Massachusetts Maritime Academy
F3. Seafaring Life, Education, Professions and InstitutionsDefinition
US state maritime academy at Buzzards Bay.
A public maritime college at Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, founded in 1891 as the Massachusetts Nautical Training School, the oldest continuously operating maritime academy in the United States. It awards bachelor’s degrees and prepares deck and engineering cadets for US Coast Guard licenses to STCW 1978 (as amended Manila 2010) standard, training aboard the schoolship Kennedy. It is one of six federally supported US state maritime academies under the Maritime Administration.
Source: Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay MA, founded 1891 as the Massachusetts Nautical Training School.