Massachusetts Maritime Academy - Muster Yearbook (Buzzards Bay, MA)

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Courtesy of THE RUDDER OVER A HALF CENTURY OF SERVICE . . . Since the colonization of our coun- try, in 1620, Massachusetts has always been a state which depended on the sea; therefore, it is only natural that it be the one of the first to initiate a school dedicated to the maritime field. In 1891, the Massachusetts Nautical School, now Massachusetts Maritime Academy, was founded with the USS ENTERPRISE as a training vessel. The cadets traveled the seven seas, acquiring the knowledge necessary to become a trained officer in the Mer- chant Marine. After sixteen productive years the USS ENTERPRISE was replaced by the barkentine RANGER which was later renamed the USS NANTUCKET, or as more commonly called by her numerous graduates, the Nancy . The NANTUCKET served the school well through long years, and the cadets enrolled spread seeds of friendship and good will in all the ports in which they anchored. 6

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CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION Pages 8-19 SENIORS Pages 20-117 HISTORY Pages 118-145 ACTIVITIES Pages 146-153 5

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With the imminence of war, the facilities were greatly increased by the acquiring of the shore base at Hyannis in 1941. Throughout these trying years the importance of the school was realized as the graduates proved their capabilities in the US Navy and the Merchant Marine. In 1948 the Midshipmen of Massa- chusetts Maritime Academy traveled to San Francisco and boarded our present training ship, the gunboat CHARLESTON which we acquired from the Maritime Commission. Re- turning to Cape Cod, it was found that the CHARLESTON could most easily be moored at the State Pier in Buzzards Bay. After altering the building on State Pier into classrooms the Academy was relocated there, with plans under consideration for the further develop- ment of dormitory, laboratories, and office facilities.