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United States Merchant Marine Academy. / 40.81222°N 73.76361°W / 40.81222; -73.76361. The United States Merchant Marine Academy ( USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen (as students at the academy are called) to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine ...
There are five U.S. service academies: The United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York, founded in 1802. The United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland, founded in 1845. The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) in New London, Connecticut, founded in 1876.
Merchant Marine Mariners. The United States Merchant Marine Academy 's intercollegiate sports teams are called the Mariners and they compete in the Division III of the NCAA, generally as once a charter member of the Landmark Conference. [1] In 2016, they returned to the Skyline Conference in all sports.
Secretaries Cup. The Secretaries Cup is an annual college football game in the northeast United States between the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. [3] Both academies compete in NCAA Division III athletics. [4] The Secretaries Cup is an intense rivalry game for both schools. [5]
Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
Kings Point Village Hall on June 17, 2021. / 40.81556°N 73.73778°W / 40.81556; -73.73778. Kings Point is a village located on the Great Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 5,005 at the 2010 census.
The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels. Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in ...
Thomas A. King. Thomas A. King (1921 – April 5, 2012), Rear Admiral (United States), was the first graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York (1942) to become its Superintendent [1] He was the 6th Superintendent of the USMMA, serving in that capacity from 1980-1987. [2]