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M M AASSACHUSETTS ARITIME CADEMY 101 Academy Drive

Buzzards Bay, MA 02532

Tel: (508) 830-5012

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.maritime.edu

President: RADM Fran McDonald

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Massachusetts Maritime Academy offers seven under- graduate Bachelor of Science degrees and two graduate

Masters of Science programs. The regiment of cadets is comprised of students from around the globe. The acad- emy operates a training vessel used to acquire sea service for the cadets. Two tugs (Alert and Hercules) and a barge support the Mate of Towing program. The Academy has a vast array of simulators used for undergraduate and professional mariner training. The engineering program has a live steam plant with a condensing turbine used for training along with multiple live and static machinery including diesel, gas turbine and steam turbines.

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Massachusetts Maritime Academy has been training deck and engine licensed seafarers since it opened 125 years ago. The academy now brings in a class of 500 cadets of which fully one-half are USCG license track students. Massachusetts Maritime Academy also offers professional seafarer training through a variety of 22

USCG approved courses offered under the Division of

Continuing Education.

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