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The Texas Maritime Academy acquired its first training ship in 1965. Previously named the SS Excambion when sailed by American Export Lines, the vessel was renamed the Texas Clipper because of its rounded (or clipper) stern. In 1996, Texas A&M Galveston (of which Texas Maritime was now a part) retired the aging Texas Clipper.
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. In 2013, the vessel had another major overhaul, with the aft fantail's bulwark lowered, aft main deck ...
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Massachusetts Maritime Academy: 29 September 2022. [21] October 10, 2024 [22] NSMV III State of Maine V: Maine Maritime Academy: May 2023 [23] expected 2025 [24] NSMV IV Lone Star State: Texas A&M University at Galveston: December 2023. [25] expected 2025 [24] NSMV V Golden State II: California State University Maritime Academy: February 2024 ...
Outside the main campus, the institution formally includes three branch campuses: Texas A&M University at Galveston is dedicated to marine research and hosts the Texas A&M Maritime Academy; Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen is dedicated to engineering, biomedical science, public health, and food systems industry management ...
Training Vessel Texas A&M University at Galveston: Status: Ready Reserve Fleet, Training Vessel: General characteristics; Type: Training Ship/Troopship: Displacement: 18,549 long tons (18,847 t) Length: 540 ft (160 m) Beam: 76 ft (23 m) Height: 119 ft 0 in (36.27 m) from keel to radar mast: Draft: 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) Depth: 42 ft 6 in (12.95 m ...
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Fort Crockett is a government reservation on Galveston Island overlooking the Gulf of Mexico originally built as a defense installation to protect the city and harbor of Galveston and to secure the entrance to Galveston Bay, thus protecting the commercial and industrial ports of Galveston and Houston and the extensive oil refineries in the bay area.