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Show Life-Jacketed Pupils Train on 'American Mariner' " " ' ""I l-JrJt. "7' ..Ty ,ynmJm.t...r sM fitfti III kilSf ? - 'i?z&& After extensive schooling ashore, Merchant marine trainees gel practical experience In wartime seamanship seaman-ship aboard the "American Mariner," one or the training ships of this service. Left: William II. Hyle and Richard Balmes (right) are shown at work on one of the great power pumps aboard the "American Mariner." Mari-ner." Top right: Trainees learn the technique of abandoning ship on a practice cruise. Bottom right: Always ready for enemy action, these mariners attend class aboard ship clad in life Jackets. |