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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PERSONALITIES ABOARD THE MARINE SERPENT - 1945
Captain John Jenssen - Ship's Master
Captain Jenssen was born in Noank, Connecticut on 30 September 1902. As of 1945, he continued to claim that town as his home where his wife and three children resided.
He went to sea during World War I as an ordinary seaman, was commissioned "Third Officer" in 1924, and achieved the rank of "Master" in 1935. He subsequently served with the United Fruit Line on all sorts of vessels.
In World War II, he hauled troops, refugees, and Axis prisoners in the Mediterranean Sea. His vessel was one of three to successfully run the gauntlet of German sea and air raiders on the Murmansk Sea. He was also a veteran of the African and Sicilian invasions, and the bloody Anzio beachhead. He served 27 years on the high seas with practically his entire service in the Atlantic Ocean.
Said the Skipper, "this ship is doing the job for which she was built and a little more. We are carrying about 500 more troops than she was built to carry." Recalling his experiences in World War II, he said, "The most important thing of every trip was that we always got	back."
Commander Thomas Dunlop - Chief Engineer
Commander Dunlop, as Chief Engineer, was the man in charge of "horsepower" for the MARINE SERPENT. He was born in Scotland in 1892, went to sea, and came to America at 15 years of age. He became Chief Engineer eleven years	later,	and	soon
thereafter was married. He performed the duty of transporting troops during World War I.
In World War II, his ship was in one of the first convoys in the Mediterranean Sea at the time when the Italians were our enemies. He was on a ship off the Anzio beachhead, undergoing assault from landbased artillery, axis planes, and speedy Nazi E-boats. It was there that his vessel sustained 96 attacks.
This trip on the MARINE SERPENT was his	first	across	the
Pacific although he did serve on the Seattle to the Aleutians run at one time. When asked about his action memories, he replied, "The Anzio beachhead was the hottest time I ever saw, and Captain Jenssen will bear me out on that. He was on another ship nearby at that time." He remarked, "As far as the engineering section is concerned, this ship has fulfilled all promises."