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The SMAs project that 99 percent of licensed graduates seeking jobs in the maritime industry will find
employment.
NDRF Schoolships
As part of our support for maritime
education, MARAD loans
Federally-owned and maintained
school ships under custodial
agreements to each of the six state
maritime academies, and provides
maintenance funds help to offset the
increasing cost of training U.S.
Coast Guard-qualified merchant
mariner officers. The training ships
are docked at the SMAs: TS Golden Bear at California Maritime Academy; TS State of Michigan at
Great Lakes Maritime Academy; TS Texas Clipper at Texas Maritime Academy; TS State of Maine at
Maine Maritime Academy; TS Kennedy at Massachusetts Maritime Academy; and TS Empire State at
SUNY Maritime College. The ships are employed as laboratories for license coursework and practical,
hands-on training and testing. They have also carried relief supplies and sheltered first responders in
various recovery efforts, including hurricanes Katrina and Rita and, more recently, the devastating
earthquake in Haiti. The training ships average 35 years-old, with some approaching 50. A
recapitalization plan is being finalized.
Fire Training Center
In addition to the Federal and State
academies, MARAD operates a Fire
Training Center near Toledo, Ohio,
where merchant mariners and fire
fighters are trained in the prevention
and suppression of shipboard and pierside
fires.
Maritime Administration’s Fire Training Facility near Toledo, Ohio.
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