Seaman's Handbook for Shore Leave, 1920

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Seaman's handbook for Shore Leave, by United States Merchant Marine’s  Social Service Bureau. Custom House, published in 1920 listed sailor’s homes – places were sailors could get a bed and sometimes a meal for a night  - from Aalborg, Denmark to Yokohama, Japan.  The Brooklyn entry listed places primarily in and around Red Hook, including:

  • Scandinavian Sailors’ Temperance Home at 172 Carroll St.
  • Norwegian Seamen’s Mission Church at 111 Pioneer St.
  • Norwegian Bethel Ship M. E Church’s Sailor’s Mission at Sullivan & Richmond Sts., Red Hook Point
  • Finish Seamen’s Mission at 529 Clinton St.
  • Seamen’s Goodwill Center, 92-94 Hamilton Avenue [The Brooklyn Motor Inn operates at that location, today.]

The guide also listed where to go for Legal Aid, Medical Aid, and relevant union offices, such as the Marine Firemen, Oilers & Watertenders at 110 Hamilton Avenue. 

Date:

1920

Item Relations

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Sources:

  • Seaman's handbook for Shore Leave, 2nd Edition
    by United States Merchant Marine. Social Service Bureau. Custom House, Boston 1920.  Digital copy at: https://archive.org


Published on Mar 20, 2017. Last updated on Nov 16, 2020.

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