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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 ...
USS Detroit (LCS-7) was the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [8] She is the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit , Michigan . [ 1 ] [ 9 ]
Brooklyn has one of the most active recreational fishing fleets in the United States. In addition to a large private fleet along Jamaica Bay, there is a substantial public fleet within Sheepshead Bay. Species caught include Black Fish, Porgy, Striped Bass, Black Sea Bass, Fluke, and Flounder. [138] [139] [140]
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Flag of the United States Maritime Service. 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]
The vessel was built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. [1] Construction began in mid-2019. [7] Her self-unloader was SS American Victory's boom that was taken off before the ship was scrapped. [8] The ship is 639 feet (195 m) long and has a 78-foot (24 m) beam, with a carrying capacity of 26,000 tons deadweight (DWT).