Philly Shipyard delivers Patriot State

Philly Shipyard Inc. yesterday delivered the Patriot State, the second of five new purpose-built, state-of-the-art training vessels for America’s state maritime academies.

The vessels are being built under MARAD’s National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMVs) program and are designed to provide world-class training for America’s future mariners and to support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions in times of need.

This second vessel, Patriot State, is being delivered to MARAD and...

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House appropriations package includes $389 million for Texas A&M Maritime Academy NSMV

A $1.3 trillion appropriations package passed by the House on July 31 includes $389 million for MARAD for school ship construction. According to Texas A&M University, the funding was included by the Texas delegation in the House to provide a new training ship for Texas A&M Maritime Academy.

Chancellor John Sharp of the Texas A&M University System said he wanted to personally thank the Texas delegation in the House, particularly: Reps. Randy Weber, Will Hurd, Henry Cuellar, Kay Granger and Bill...

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