General
Legacy ID
31
Famous Merchant Mariners
Merchant MarinersCaptain Leonard LaRue (1914 – 2001): Larue was captain of the Meredith Victory during the Korean War. He commanded the vessel in December 1950, when it evacuated 14,000 Korean refugees from Hungnam, Korea. This was the largest humanitarian evacuation ever recorded by a...
Tug STAMFORD
For Actions on June 23, 1986.
Gallant Ship Award Citation:
On June 23, 1986, fire broke out at the Hess Oil Terminal, Brooklyn, New York. The fire ignited combustibles on the decks of two tank barges, S.T. 65 and S.T. 85, light with gasoline bottoms, moored at Pier 5....
Corey Beckett, Associate Administrator for Budget and Programs/Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Corey Beckett was been selected for the Senior Executive Service (SES) as the Associate Administrator for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer with the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on May 5, 2021.
Before joining the MARAD team, Beckett was the United States...
Delia Davis, Associate Administrator for Administration
Delia Davis has served as the Associate Administrator for Administration (AAA) of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) since 2013. In this capacity, she supports the Maritime Administrator by providing strategic, agency-wide policies and procedures to execute MARAD’s mission....