Property Management & Archive Record System
Maritime Administration.
Property Management & Archive Record System.
U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Maritime Administration,
This resource, called "PMARS", is the official repository of records about vessels that are or were parts of US Maritime Administration's Naval Defense Reserve Force. As a result, it focuses on ships from World War II to the present. Only a few hundred vessels are still in NDRF, but PMARS contains information about nearly all ships (over 7000) that were included in NDRF at some point.
While the database contains "basic ship data" about each vessel, the "Custody Cards" and "Disposal Cards" are of particular interest. These are images of the printed, typed, or handwritten notes regarding disposition of each vessel.
