This photo was sent to the LOG by Pensioner John Risbeck of Bellingham, Wash. It was taken at sea Nov. 29, 1949 aboard the SS Robin Locksley. Risbeck was sailing as a bosun aboard that vessel, which was en route to South Africa.
In a note accompanying the photo, Risbeck says that he had “a very good life being a seaman and a member of the Seafarers International Union from 1941” until his retirement in 1981. And he is able to see the changes—for the better—in the lives of merchant mariners.
Risbeck, who is now 83 and a computer user, requests that “anyone out there young enough or old enough who will know me” to get in touch with him by e-mail at:
hansyr@aol.com
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