41. The increasing use of flags of convenience cut deeply into the number of American merchant seamen . 42. He served as an infantryman with the Royal Welch Fusiliers and later became a merchant seaman . 43. Unable to find work in Ireland before World War I, he becomes a British merchant seaman . 44. When he earned his law degree in 1933, he had already worked as a merchant seaman . 45. The WHO determined that the Agreement had been successful at improving the health of merchant seamen . 46. They found that Lawrence's name did not appear in the Coast Guard's database of merchant seamen . 47. She herself was crewed by a mix of merchant seamen and local service Royal Naval ratings. 48. Cheetham was temporarily living at the Berenson home while studying for his certification as a merchant seaman . 49. Nowak was the son of a German merchant seaman who abandoned ship when George was very young. 50. So he became a merchant seamen , helping deliver coal to freezing Italians in the winter of 1945.