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USMMA Community Remembers CAPT Baumgart

Friends, colleagues and midshipmen of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point held a memorial service yesterday, remembering and honoring CAPT Elwood Charles Baumgart, USMS, Professor in the Department of Engineering, who died on July 31. He was remembered not only as a...

USMMA Cadets Serve on Navy's first Afloat Forward Staging Base

KINGS POINT, N.Y., August 14, 2015 – Three U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Cadets are sailing on the Navy's first Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) variant of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP).

As part of their Sea Year, Deck Cadet Leighton-Joshua Flores, Engine Cadet Patricia Ormond...

Midshipmen Acknowledged for Excellence in the Classroom and at Sea

KINGS POINT, N.Y., August 14, 2015 – On Wednesday, during a lunchtime ceremony Academic Dean, Dr. Shashi N. Kumar, Deputy Superintendent, Rear Adm. Sue Dunlap, USMS, and Director of the Academic Center for Excellence, Lt. Cmdr Paul D. Acquaro, USMS, were joined by United States Merchant...

Memorial Service for Captain Elwood Baumgart

There will be a memorial service for Captain Elwood Baumgart on Monday, August 17 at 1100 in the Mariner’s Memorial Chapel. For midshipmen and USMS personnel, the uniform will be khakis; all others in appropriate civilian attire. All Kings Point community members are invited to attend.

Maureen "Mo" White Named USMMA Athletic Director

By Joe Guster

KINGS POINT, N.Y. (July 27, 2015) – The administration at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point announced on Monday that it has selected Maureen “Mo” White to lead the Department of Physical Education and Athletics (PE&A), effective today,...

DOT Secretary Kicks off USMMA Academic Year

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today joined Maritime Administrator, Paul N. Jaenichen, Superintendent, Rear Admiral James A. Helis, and Academic Dean, Shashi N. Kumar, PhD, at the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) annual Academic Convocation to celebrate the beginning...

USMMA Plebe Candidates Take Honor Oath

In their last week of Indoctrination, the Class of 2019 was introduced to the USMMA Honor System, one of the Academy’s most significant traditions and a core component of leadership and service.

Applications for the Class of 2030 open on 1 May 2025