USMMA Athletics Roundup
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Black History Month at the American Merchant Marine Museum
In the spirit of celebrating Black History Month, the American Merchant Marine Museum is playing the film Salty Dog Blues: Merchant Marines of Color Fighting for Their Rightful Share, on a continuous loop in the media room. The documentary is a frank look at the struggle for non-white...
Big Weekend for USMMA Swimming, Diving, Wresting and Basketball
KINGS POINT, N.Y., Feb. 16, 2016 – This past weekend was a very busy and successful one for a number of our U.S. Merchant Marine Academy athletic teams!
The Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Teams competed in the Landmark Championship Meet, and at the end of the three-day event the...
Midshipmen Brighten the Way for Historic Lightship
KINGS POINT, N.Y., February 12, 2016 – Twelve midshipmen from Professor Brian Ackerman’s (KP ’90) Engineering Class, began the initial phase of a long-term overhaul of the main engine of the National Historic Landmark vessel, USLV-87/WAL-512 AKA the Lightship AMBROSE at New York City’s...
Midshipmen Observe the Beginning of Lent
KINGS POINT, N.Y., February 10, 2016 -Today midshipmen, faculty, and staff came together for an Ash Wednesday Mass which was celebrated in the Mariners' Memorial Chapel. Ashes were distributed in observance of the beginning of Lent, a forty day period in which Christians prepare for Easter.