Last of the Boom Ships

Jim Whalen has contributed to Last of the Boom Ships: Oral Histories of the U.S. Merchant Marine 1927-2000 as an author.Whalen grew up in the Bronx NY and graduated from the State University of New York Maritime College there. After sailing as a Third Mate aboard merchant ships he spent 32 years as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retired in a suburb of Washington D.C. he spends his time with his four grandchildren and consulting writing and enjoying the ocean at his summer house in Bethany Beach Delaware.