THE ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN SEA: USS HONORS MARITIME ACHIEVEMENTS IN SERVICE TO SEAFARERS

United Seamen's Service hosts the most prestigious event in the maritime industry, the Admiral of the Ocean Sea awards. This year, the 37th Admiral Of The Ocean Sea Awards were presented to Paul F. Richardson,  President of Paul F. Richardson Associates, Inc., and Colin Veitch, President and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line.

Over 600 industry leaders and representatives from every union attended the award ceremony and dinner-dance, a fundraising event for USS, at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers on November 3, 2006. Master of ceremonies. Captain Robert Hart, USN (Ret.), hosted the event which commenced with a rousing "Presentation and Posting of the Colors" by the United States Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard.

In conjunction with the AOTOS awards, USS's Honored Seafarer program recognizes seafarers who have risked their lives in the line of duty. The Honorable Helen Delich Bentley presented honorees with Mariner's plaques and rosettes. Each year the AOTOS Mariners' Plaques are presented to officers and crews of US flag ships for outstanding seamanship in rescue operations at sea. The Mariner's Rosettes commend individual seafarers for acts of outstanding courage and devotion to duty.

 37 Years of AOTOS Awards

	2006 Colin Veitch Paul F. Richardson
2005 Ron Davis General John W. Handy Anthony A. Scioscia	2004 Raymond P. Ebeling Robert P. Magee, Jr.
2003 Chuck Raymond U.S. Military Traffic Management Command	2002 Captain Timothy A. Brown Thomas B. Crowley Jr.
2000 David J. Tolan M. Brian Maher	2001 Philip J. Shapiro Erik F. Johnsen
1999 Richard T. duMoulin U.S. Transportation Command	1998 John P. Clancey George F. Lowman
1997 U.S. Senator Ted Stevens Stanley Barer	1996 C. Bradley Mulholland Vice Admiral Albert J. Herberger
1995 U.S. Senator Trent Lott James R. Barker	1994 Louis Parise Michael Sacco
1993 U.S. Senator John Breaux Niels W. Johnsen.	1992 John Bowers W. James Amoss Jr.
1991 Charles 1. Hiltzheimer Captain Warren G. Leback	1990 C.E. De Fries
1989 Bruce Seaton	1988 Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. U.S. Senator Ernest R Hollings
1987 Sea-Land Service, Inc. Shannon J. Wall.	1986 U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones
1985 U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command Robert J. Pfeiffer	1984 Maicom. P. McLean
1983 Mario Biaggi	1982 J. Lane Kirkland
1981 Paul Hall	1980 U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye
1979 Joseph T. Lykcs Jr.	1978 John M. Murphy
1977 James A. Fairrell	1976 Robert J. Blackweil
1975 Warren G. Magnuson	1974 Thomas W. Gleason
1973 Leonor K. Sullivan	1972 Andrew E. Gibson
1971 The Hon. Helen Delich Bentley	1970 Spyros P. Skouras
Special AOTOS Awards: Joseph E. Curran Edward J. Sette Captain Robert E. Hart Rene Lioeanjie Talmage E. Simpkins U.S. Military Traffic Management Command . . . . .	Special Recognition: Raymond T. McKay Edward J. Heine Jr. Port of Yokohama, Japan Manuel (Mike) Diaz James Herman William Steinberg C. Peter Lambos C. "Whitey" Disley Gloria Cataneo Tosi

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