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KINGS POINT, N.Y., April 25, 2017 – On Friday, April 13, 2018, Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, Commander United States Southern Command visited the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., April 18, 2018 - Last Saturday, 65 Fourth Class Midshipmen joined by the Acta Non Verba Club of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point led the First Annual Tom & Alice Fucigna Memorial Douglas Manor Shoreline Cleanup at Little Neck Beach and Bay in Queens, New York.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., (April 16, 2018) – The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) baseball team got back in the win column on Sunday with a doubleheader sweep over Skyline opponent, Yeshiva, at Overpeck Park in New Jersey. The Mariners took the opener by the final of 22-0 in a mercy-shortened seven innings, before winning the second game, 20-4, to improve their record to 23-7 (10-4 Skyline), while the Maccabees fall to 3-14 (0-12 Skyline).
Operating Status
THE US MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY WILL HAVE A TWO HOUR DELAYED OPENING 22 MAR 2018 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.
TELEWORK EMPLOYEES SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS TO DISCUSS IF TELEWORKING TODAY IS APPROPRIATE AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF BOTH PARTIES.
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KINGS POINT, N.Y., March 15, 2018 - The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Regimental Band, "George M. Cohan's Own", will march in New York City’s 257th St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan.
KINGS POINT, N.Y., February 16, 2018 -On Thursday, February 8th the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) hosted a ceremony to celebrate the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between USMMA and the Korean Maritime and Ocean University (KMOU). The new agreement, which will be in place until 2022, was signed by Rear Admiral James A. Helis, USMMA Superintendent, Dr. Han-Il Park, President of KMOU and their Dean, Dr. Yun-Cheol Lee.
PURCHASE, N.Y., January 27, 2018 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) women's swimming & diving team has earned its second-straight Skyline Conference Championship! The Mariners won the conference meet with a score of 587, ahead of second-place Mount St. Mary (343 points) and the rest of the eight-team field.
PURCHASE, N.Y., January 27, 2018 – The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) men's swim & dive team has won its conference championship meet every year dating back to 1999 and made it 20-straight (17 under head coach Sean Tedesco) with a victory in the 2018 Skyline Championship Meet this weekend. The Mariners tallied 937 points over the two-day event, a good 600-plus points over second place SUNY Maritime (261).
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (Academy) will continue to operate in support of national defense and national security. It is the stated statutory policy of the United States that it is necessary for the national defense that the United States have a merchant marine capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary, in time of war or national emergency, operated by citizens of the United States.