World War II required the academy to forgo its normal operation and to devote all of its resources toward meeting the emergency need for Merchant Marine officers. Roosevelt, who noted 'the Academy serves the Merchant Marine as West Point serves the Army and Annapolis the Navy.' The academy was dedicated on 30 September 1943, by President Franklin D. Construction of the academy began immediately, and 15 months later the task was virtually completed. The Kings Point campus was originally Walter Chrysler's twelve-acre waterfront estate, named 'Forker House' (now known as the USMMA's Wiley Hall). The first training was given at temporary facilities until the academy's permanent site in Kings Point, New York was acquired in early 1942. In that year, the USTS Nantucket (ex-USS Ranger) was transferred from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy to Kings Point and renamed the USTS Emory Rice. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps was established.

Ĭongress passed the landmark Merchant Marine Act in 1936, and two years later, the U.S. Fort Schuyler would later be used as the grounds for SUNY (State University of New York) Maritime.

government planned to establish a large-scale Merchant Marine Academy at Fort Schuyler, New York nothing came of these plans. Originally – and in cooperation with the State of New York, which donated the land – the U.S. Congress that direct federal involvement in efficient and standardized training was needed. A disastrous fire in 1934 aboard the passenger ship SS Morro Castle, in which 134 people died, convinced the U.S. Midshipmen are trained in different fields such as marine engineering, navigation, ship's administration, maritime law, personnel management, international law, customs, and many other subjects important to the task of running a large ship.īetween 18, diverse federal legislation supported maritime training through school ships, internships at sea, and other methods. It trains its midshipmen (as students at the academy are called) to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine, branches of the United States Armed Forces and the transportation industry. The United States Merchant Marine Academy ( USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. MAISA CC MetNy Rugby Football UnionĪerial view of United States Merchant Marine Academy

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