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Title: Leonard L. Davis certificates of discharge
Date: 1943-1972
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0466 (SAFR 227)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
130 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Leonard L. Davis certificates of discharge (SAFR 227, HDC 466)are xerographic copies of documents for Merchant Seaman
Leonard L. Davis from 1943-1972. The certificates were issued by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Marine Inspection and
Navigation and the U.S. Coast Guard. They include handwritten notes about voyages on back of certificates. The collection
has been processed to the collection level and is open for use without restriction.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC0466 (SAFR 227), Leonard L. Davis certificates of discharge, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-00001
In 1988, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park acquired this collection from Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Historical or Biographical Note
A biography has not been prepared for this collection.
Collection Scope and Content
The Leonard L. Davis certificates of discharge (SAFR 227, HDC 466)are xerographic copies of documents for Merchant Seaman
Leonard L. Davis from 1943-1972. The certificates were issued by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Marine Inspection and
Navigation and the U.S. Coast Guard. They include handwritten notes about voyages on back of certificates. The collection
has been processed to the collection level and is open for use without restriction.
Vessels named include:
- CAPE JOHNSON (freighter)
- CAPE MEREDITH
- C.E. DANT
- HAWAIIAN REFINER
- LURLINE (passenger vessel)
- MARIPOSA (passenger vessel)
- MATSONIA (freighter)
- MONTEREY (steamship)
- MORMACDAWN
- OREGON BEAR
- PHILIP KEARNY
- PRESIDENT CLEVELAND (passenger vessel)
- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (steamship)
- PRESIDENT WILSON (freighter)
- SANTA ANA (steam. schooner)
- SEA FLIER (freighter: Liberty Ship)
Collection Arrangement
Documents arranged in a roughly chronological order into two folders.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
merchant mariners
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation