Frank Braynard

Frank O. Braynard (August 21, 1916 – December 10, 2007) was a prominent American author and maritime historian.

Born Francis Osborn Braynard in Glen Cove, New York, he was educated at Duke University (receiving a degree in history in 1939) and later took a master's in maritime history at Columbia University.

Along with Nils Hansell, Braynard launched the world's first Operation Sail, an extravanganza in which tall ships and naval vessels filled New York harbor, in 1964. He was chief organizer for OpSail 76, marking the bicentennial of the United States of America.

Braynard was also one of the creators of South Street Seaport, a complex of shops and urban amenities built in several blocks of old waterfront buildings on the East River in New York City.

He died on December 10, 2007, at the age of 91 at his long-time residence on Dubois Avenue in Sea Cliff, New York

Author

Frank is the author of 34 books including the six-volume encyclopedic work on the ocean liner, SS Leviathan

• "Lives of the Liners", 1947.
• "Fifty Years on N.Y. Ship", 1949.
• "Famous American Ships"1956
• "The Story of Ships", 1962
• "S.S. Savannah", The Elegant Steamship, 1963
• "By Their Works Ye Shall Know Them", 1968
• "Leviathan, Vol I", 1972
• "Marine Collection of India House", 1973
• "Leviathan, Vol II"1974
• "Leviathan, Vol III", 1976
• "Leviathan, Vol IV, "1978
• "Great Liners", 1978 (co-author)
• "Famous American Ships", 1978 (revised edition)
• "Sail, Steam & Splendor", 1978 (co-author)
• "Romance of the Sea", 1980 (co-author)
• "Leviathan, Vol V"1981
• "Big Ship", 1981
• "Il Nastro Zaaurro", 1981 - in Italian
• "Famous Fifty Liners, Volume I" 1982, with Bill Miller
• "Leviathan, Vol VI", 1983
• "Famous Fifty Liners, Volume II", 1985, with Bill Miller
• "Picture History of the Normandie", 1987
• "Fifty Famous Liners, Vol III"1987, with Bill Miller
• "SS Savannah",1988,Revised Edition
• "Story of Titanic in Postcards", 1988
• "Salute to The Crown", 1988
• "Classic Ocean Liners, Vol I", 1990
• "Picture History of the Cunard Line", 1990, with Bill Miller
• "U.S. Steamships", 1991"
• "The Tall Ships of Today in Photographs", 1993, Dover Publications 0-486-27163-3
• "Classic Ocean Liners, Vol II", 1994

Artist

Sketchbooks include

• "Ship Sketchbook", 1962 includes 12 sketches
• Tugman's Sketchbook", 1965
• "From Fire Island to Venice", 1966
• "One Square Mile: A Sea Cliff Sketchbook, 1967
• "1976 Operation Sale Portfolio"
• "Search for the Tall Ships"
• "American Troopships Past and Present"
• United States Passenger Ships Over the Years"
• "A Sketcher's Paradise"
• "Saltaire Sketches"
• "From Sea Cliff" to Barcelona: A Lifetime in Sketches", 1995, 1-879-180-11

Maritime Historian

• "Assistant Marine Editor, New York Herald Tribune"
• " Curator, American Merchant Marine Museum at the United States Merchant Marine Academy located in Kings Point, NY
• "Co-founder South Street Seaport and were also involved in organizing Operation Sail run in New York in 1976 and 1986.

External links

• The Frank O. Braynard Commemorative Sail Around Long Island
• Howard Slotnick, Frank Braynard, and Peter Stanford
• Letter from Walter Cronkite supporting the Frank O. Braynard Commemorative Sail Around Long Island
• Frank Osborn (not Osmond) Braynard obituary - December 14, 2007, New York Times
• co-founder The Earth Society Foundation