The top photo was sent to the LOG by Bernard C. Winn of San Francisco. It is of himself taken on the stern of the SS Frank Drumm while in Honolulu in 1942. He was sailing as an AB.
Directly above is a copy of the front pages from his SIU membership book from the same period. Note that Winn has book number “6” in the Pacific region.
Before joining the SIU, Brother Winn sailed out of the Sailors Union of the Pacific hall as a permit “member.” And before that, he shipped out of the Scandinavian Seamen’s Club (union). His home port was San Francisco, but he also sailed from Seattle and Wilmington.
Winn withdrew from the SIU in May of 1944 when he got his 3rd mate’s license and joined Local 90 of the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union. In 1970, he worked on tugs and tour boats in San Francisco Bay, shipping out of the Inland Boatman’s Union.
Currently a member of the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Merchant Marine Veterans, Brother Winn was pleased to be one of the guests last winter at the SIU hall in San Francisco for their annual holiday dinner.
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