[silverleaf]

have any remains in the mass graves on the beach ever been discovered? Are there any memorials?

[Pharmboy]

As they were building the Brooklyn Navy Yard, bones of these men kept coming to the surface. There are more undoubtedly still there. There is a fine memorial in Ft Greene Park in Brooklyn.

[ntnychik]

Here’s a link to the U.S Merchant Marine site. Scroll down for excellent links, including the Prison Ship Martyr’s Monument, a listing of 8000 American dead, and an article on the HMS Jersey.

http://www.usmm.org/revolution.html