An ordinary seaman (OS) generally helps out with work that able seamen do. He worked as a merchant seaman. He first worked as a merchant seaman. Navy enlisted members attend as part of the Seaman to Admiral (STA-21) Program. Richard is a retired Navy seaman, and Virginia, a former substitute English teacher. Will grew up believing his father to be a merchant seaman. He was a Nova Scotian-born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. It was brought to Duluth, Minnesota by a merchant seaman and faced being euthanized. Noonan was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a merchant seaman. Steele worked in various jobs, including a brief period as a merchant seaman. Similar ratings within the Coast Guard are those of seaman and fireman. His father planned to make a seaman of his son. Interested, he arrives at the mansion of Howard Howe, a retired seaman in a wheelchair. He was a magnificent practical seaman, who understood navigation better than all his pilots. Two landsmen were considered by captains to be the equivalent of one able seaman.