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.
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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
Live Coverage on NASA Television - Schedule updateKINGS 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...