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Commander David S. Goddard Maritime Service photograph collection, bulk 1940-1950

 

Summary

Creator:
Goddard, David S.
Goddard, David S.
Abstract:
Collection includes Commander David S. Goddard's materials of the United States Maritime Trainng School (USMSTS) in Bayboro Harbor from the 1940s.
Extent:
1 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Commander David S. Goddard Maritime Service photograph collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and ephemeral materials from Commander David S. Goddard. Photographs depict the United States Maritime Training School in the 1940s, the American Mariner ship, and waterfront images along Bayboro Harbor.

Biographical / historical:

In November 1939, Bayboro Harbor became a United States Maritime Service Training Station (USMSTS) in St. Petersburg, Florida. From late 1939 until 1941, the Maritime Service ships resided at the Coast Guard base while construction of the training station took place. In July 1941, the USMSTS became an active training center during the war years. Until decommissioned on 31 March 1950, this site served as one of the largest training facilities for the Merchant Marine in the United States.

Commander David S. Goddard arrived at the United States Maritime Training School at Government Island, near Alameda, California, in 1940. He enrolled in one of the first classes at that facility to train licensed officers for the Merchant Marine. He then served aboard the USMSTS American Sailor when that vessel was commissioned as a training ship in the summer of 1941. After receiving a promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, Goddard also spent time at the Maritime Service Training Station at Port Hueneme, California during the summer of 1942. This facility, dedicated in August 1941, was modeled on the recently opened maritime campus at Bayboro Harbor. After serving as leading officer on the ship American Engineer, he came to St. Petersburg and took on high-level responsibilities at the Bayboro Harbor facility.By the late 1940s, Goddard commanded the ship USMSTS American Mariner in the Gulf waters.

Access and use

Terms of access:

None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Commander David S. Goddard Maritime Service photograph collection, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL.

Location of this collection:
140 7th Avenue South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA