Barnegat Merchant Marine WWII Memorial - Barnegat, NJ
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Metro2
N 39° 45.821 W 074° 06.336
18S E 576608 N 4401911
This Memorial is near the Barnegat Lighthouse.
Waymark Code: WM9ZPM
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2010
Views: 3
Located in a nearly-hidden place and easily overlooked near the Barnegat Lighthouse in the Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, this Memorial honors the Merchant Marine Veterans of WWII.
The text on the plaque reads:
"THIS MONUMENT IS A MEMORIAL
TO THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE OF
WORLD WAR II AND TO THE
MERCHANT MARINERS AND NAVY
ARMED GUARD WHO SERVED
TOGETHER ABOARD CARGO SHIPS,
TROOP TRANSPORTS AND OIL
TANKERS THAT DELIVERED
WAR MATERIAL TO OUR
TROOPS OVERSEAS.
820 OF THESE VESSELS WERE LOST
AND BECAME STEEL COFFINS.
ENEMY SUBMARINES ATTACKED
AND SANK MOST OF THEM TAKING
BRAVE HEROES TO WATERY GRAVES.
SOME WITHIN SIGHT OF THIS
GREAT LIGHTHOUSE.
THIS THEN IS THEIR CEMETERY.
MAY THE DEEP SEA WHERE THEY
SLEEP, NOW ROCK THEM GENTLY.
ROCK THEM TENDERLY
TO THE END OF TIME.
JOSEPH CONRAD
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE VETERANS"
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: It is near the beach access trail in Barnegat Lighthouse State Park.
Access times: From: 8:00 AM To: 10:00 PM
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Commemoration: Merchant Marines of WWII
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Location of waymark: Not listed
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