-1985) |
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Tom Conway |
Radio Officer |
Mormactern (1947-1951) |
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Sal Cordaro |
Third Assistant Engineer |
Mormacoak (1949) |
Ron Crook |
Chief Mate |
Mormactide |
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Janet Cuffe |
Secretary for Ed Martinez and others in Traffic Department |
MML-New York (1960-1969) |
* Robert A. DeVoto (nephew, Robert C. DeVoto) |
Chief Steward |
Cargo liners (for over 50 years) |
* William Dewey (nephew by marriage, Rick Gebler) |
Cadet Officer, Junior Engineer, Cadet Officer, Jr. 3rd Asst. Eng. |
S.S. Brazil (1939-1941) |
Junior Engineer, 3rd Asst. Engineer |
Mormactide (1941) |
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3rd Asst. Engineer, 2nd Asst. Engineer |
City of Flint (1941-1942) |
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2nd Asst. Engineer, 1st Asst. Engineer, Chief Engineer |
Mormactern (1943 and 1945-1946) |
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2nd Asst. Engineer, 1st Asst. Engineer |
Mormacwren (1943) |
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1st Asst. Engineer |
Sea Pike (1944) |
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Chief Engineer |
Cape Victory / Council Bluffs Victory (1946) |
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1st Asst. Engineer |
Mormacsea (1946) |
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Chief Engineer |
Beatrice Victory / Mormacmoon / Fisk Victory (1947-1948) |
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1st Asst. Engineer, Chief Engineer |
Mormacrio (1948-1952) (1953-1955) |
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Acting Port Engineer |
Office (1952-1953) |
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Chief Engineer |
Mormacsaga (1954) |
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New Construction |
Office (1955-1958) |
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Chief Engineer |
S.S. Argentina (1958-1962) |
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* Kenneth Dickerson (granddaughter, Dawn Taylor) |
Radioman |
Mormacsun (1958) |
Charles Ecker |
Cadet |
Mormacrio (1968) |
Third Assistant Engineer, First Assistant Engineer |
Mormacbay (1975-1976) |
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First Assistant Engineer |
Mormacstar (tanker) (1976) |
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First Assistant Engineer, Chief Engineer |
Mormacsky (tanker) (1977-1980) |
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Chief Engineer |
LNG Lake Charles (tanker) (1980-1985), Moore-McCormack Resources |
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Of Interest: C. Ecker was also Chief Engineer of the Mormacsky (1985-1999) which was owned by Moore-McCormack Bulk Transport and then Mormac Marine Group which changed its company's name to Mormac Marine Transport. |
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* John B. Eichler |
Head Chef |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brazil / S.S. Uruguay |
Tom Ellsworth |
Management Trainee |
MML- New York (11 Broadway) (1965) |
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Richard Faber, Jr. |
Bill of Lading Department - Recapitulationist |
MML-11 Broadway, NY (1955-1958) |
John Farrell |
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Apprentice Engineer |
S.S. Brasil (1967-1968) Mormacpine (1968) |
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Third Assistant Engineer |
Mormacvega (1969) Mormacpenn (1970) Mormacove (1973) |
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Second Assistant Engineer |
Mormaccape (1977) |
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Third Assistant Engineer |
Of Interest: American Argo, f/k/a Mormacargo (owned by U.S. Lines - 1985) |
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Second Assistant Engineer |
Lake, f/k/a Mormaclake (1990-1992) (served on ship during Gulf War while owned by Mormac Marine Group, Inc.) |
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Third Assistant Engineer / Second Assistant Engineer |
Mormacsun (1998 and 2000) (owned by Mormac Marine Group, Inc.) |
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Bob Febos |
Third Mate |
Mormacvega (1976) Of Interest: In 1988 became Master of Allison Lykes (owned by the Lykes Brothers), f/k/a Mormacvega |
Dilson Ferreira de Oliveira |
Office Boy, Assistant of Claims Department |
MML-Santos, Brasil (1966-1978) |
Thomas Georgas |
Mail Room, Container Control Supervisor |
MML-23rd Street Terminal, New York City (1975-1982) |
Glenn R. Germaine |
Third Officer |
S.S. Argentina (1967-1968) |
Second Officer |
Mormaclake (1968-1969) |
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Third Officer |
Mormacsun (1970) |
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Third Officer |
Mormaclynx (1973) |
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Third Officer |
Of Interest: G. Germaine also sailed for three years aboard the Mormacsea, Mormacsky, Mormacstar, and Mormacsun following their sale/transfer to Mediterranean Marine Lines and subsequent renaming to Defiance, Red Jacket, Great Republic, and Young America (all names of former clipper ships) |
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Robert Harrison ( son, Steve Harrison, married Jill Tapogna) |
Chief Steward |
Argentina Brazil Marine Angel |
* John Hakmann (niece by marriage, Sue Shreve, and grandniece, Cindy Richard) |
Head of Commissary |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brazil / S.S. Uruguay / S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brasil (1940-1967) MML-New York (1967-1969) |
Thomas Hoff |
Deck Cadet |
S.S. Argentina (1956-1957) |
Russell S. Hudson |
District Manager |
MM-Boston (1980-1983) (finishing under United States Lines) |
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Claims Trainee / Chief of Claims |
MML-Buenos Aires, Argentina (1957-1982) Of Interest: In 1982 continued in the office for United States Lines until the bankruptcy was completed in 1987 |
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Chuck Kelly |
Various jobs |
Pier 80 South, Philadelphia (1980-1983) |
Robert Kelety |
Watch Standing, Junior Engineer, Third Assistant Engineer |
Mormacswan / Mormacelm (1950-1953) |
* Wallace Kepler (son, Tom Kepler) |
Chief Officer |
Worked for MML 20 years, ending with Mormacdraco |
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Signalman |
Mormachawk (January 1943) |
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Dick Kraus |
Assistant Ship's Photographer |
S.S. Brazil (1951) |
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Charles Kresge |
Engine Cadet (KP57) |
Mormacdale (1954) |
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* Admiral Robert C. Lee (USN Ret.) (son, Robert C. Lee, Jr.) |
Vice President Exec. Vice President and Director Chairman of the Board |
MML - New York (1920-1938) MML - New York (1938-1959) MML - New York (1959-1962) |
Cruise Director |
S.S. Brazil / S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brasil (1957-1969) |
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Bill Longo |
Electrician |
USAT Argentina (1946) S.S. Argentina (1957-1958) |
J. Robert Lunney |
Staff Officer |
Meredith Victory (1950-1951) S.S. Uruguay (1951) Mormactide (1951) Mormacdawn (1952) S.S. Brazil (1953) American Clipper (1953) Mormacmoon (1954) Mormacfir (1954) Mormacdale (1954) Mormacspruce (1955) |
Dan MacElrevey |
Cadet |
Mormacsaga (1961) |
Third and Second Mate |
Mormactrade (1963-1965) |
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Second Mate |
S.S. Brasil (1966-1967) |
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Cargo Superintendent |
23rd Street Terminal (1967-1968) |
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Chief Mate |
Mormacpine (1968-1969) Mormaccove (1969-1969) Robin Locksley (1969) Mormacpenn (1969-1970) |
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Hildegard Mader Married Captain Harold Vanderploeg (see below) in 1966 |
Waitress |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brasil (1964-1965)
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Elfriede Mader |
Beautician |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brasil (1965-1967) |
* Charles T. Mattmann (daughter, Wendy Mattmann McHale) |
Vice-President, Executive Vice President |
Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (1945-1969) |
* Emmet J. McCormack (niece, Virginia O'Donnell Poll) |
Co-Founder, Vice-President, Treasurer |
Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (1913-1965) |
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* John ("Jack") McDowell (son, Rick McDowell) |
ended up in Traffic Department |
MML-New York (1935-1976) |
Robert P. Melsopp (daughter, Karin Cleary) |
Purser |
S.S. Argentina (1957-1958) S.S. Argentina (1958-1968) Mormacvega (1968-1982) Mormacdraco (1968-1969) Mormacsky (1969) Mormacfir (1970) Mormacsun (1970) Mormacrigel (1982)
Of Interest: R. Melsopp was also Purser on American Vega, f/k/a Mormacvega, but now owned by US Lines (1982-1985) |
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* Stanley Mentrak (nephew, Tom Mentrak) |
Electrician |
S.S. Uruguay (unknown, probably 1930s-1940s) |
* Bill Mitchell (son, Ross Mitchell) |
Regional Director |
MML-New York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Washington (25 years) |
Bill Mohan (brother, Henry Mohan) |
Regional Director |
MML-Montevideo, Uruguay (1942-1949) / MML-Buenos Aires, Argentina (1950-1969) |
* Albert V. Moore (granddaughter, Wendy Mattmann McHale) |
Co-Founder, Chairman, President |
Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (1913-1953) |
* William T. Moore (niece, Wendy Mattmann McHale) |
President (1953-1969) / Chairman (1965-1969) Chairman, President (1965-1971) |
Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. Moore & McCormack Company, Inc. |
Walt Nadolny |
Second Mate |
Mormacrigel (1981) |
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Deck Cadet [TO BE FILLED IN LATER] Captain |
Mormacisle (1947) [TO BE FILLED IN LATER] Mormacargo, later renamed American Argo when taken over by U.S. Lines (1977-1984) |
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Robert O'Brien |
President, Chief Executive Officer |
MML-Buenos Aires, Argentina (1939) |
* Thomas O'Connell (son-in-law, Russell S. Hudson) |
District Manager |
MML-Boston (1940-1980) |
Jack Otte |
Bellman |
S.S. Argentina (1958-1959) |
Bert T. Phillips |
Engineering Officer |
S.S. Argentina (1959 and 1963) |
Tony Pinto |
Office Boy moving up thru the ranks to Operations Assistant |
MML-Santos, Brasil (1966-1980) |
T. W. Poole |
Second Mate |
Mormacsaga (1948-1949) |
Anthony Raia (daughter, Marilyn Raia) |
Executive Officer |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brazil / S.S. Uruguay (1948-1954) |
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* Ernest A. Rattray (daughter, Elizabeth R. Whalen) |
Second Officer / Captain |
Several cargo ships and ocean liners (1938-1969) |
Bill Richards |
Third Mate, Second Mate |
S.S. Uruguay / Dothan Victory / Mormacoak / Edward W. Burton / Ethelbert Nevin / Mormacgulf / Mormacdale / Mormacfuel (1946-1951) |
Juan Maria Rivera (nephew, Nereida Ortiz) |
Position Unknown |
S.S. Brazil |
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Day Third Engineer / Third Engineer / Second Engineer |
S.S. Argentina (1964-1969) |
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Everett A. Rosenblum |
Third Engineer |
Bloomington Victory (1945-1946) |
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* Harry Noble Sadler (niece, Elizabeth L. Wenner) |
Master |
S.S. Brazil (1938-1955) |
Joseph A. Scaturro |
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Junior Engineer |
Mormacstar / S.S. Argentina / Mormacwind / Mormacrio / Mormacoak / S.S. Brasil / Mormacmail (1960-1962) |
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Third Assistant Engineer |
S.S. Argentina (1962-1965) / Mormacrigel (1967) |
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First Assistant Engineer |
Mormacrigel (1967) |
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Engineer, Cadet Officer |
Sea Pike (1944-1945) |
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* Ann Schimoler Married Bill Campbell (see above) |
Purserette
Purserett, Pharmacist Mate |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Argentina (1956 to lay-up in 1969) Cargo Liners (1969-early 1970s) |
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* Paul B. Scott |
Chief Officer |
Seton Hall Victory (1946) |
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Master |
Mormaclark (1956) Mormacwren (1957) Mormacoak (1959) |
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Staff Captain |
S.S. Brasil (1960-1962) |
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Master / Commodore |
S.S. Argentina (became Commodore in 1966) (1962-1966) |
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Commodore |
S.S. Argentina (while laid up in November 1969) |
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Commodore |
Mormacsky (1972) |
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* Luis Alberto Sieyro (son, Raquel Paladino) |
Quartermaster |
S.S. Brasil (1960s) |
* Thomas N. Simmons (granddaughter, Diane Shugart) |
Commodore |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Argentina (1938-1963) |
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Paulo Jose Soares de Agular |
Office boy Assistant in the Department of Export Documents. |
Santos, Brasil |
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Bob Stewart |
Fourth Mate Master Chief Officer |
Mormacpenn Mormacsun Robin Sherwood |
Joseph L. Stone |
Second Mate |
Robin Kirk (1965-1966) |
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S.S. Brasil (1967-1969) |
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Silver Owl (1970-1971) |
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Thetis (1974) |
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American Trader (1974-1975) |
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Chief Officer |
Mormacpenn (1969) |
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Mormacmail (1969-1970) |
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Mormactrade (1970) |
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Mormacbay (1973) |
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Mormacrigel (1973) |
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Mormacargo (1974) |
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Mormaccape (1975-1976) |
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Mormacstar (1976) |
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Mormacglen (1976_ |
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Mormacstar (1976) |
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Mormacsky (1977) |
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Master |
Silver Owl (1971-1972) |
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Silver Dove (1972-1973) |
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Mormacsky (tanker) (1977-1980) |
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LNG Lake Charles (tanker) (1980-1984) |
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Of Interest: J. Stone was also Master of the Silver Owl, f/k/a Mormacrio (1971-1972) / Silver Dove, f/k/a Mormacsaga (1972-1973) |
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* Anthony Tamis |
Deck Cadet Third Mate Stevedoring Supervisor Stevedoring Superintendent |
Mormacsea (1954-1955) Mormachawk (1958-1959) 25th St Terminal, Brooklyn (1969-1976) 25th St Terminal, Brooklyn (1976-1983) Of Interest: A. Tamis was Deck Cadet on the Robin Kirk (1955) before she became a Mooremack ship. He continued on with U.S. Lines from Mooremack in 1982 and left in 1983. |
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Jill Tapogna (son, Steve Harrison) |
Cashier |
Argentina Brazil |
Louis Tapogna (daughter, Cynthia Tapogna Gurian) |
Assistant Purser Second, First, and Chief Purser Physician's Assistant and Purser Husbanding Manager |
S.S. Argentina (1954-1958) S.S. Brasil (1958-1969) Mormaclake / Mormacargo / Mormacaltair (1970-1978) Mormac Marine Transport: Mormacsky / Mormacsun / Mormacstar (1978-1995) |
* Emily Timoney (sister, Virginia Statile) |
Nurse |
S.S. Argentina (1950) |
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* Charles Tucker (grandson, Robert B. Tucker) |
Chief Engineer |
Possibly the S.S. Uruguay (Looking for more information) |
* Richard Uffleman (son-in-law, Edward Saks) |
Designer, Builder, Chief Engineer |
S.S. Argentina |
Gerry Van Haasteren (son, CDR Cleve J. Van Haasteren [Ret.]) |
Third Mate |
Mormacpride / Mormaclake / Mormacpenn / Robin Mobray |
Chief Mate |
Mormacdraco / Mormaclynx |
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Master |
Mormacdawn / Mormacsea (tanker) / Mormacsun (tanker) / Mormacsky (tanker) / LNG Lake Charles (tanker) (1955-1982, retiring in 1985) |
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Appeared in Spring 1957 issue of "The Mooremack News" - "Cadet-Midshipman, Harold Vanderploeg, received the 'Albert V. Moore Award' for excellence in Kings Point; now Deck Officer, Argentina." Married Hildegard Mader (see above) in 1966 |
Deck Cadet |
S.S. Argentina (1954-1955) |
Jr. 3rd Mate |
S.S. Argentina (1957) |
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3rd Mate |
Mormacdale (1957-1958) |
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3rd Mate |
S.S. Brasil (new construction 1958) |
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3rd Officer, 2nd Officer |
S.S. Brasil (1958-1965) |
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2nd Officer, Chief Officer |
Mormaclynx (1965-1966) |
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Chief Officer |
Mormacrio / Mormacaltair / Mormacdraco (1965-1967) |
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Staff Captain |
S.S. Argentina (1967) |
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Port Captain |
23rd St Terminal (1967 until company sold) |
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Chief Officer |
Mormacbay (1968) |
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Master |
Mormaclake (1970) |
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Supt. of MML cargo vessels |
Integrating into USL operations (1983) |
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Of Interest: American Draco, f/k/a Mormacdraco (September 1984-January 1985); Integral in assisting forming American Overseas Marine Corp. with ex-MML employees to operate General Dynamics purpose-built military pre-position ships in 1985, Master, MV Jack Lummus, TAKX (1986-2001); S.S. Wright, TAVB 3, f/k/a Mormacsun (MML 1969 Sea Bridge Class) (also f/k/a Young America, Farrell Lines), Master (August 1990-May 1991), "Desert Storm"); S.S. Cape Juby, TAK 5077, f/k/a Mormacsea, Master (October 2002, "Iraqi Freedom") |
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John F. Whiteley |
Deck Cadet |
Mormacpride (Summer 1969) Of interest: He is now a Captain and Director, Inland Waterways Academy, Marshall Community and Technical College, Huntington, WV. |
* Angela V. Willis (step-granddaughter, Michelle Moses) |
Waitress |
S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brazil / S.S. Uruguay / S.S. Argentina / S.S. Brasil (1950-1969) |
Jim Wood |
3rd Mate |
Mormacaltair (06/02/66-03/05/67) |
2nd Mate |
Mormacaltair (03/06/67-04/07/67) |
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3rd Mate |
Mormacaltair (04/08/67-07/06/67) |
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3rd Mate |
Robin Hood (07/07/67-07/14/67) |
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2nd Mate |
Mormaccove (09/11/67-12/13/68) |
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2nd Mate |
Mormacsea (04/28/69-11/21/69) |
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Chief Mate |
Mormacaltair (12/18/69-03/24/70) |
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Chief Mate |
Mormacmail (03/26/70-07/03/70) |
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(nephew Hurol Hekimbasi) |
Apprentice Radio Operator
Radio Electronics Officer
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Mormacmail (1967)
Mormactide (1982) |
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