United States Merchant Marine Academy - Midships Yearbook (Kings Point, NY)

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Cadet Corps Established-1938 i ! ! e ■ R X After the passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which provided for the construction of 500 vessels over a period of ten years, it became evident that a Federal system for training officers for the new vessels was necessary. On March 15, 1938, Congress passed a law providing for the establishment of the Cadet Corps. IlgiTMtllf r A formal Saturday morning review at the Algiers School in 1941 8 The first of the Cadet Training Programs was a four year course of study in which the first, second, and fourth years were to be spent at sea, while the third year was to be spent at one of the Cadet Schools. These Schools were located at the Algiers Navy Yard in New Orleans, the Naval Air Station on Treasure Island, Cali- fornia, and at the New York State Maritime School at Fort Schuyler. Men who entered the Cadet Corps spent eight weeks in basic training | at these schools before being assigned to their first ships. In order to check the progress of Cadets at sea, Officer-Inspectors at the Cadet Schools visited their ships whenever they arrived in United States ports. Because of the outbreak of the war in Europe, Naval facilities being used by the Cadet Corps had to be returned to the Navy, and the Cali- fornia Cadet School was faced with the loss of its facilities. The upsurge of demand for neutral American ships, caused by the war, led to an expansion of the Cadet Corps. As more men entered the program, the accommodations at Fort Schuyler and at the Algiers School became increasingly inadequate.

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The Fight for a Federal Academy sonnel for Subsidized Lines RS for the . „ R AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE , , .--a...ht of the American ------- arine Naval Reserve rtV.t to revive its international 1 the late 1920’s, the United States again s0 shipping executives, 1 th the passage of the Shipping Act of U- • federal Academy shipping with the passag officers suggested that a e Merchant Marine officers, an shipbuilding program. A . started in conjunction with th 1 {or the “Nautical Gazette . “ cadet— fo eht (rom a “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” She Ncxtr jjork Sitncjs. LATE CITY EDITION Disaster Strikes The burning of the CASTLE, and the collision of the MOHAWK, another passenger vessel of the same line, which san with a loss of 45 lives, rekindled —crniisr articles criticizing chant nne personnel continued as the - RO CASTLE investigation pi pressed. These calamities lent much weight to the arguments of Te men who were attempting to NEW YORK, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1934. two cents u v;,. - | I 'ZZ 182 DEAD OR MISSING IN M0RR0 CASTLE FIRE; 375 SURVIVORS LISTED, 94 BODIES RECOVERED; p , OFFICERS WILL TESTIFY AT INQUIRY HERE TODAY le.’ Says Head. (Acting Captain Refuses to Tell His Story Till Hearing Opens. 72 VICTIMS »HE IDENTIFIED Senior Surgeon of the Ship I Among the Dead—Many Sent to Jersey City Morgue. 24 STILL IN HOSPITALS THE FIRE-SWEPT MORRO CASTLE ON BEACH AT ASBITRY PARK. I|||PQTIII DIIDWIKIC. I

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 ✓ Here is one of Kings Point’s first titles and one of the Cadet Corps first uniforms. An instructor and class in the living room of the Chrysler Mansion. bet Engineering class in session outside the Chrysler greenhouse which served as the first engineering building. A Home at Last. . . Kings Point Established-1942 With the entry of the United States into World War II, the Maritime Commission accelerated its shipbuilding program by launching 500 ships in 1942 alone. The new ships created a need for thousands of officers and provided berths for a thousand Cadets. The already crowded Cadet Schools could not be ex- panded, so the Maritime Commission purchased the Walter P. Chrysler Estate at Kings Point with the intention of creating an Academy which could train 850 men a year in wartime and 300 men a year in peacetime. Cadet Basic Schools were also started in Pass Christian, Louisiana, and San Mateo, California. 9