The information on registered seafarers is not in all cases complete. As new sources are studied, information on engagements and medals etc. will be added to some of the already registered seafarers.
Steinar Eidshaug
- Date of birth
- August 30, 1922
- Date of death
- July 21, 2001
- Nick name
- «Whitey»
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Eidshaug i Nærøy
- County
- Nord-TrøndelagUtlandet
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Privat arkiv:
Reiste til sjøs i 1938 som 16-åring. Ute under hele krigen. Amerikansk militær-dokumentasjon viser at han tjente i amerikansk handelsflåte fra 21. august 1942 til 15. august 1945. Påmønstret "FLORIDA" 23. juli 1942 i Cristobal. Skip ikke identifisert. Var også påmønstret TEXARKANA VICTORY, JOSEPH HOOKER, SIMON NEWCOLM, GEORGE BANCROFT og JOHN W. BROWN.
Eidshaug mottok i ettertid dekorasjoner fra flere land. I 1993 tildelt to medaljer fra Russland for deltakelse i Nordsjø-konvoier.
Bodde etter krigens slutt i USA. Fikk amerikansk statsborgerskap 17. mai 1949.
Participated in the following historical events 1939-1945
- Norske sjøfolk på utenlandske handelsskip i de arktiske konvoiene (1941-1945)*Enlisted D/S James Smith as carpenter
Sources
Ellis Island, mannskapsliste D/S James Smith, 27.01.1944, statueofliberty.org
Ellis Island, mannskapsliste D/S Mexican, 05.07.1943, statueofliberty.org
Henriksen, Kjetil., Fortellinger om motstand: Nordmenn i krig 1939 til 1945, u.s., u.u., 2019
Privat arkiv gitt til ARKIVET freds- og menneskerettighetssenter
Engagements (9)
- Ships
- M/T Sysla
- Nationality
- Norway
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 1940
- Ships
- D/S John Dickinson
- Nationality
- USA
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Marseille, Privence-Alpes-Còte d`Azur, Frankrike
Date: 12/21/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- D/S Robert E. Peary
- Nationality
- USA
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 7/7/1945 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- D/S James Smith
- Nationality
- USA
- Rank
- Carpenter
- Signed on
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 10/17/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 1/27/1944
- Ships
- D/S Mexican
- Nationality
- USA
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: London, England
Date: 9/24/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- D/S Mexican
- Nationality
- USA
- Rank
- Able seaman
- Signed on
- Harbour: San Francisco, California, USA
Date: 5/21/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: New York, NY, USA
Date: 8/24/1943
- Ships
- T/S President Monroe
- Nationality
- USA
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Brisbane
Date: 5/17/1943 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
- Ships
- D/S James Smith
- Nationality
- USA
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: San Francisco, California, USA
Date: 10/1/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Torpedert
Date: 3/9/1943
- Ships
- D/S Portland
- Nationality
- Panama
- Rank
- Unkown
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: 4/30/1942 - Signed off
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: Unkown
Voyages
Places of Service (0)
Medals (8)
Going through new source material in order to document the war sailors and their history is an ongoing and extensive effort, and there exist no complete register over decorations awarded. Infomation about medals will therefore be registered gradually and be based on different source materials. The war sailors were awarded medals both during and after the war. Do you want to read more about decorations, then please study this page: Decorations
Images (9)
Documents (15)
- Avisartikkel om Steinar Eidshaug
- 40th Anniversary Medal from Russia Presentation Ceremony
- President Truman Note
- 50th Anniversary Medal from Russia Letter
- Artic Convoy Medals Letter
- USMM Combat Bars
- Avisutklipp om Eidshaug, og tildeling av russisk medalje
- Avisutklipp om Eidshaug, og tildeling av russisk medalje, 2
- Sertifikat, livsmedlemskap i North Russia Club
- Notat som hører til fotografi av Pauline
- USCG Honorable discharge
- USMM veteran. Certificate of Service
- Plank Owner of the American Merchant Mariners Memorial
- "Krigsseiler og motstandsmann hedret i ny bok". Namdalsavisa, 15. april 2019, av Sturla Nordboe
- "Krigshelten som aldri fikk norsk heder. Overlevde sju forlis". Namdalsavisa, av Sturla Nordbøe.