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The Liberty Ship Michael Moran, honor- ing the founder of Moran Towing and

Transportation was launched in 1944.

Pictured (I to rj Mrs. Harry Lee Warren (grand daughter of Moran); Eugene F.

Moran (son and then company president);

Nancy Moran (great grand daughter) and

Commodore Edmond J. Moran

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Maritime Meanings

Happy Hour

A brief period of relaxation for the crew of a ship, or for as many as possible, consistent with the need for the ship to remain alert and efficient; said by John Rogers to be a navy term from WWI (presumably Rogers refers to the U.S. Navy; it is inconceiv- able the the Royal Navy of that period would have permitted frivolity of any kind onboard His Majesty's vessels).

Today, the happy hour is almost religiously celebrated ashore by some groups of people, gathered together in a common cause (such as office workers, school teachers, and so on), who hail the end of the working week and the advent of the weekend by letting down their hair and having a few social drinks with each other.

Source: An Ocean of Words; A Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases, by Peter D. Jeans; Birch Lane Press , 1998 " /T WAS T/CK/HGr. "

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