Wednesday, April 22, 2015

United States Merchant Marine Memorial at Tom McCall Waterfront Park

…Continued from Salmon Street Springs.

IMG_3349 United States Merchant Marine Memorial in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon on September 7, 2008
United States Merchant Marine Memorial on September 7, 2008

The United States Merchant Marine Memorial was dedicated by the Columbia-Willamette League of U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans on May 22, 1989 "In Honor of the six thousand eight hundred American Merchant Seamen who gave their lives in combat defending ship, cargo and country during World War II" from December 7, 1941 to August 15, 1945.

IMG_3350 United States Merchant Marine Memorial in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon on September 7, 2008
United States Merchant Marine Memorial on September 7, 2008

Its location is given as Latitude 45°31" North, Longitude 122°41" West.

IMG_3352 United States Merchant Marine Memorial in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon on September 7, 2008
United States Merchant Marine Memorial on September 7, 2008

The memorial near the south end of Tom McCall Waterfront Park offers views of the Willamette River and the Hawthorne and Marquam Bridges.

IMG_3351 Marquam Bridge from the United States Merchant Marine Memorial in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon on September 7, 2008
View from Merchant Marine Memorial on September 7, 2008

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