Massachusetts Maritime Academy

MMA training ship Patriot State set for first Sea Term voyage

Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) training ship, TS Patriot State, is set to make its first extended voyage. The ship, which arrived on campus on October 10, 2024, is set to embark on its inaugural Sea Term, departing on Saturday, January 11, and visiting ports that include San Juan, Puerto Rico; Charleston, South Carolina; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and Tampa, Florida. The ship is anticipated to return at the end of February.

VIDEO: Mass...

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Mass Maritime honors Liz Burdock as its Maritime Person of the Year

Massachusetts Maritime Academy honored Liz Burdock, president and CEO of Oceantic Network, with the Emery Rice Medal as the 2024 Maritime Person of the Year at a recent event held on the academy’s campus.The academy has an established tradition of honoring a civilian or military leader with a distinguished career of excellence, innovation, and service to the maritime industries and other related industries with the Emery Rice Medal, named for an 1897 academy graduate and WWI hero who was twice...

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VIDEO: Mass Maritime takes custody of TS Patriot State

Within days of its delivery to MARAD by Philly Shipyard, the TS Patriot State, the second of five new purpose-built, state-of-the-art NSMV training vessels for America’s state maritime academies arrived at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA), which formally accepted custody of the ship at a special ceremony held October 11, during which Rear Admiral Ann Phillips, MARAD Administrator, officially signed the vessel over to the academy and to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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TOTE Services and Philly Shipyard christen second NSMV Patriot State

TOTE Services LLC and Philly Shipyard yesterday christened the second of five National Security Multi-Mission vessels (NSMVs), Patriot State, with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and other key officials on hand to celebrate the milestone.

Following the christening ceremony, the Patriot State will be delivered to Massachusetts Maritime Academy in the coming weeks.

Marking a new approach to vessel construction in the United States, these next...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/tote-services-and-philly-shipyard-christen-second-nsmv-patriot-state/

Funding for Cal Maritime NSMV training ship secured

In good news for the California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) and Philly Shipyard, the $1.5 billion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Biden yesterday includes funding for the fifth National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV).

The vessels are being built to replace the aging fleet of training ships at state maritime academies and this fifth vessel will go to Cal Maritime.

The current training ships and the new NSMVs are owned by the federal government and part...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/funding-for-cal-maritime-nsmv-training-ship-secured/

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