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This is a list of State maritime academies in the United States, as defined according to the statutory Merchant Marine Acts (namely Public Law 109-304 (§51506)).The statute states that, as a matter of national policy, "merchant marine vessels of the United States should be operated by highly trained and efficient citizens of the United States and that the United States Navy and the merchant ...
Warsash Maritime School, formerly Warsash Maritime Centre and Warsash Maritime Academy, is a maritime training college that is part of Solent University. [3] The college provides education, training, consultancy and research to the international shipping and off-shore oil industries.
École nationale supérieure maritime (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nasjɔnal sypeʁjœʁ maʁitim]; abbr. ENSM) is the French National Maritime Academy, which trains merchant navy officers. It issues engineering degrees to Navigation Engineers who obtain the Merchant Navy Graduate Diploma (DESMM) and to students who follow courses in maritime ...
The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...
The Military Academy, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy all require an applicant to submit an online file and proceed through pre-candidate qualification before an application is provided. The Merchant Marine Academy requires an applicant to submit part 1 of the 3 part application prior to receiving a nomination.
African Maritime Academy [17] Ikeja: Merchant Navy Maritime Academy: Lagos: Certified Institute of Shipping of Nigeria: Main campus [17] Crown Maritime Academy: Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology [16] [17] Okerenkoko: Nigeria Maritime University [18] Oron: Maritime Academy of Nigeria [16] [17] Ota: Stars Maritime Academy [17 ...
New York State Nautical School/New York State Merchant Marine Academy 4. Empire State I [3] Procyon, American Pilot, Bay State II: Hog Islander Cargo Ship 1921 1930-1941; 1943-1946 (as American Pilot) New York State Merchant Marine Academy/New York State Maritime Academy 5. Keystone State [4] Seneca: Cutter 1908 1942 (for half the cruise)
Construction of the academy began immediately, and 15 months later the task was virtually completed. The academy was dedicated on 30 September 1943, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who noted "the Academy serves the Merchant Marine as West Point serves the Army and Annapolis the Navy." [citation needed]