Andrew Furuseth - Memorials

Memorials

• The Sailors' Union of the Pacific established Andrew Furuseth School of Seamanship.
• There is a monument to Furuseth in Romedal, Norway
• There is a monument to Furuseth outside the entrance to the Sailors' Union of the Pacific Hall in San Francisco, California. Inscribed on it is the "Furuseth Credo": "You can put me in jail. But you cannot give me narrower quarters than as a seaman I have always had. You cannot give me coarser food than I have always eaten. You cannot make me lonelier than I have always been." The monument was originally placed at the Ferry building during the mayoralty of Angelo Rossi, it was later moved.
• The Andrew Furseth Memorial Bust is at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
• The liberty ship SS Andrew Furuseth was named after Furuseth. A crewman aboard this ship told the story that would eventually become the Philadelphia Experiment.