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THE ACADEMY The academic course was shortened to eighteen months and the Nantucket was retired to spend the rest of her days at the United States Maritime Academy at Kings ' Point, New York. To accommodate the influx of new men into the school, the Academy came ashore and was settled into buildings at Hyannis on Cape Cod, in July, 1942. The training cruises were made in Maritime Commission ships, running short hauls along the coast. Throughout the war, Massachusetts produc- ed a goodly number of well-trained, well- equipped men for the U. S. Navy and Mer- chant Service, whose records proved Mass- achusetts ' graduates far and away the best among the other Maritime schools. With the war won, Massachusetts expan- ed and lengthened the academy curriculum to a three year course, awarding a Bachelor of Science degree in Navigation and in Engi- neering to graduates. In addition, each grad- uate received a Naval Reserve commission and his Coast Guard license. The new school ship, the Charleston, PG-51, was the Academy ' s first since the Nantucket was retired in 1941. The mid- shipmen first boarded her in San Francisco in 1948. They sailed her proudly home through the Panama Canal, up the Atlantic seaboard, and to her new berth at the State Pier in Buzzards Bay. Plans for expanding the Academy ' s physi- cal plant were formulated and they went ahead at first in grand style, but then were stalled in a myriad of State and Federal red tape. Finally, in 1955, the State appropriated money to begin the construction of adequate facilities. So with this, the first concrete action after many hopes and promises, the Class of 1956 leaves the school with the pros- pect of returning in a few years to a larger and better Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
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HISTORY OF Sixty-five years ago the Commonwealth of Massachusetts established the charter for this school, to train young men in the skills and traditions of her seafaring forefathers. Even before the birth of this nation, in the days of the colonial empires of France, Spain, and England, Massachusetts was setting an enviable record for her future men of the sea to follow. Her ships and sailors sought out every corner of the globe, bringing home all the laurels that they possibly could obtain. In the China trade, her Clippers were first, her Whalers, from New Bedford and Nan- tucket, roamed far and wide over the vast Pacific, and her merchantmen plied their trade to every port that was open to them. In order to maintain her supremacy in a world of ever increasing competition, the Massachusetts Nautical School was founded in 1891 to provide a training center for a highly skilled class of Merchant Marine Offi- cers. The School as a two year preparatory course for merchant seamen began function- ing in 1893 aboard the bark Enterprise, which served as the training ship until 1909. In 1909, the Ranger, a barkentine, was acquired from the Navy and renamed the Nantucket. Through three decades the Nancy served faithfully and well, carrying the cadets to every corner of the globe and producing a caliber of seaman that makes the men of Massachusetts proud of their school. During the depression and through many futile attempts to close the Academy, the Nantucket cruised the oceans of the world with her cadets. As the nation plunged head- long into war once more, the Navy in desper- ate need of trained officers, turned to the Academy for help.
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