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  2. Massachusetts Maritime Academy - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Massachusetts Maritime Academy ( Mass Maritime, MMA) is a public university in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, focused on maritime-related fields. It was established in 1891 and is the second oldest state maritime academy in the United States. Originally established to graduate deck and engineering officers for the ...

  3. Autonomous cargo ship - Wikipedia

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    Autonomous cargo ships, also known as autonomous container ships or maritime autonomous surface ships ( MASS ), are crewless vessels that transport either containers or bulk cargo over navigable waters with little or no human interaction. Different methods and levels of autonomy can be achieved through monitoring and remote control from a ...

  4. TS Kennedy - Wikipedia

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    United States Training Ship Kennedy was laid down in 1964 as Velma Lykes, a Maritime Administration (MARAD) break bulk cargo freighter type (C4-S-66a) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA 182) at Avondale Industries, New Orleans, LA. She was delivered to Lykes Brothers Steamship Company in 1966. She was known as Velma Lykes until the ...

  5. United States Maritime Service - Wikipedia

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    The United States Maritime Service ( USMS) was established in 1938 under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 as voluntary training organization [3] to train individuals to become officers and crewmembers on merchant ships that form the United States Merchant Marine per 46 U.S.C. § 51701. [4] Heavily utilized during World War II ...

  6. Massachusetts Port Authority - Wikipedia

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    Lisa Wieland. Budget. >$800 million. Staff. 1,300. Website. massport .com. Massachusetts Port Authority ( Massport) is an American port authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It owns and operates three airports, Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field, and Worcester Regional Airport, and public terminals in the Port of Boston.

  7. National Security Multi-Mission Vessel - Wikipedia

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    100 officers, faculty, staff and crew, 600 cadets. The National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) ship designed as training vessels for maritime academies. The five vessels will also be equipped to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. [2]

  8. JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base - Wikipedia

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    JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base. /  33.162079°N 129.712354°E  / 33.162079; 129.712354. The Sasebo Naval Base ( Japanese: 佐世保基地, Hepburn: Sasebo Kichi), also simply known as the JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), which are scattered in multiple districts of ...

  9. United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy ( USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the world's most powerful navy and the largest by tonnage, at 4.5 million tons in 2021 [9] and in 2009 an estimated battle fleet tonnage that exceeded the next 13 navies combined. [10]