American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial

The American Merchant Mariners Memorial is located of the shore of Battery park. This work of art is powerful and captures the attention of all who walk by it.  on the plaque with the description of the memorial it states “This memorial serves as a marker for America’s merchant mariners resting in the unmarked ocean depths,” during World War II many mariners lost their lives during raids and attacks, mariners would sometimes burn to death, be blown apart and froze to death in the icy waters  and these statutes show how as a boat sunk one mariner fell off and was reaching for help and during low tides you can see the body of the mariner with a petrified face and his body stretched out trying hard to reach the arm. Their sacrifice and hard work will never be forgotten.