Anyone on the ship written about in True magazine account Around the world the hard Way?

Question

My daddy was named Griffin. The boys on the Merchant ships in the U.S.Merchant Marine in World War II named him roy
because of the way he sang an old roy acuff song

He and several shipmates went on a 17 month round the world journey in World War II.

The captain wrote the story up in installments in True magazine.

He called the story "Around The World The Hard Way."

Anyone who knew daddy or was on that trip please
contact me.

i don't remember the captain's name or the shi['s name.

daddy's home port was new orleans.

Answer 1

Google the name of the story, also see if you can find your father's documents and then contact the Coast Guard with the numbers and they should be able to tell you the ships he served on.

Answer 2

there should be some info from your father's naval records that show the ship he was on and who the captain was