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USMMA Remembers and Honors El Faro Crew

By Veronica Cassidy Barry  

KINGS POINT, N.Y., October 9, 2015 – Today during morning colors, the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) hosted a ceremony to remember and honor the officers and crew who were lost aboard the El Faro, which sank last week in the Atlantic Ocean....

Superintendent’s Statement Regarding El Faro

Midshipmen, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and friends of the Academy,

As the U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for survivors of the U.S. container ship, El Faro, last night, we received confirmation that one of our own, Steven Wink Shultz, Kings Point class of 1984, was a member of...

USMMA Mourns The Passing Of Former Athletic Director Sue Petersen Lubow

KINGS POINT, N.Y. (Oct. 5, 2015) – On Monday, the United States Merchant Marine Academy learned that a beloved and much admired, long-time member of our USMMA family, former Athletic Director Susan "Sue" Petersen Lubow, has passed away.

“Today is a very sad day for our Academy,” said...

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