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The United States Maritime Service (USMS) was established in 1938 under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 as voluntary training organization [3] to train individuals to become officers and crewmembers on merchant ships that form the United States Merchant Marine per 46 U.S.C. § 51701. [4]
USTS Patriot State, IMO number 5422409, formerly Santa Mercedes, was a training vessel of the United States Maritime Service. Originally build as a cargo/passenger liner for the Grace Line , it was later converted to a training vessel for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy .
She remained the flagship and training ship of the United States Merchant Marine Academy until January 2012. The ship was then transferred to Texas A&M University at Galveston and renamed the "TS General Rudder " (after General James Earl Rudder ), where she remains today as the primary training vessel for cadets of the Texas A&M Maritime Academy.
The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 – Is a United States federal law or statute established to protect all maritime workers including those from shipping companies, off shore oil rigging companies, fisherman and essentially anyone employed in the maritime industry. The act laid foundation for the industry and established important rules and ...
USTS Empire State VI (T-AP-1001), callsign KKFW, IMO number 5264510, was a troop ship of the United States Navy and training vessel of the United States Maritime Service. Construction and early years [ edit ]
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the largest union of maritime workers in North America, has vocalized plans to go on strike at all of its Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports Oct. 1 ...
She was converted to a training ship in 1973 serving as the training ship for the State University of New York Maritime College until 1990 when she was replaced by USTS Empire State VI. After serving New York Maritime she was placed in the Maritime Service's National Defense Reserve Fleet at James River until 2007 when she was sold for scrap.
The United States Maritime Alliance, known as USMX, represents employers of the East and Gulf Coast longshore industry. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of ...