John Adams and the Birth of the U. S. Navy

Clay Maitland

Clay Maitland has worked in the shipping industry since graduation from law school in 1968. Clay has been employed by International Registries, Inc. for more than 40 years and is now a managing partner and an owner of the company, which administers the Marshall Islands Ship Registry - the third largest registry in the world, and which is now one of the best known yacht registries. 
Clay was born in London, England on December 28, 1942. His father was a pilot in Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force, and was lost with his plane, a B25 Mitchell bomber in March of 1943. Clay's mother was a native New Yorker, and he came with her to the United States in 1946, aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth.

Clay was educated at schools in Connecticut and received his B.A. degree from Columbia University in 1964, and his law degree from New York Law School in 1968.