Midshipmen Gain New Leadership Perspectives at Yale Conference

A group of five U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) midshipmen participated the first annual Yale Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Leadership Conference in February.

USMMA Regimental Band and Color Guard March in 255th New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade

KINGS POINT, N.Y.,  Mar. 18, 2016 - The United States Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) Regimental Band, “George M. Cohan’s Own”, and Color Guard marched in New York City’s 255th St. Patrick’s Day Parade. This year, they were one of the first bands to march in the parade. They followed U.S...

USMMA Regimental Band to March in New York St.Patrick's Day Parade

KINGS POINT, N.Y., March 14, 2016 - The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Regimental Band, "George M. Cohan's Own", will march in New York City’s 255rd St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan.

The parade, which is the world’s oldest and largest St....

Operation Deep Freeze – Midshipmen Sail to Antarctica

Two U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) midshipmen experienced “a trip of a lifetime” as part of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), this year’s resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

Future Deck Officers Visit APM Container Terminal

KINGS POINT, N.Y., March 8 2016 – U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) midshipmen and plebes enrolled in two sections of the Department of Marine Transportation’s Business of Transportation Class were treated to an extensive tour of the APM Container Terminal in Port Elizabeth, New...

USMMA Eagle Scouts Visit Harriman State Park

KINGS POIT, N.Y., March 8, 2016 - The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s Kings Point Eagle Scout Association took advantage of some unseasonably warm weather during the month of February, to backpack through the trails of New York’s Harriman State Park.       ...

USMMA Alumnus Captain Mark Kelly To Reunite With Twin, Captain Scott Kelly, Following His Year In Space

KINGS POINT, N.Y., MARCH 1, 2016 – Tomorrow, Capt. Mark Kelly, United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Class of ’86 will be reunited with his twin brother, State University Maritime College (SUNY) Maritime Alumnus, Capt. Scott Kelly,...

Barge Added to USMMA Fleet

KINGS POINT, N.Y., February 29, 2016 – This month the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point added a barge to its fleet of training vessels. SWOB FP-217, once used as a Sewage Ship Waste Offload Barge (S-SWOB) was originally designed to collect sewage from Navy ships and small craft...

Great Week for USMMA Athletics

This past week was a great week for our Athletic program here at USMMA! Both the Swimming & Diving and Wrestling programs had a team member qualify for the NCAA Championships, our Men’s Lacrosse team defeated arch-rival Coast Guard, two student-athletes earned ECAC weekly praise, Swim &...

USMMA Faculty and Alumni Support U.S. Delegation to the International Maritime Organization

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Professor in the Department of Marine Transportation, Capt. George E. Edenfield ‘79, served as technical advisor on education and training issues for the U.S. delegation to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Third Session of the Sub-Committee on...