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Thomas McCaffery
Thomas F. McCaffery is a lifelong sailor, retired naval officer (Commander) and senior merchant ship officer (Chief Mate, Unlimited Tonnage; Master, 1600 Gross Tons). He graduated with Honors from ...view moreThomas F. McCaffery is a lifelong sailor, retired naval officer (Commander) and senior merchant ship officer (Chief Mate, Unlimited Tonnage; Master, 1600 Gross Tons). He graduated with Honors from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1976. His other major published work was Braving the Wartime Seas, for which he was the primary researcher and a contributing author. The book is a tribute to the students and alumni of the U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps who died during World War II. He has also published several magazine articles in the U.S. Naval Institute’s “Proceedings” and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association’s “Kings Pointer.”For over twenty years his business has been researching the history of the U.S. Navy and Merchant Marine from the 1930s to the 1970s. As a merchant marine officer, he sailed aboard nearly every type of ship that flew an American Flag, as a licensed deck officer, up to and including Chief Mate. In 1981 he, along with other crew members of the T/T Williamsburg, was awarded the Maritime Administration’s Gallant Ship Unit Citation for his participation in the rescue of the survivors of the M/S Prinsendam. This was the largest and most successful maritime rescue in history.He was later employed as one of the U.S. Navy's leading strategic mobility and sealift analysts before, during and after Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Other academic credentials include graduation from the College of Naval Command and Staff of the U.S. Naval War College and Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He is one of only a handful of the the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy’s alumni to have been honored with the Alumni Distinguished Service Award, twice.Tom, and his wife Celia A. Booth (Captain, USN, ret.) live in Ponte Vedra, Florida. His son, James, will soon graduate from the Virginia Military Institute while his daughter, Grace, is in her third year at the U.S. Naval Academy.view less
Books by Thomas McCaffery
The Midshipmen’s Story USS Lakatoi’s Desperate WW II Mission to Relieve Guadalcanal