Talk:Awards and decorations of the United States Merchant Marine

Public Domain images

Most or all of the images in this article display U.S. military/government awards that are in the public domain, no matter what website they are found on. The templates in the description of each image state the following: ~Pesco^{So say•we all} 02:34, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

“ The graphic above is a representation of an award or decoration of an agency of the federal government of the United States. As works of the U.S. federal government, such images are in the public domain; photographs of such images are also considered to be in the public domain per this court ruling. ”

UPDATE: Well, The Powers That Be have said a photo of a government medal carries copyright. So new images are needed. If anyone has images that can be public domain or contributed using the CC BY-SA license, that would be great. ~Pesco^{So say•we all} 02:27, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

I added a photo of the Outstanding Achievement Medal from the MARAD site and used the PD-USGov-DOT license. We shall see if it stands. I got line drawings off the DoD spec sheets for the Distinguished and Meritorious Service Medals. I will work with them later and see if I can colorize them. EricSerge (talk) 18:35, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

National Maritime Medal of Valor

Perhaps there should be an entry on this list regarding the National Maritime Medal of Valor. It was created, and awarded, to the Captain of the Maersk Alabama for the action this past April. Here is a reference verifying that it was awarded by the National Maritime Center, a United States Coast Guard institution.

• MC3 Lauren G. Randall (20 November 2009). "M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Receives Valor Award". navy.mil. Retrieved 14 December 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:28, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

The article says that the award was issued by the "Nauticus National Maritime Center... at the Nauticus in Norfolk, Va." This is not the U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center, which is now located in Martinsburg, West Virginia. This is not to take away anything from Capt. Phillips... he deserves much credit... but this particular award is not from the U.S. government. ~Pesco^{So say•we all} 18:29, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

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