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PRESENT Our main objective at Massachusetts Maritime Academy is, quite simply, to provide a competent work force for the United States Merchant Marine. The position of licensed officer in the merchant fleet is a demanding profession requiring both a degree of military training and a knowledge of operational engineering and deck operations. The job is challenging and exciting, as we, along with other federal maritime academies fulfill this objective. Indeed we are a specialized school. What we produce through four years of study is a corps of merchant marine officers. Because we offer only two majors (Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation), the selection is limited. Our course of study, however does not limit our graduates to the specialized field of the United States merchant marine. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a military school and each cadet receives some degree of military training. This in itself when combined with extensive engineering training is a very marketable tool with which job applicants are able to pursue challenging and lucrative careers. Despite our specialization, numerous opportunities are available to Massachusetts Maritime graduates in non-maritime related fields. With the present condition of the American merchant fleet, traditional employment with an American flag vessel engaged in genuine deep ocean transportation is limited to a fraction of each graduating class at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. It is certainly no secret that the American merchant fleet does not enjoy the size or the strength she had at the conclusion of World War II. What has taken place since the post world war boom of the 1 950s is the slow decline of the American merchant marine. The present competition in the business of international shipping during peace time is to ugh. Real tough. The high cost of labor and materials in this capital intensive industry has made the United States non-competitive in the fields of shipping and ship building. Today small, developing countries with greatly reduced labor and material costs capture a large portion of the shipping and ship building business. Also the large shipping fleets of today such as the U. S. S. R. and Liberia are a direct product of the economic policies and investments of their own governments. Many like to believe that the business of international shipping is strictly a capitalistic venture where the cheapest ship carries the goods and the cheapest yard builds the ships. Many feel that a national merchant fleet today is only possible through state fostered growth with extensive subsidization or outright ownership by the government. Throughout the history of the United States, the growth of the American merchant marine has been sporadic. Periods of growth of the American merchant marine, stimulated by Congressional action via subsidization and direct aid, have occurred during periods of crisis to provide logistic support during wartime. During peacetime, however, the roll of the state fostered merchant marine has been ambiguous. Does the United States want to be a shipping nation? Will we as a nation be more secure by allowing the continued erosion of the American merchant ship- ping fleet by more cost competitive merchant fleets? Who is to say what is right? What ex- actly is the appropriate attitude of Con- gress? Massachusetts Maritime Academy is an excellent school for both discipline and a no-nonsense education. With few employment opportunities within the merchant fleet, the present trend toward more graduates pursuing alternative career opportunities. The sound basic education provided by MMA has prepared us well for today ' s changing world.
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PATRIOT STATE In mid-September, the Training Ship PATRIOT STATE was brought from Bender Ship Yard in Mobile, Alabama to her home berth in Buzzards Bay. A crew of sixty consisting of a handful of officers, approximately five deck cadets, and twenty-five engine cadets volunteered their services to ensure that the renovated training ship was delivered safely to Buzzards Bay. The crew spent the better part of two weeks working with the shipyard during the training ship ' s extensive conversion. The vessel was first overhauled in San Francisco but the actual conversion from a passenger cargo ship to a training ship was performed during its eight month stay at Bender shipyard. One of the more significant changes was the conversion of a container hold into cadet berthing. Other major additions included a new sewage treatment plant (to this day, its operation is in question), two new lifeboat stations, a new mess deck and galley, and a new classroom area. The cost of renovation was substantial. Federal funding from the Maritime Administration provided the capital for Tuning inte LT. HRNSEN W I 30
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