Massachusetts Maritime Academy
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| Established: | 1891 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | RADM Richard Gurnon, USMS |
| Staff: | full-time, part-time |
| Undergraduates: | 1100 cadets |
| Postgraduates: | 30 students |
| Location: | Buzzards Bay, MA, USA |
| Athletics: | Official site |
| Mascot: | Buccaneer |
| Website: | http://www.maritime.edu |
Massachusetts Maritime Academy (also called Maritime, Mass Maritime or MMA) is a regionally accredited, coeducational, state college offering undergraduate degrees in maritime-related fields, as well as graduate degrees and professional studies. Established in 1891, Mass Maritime is the oldest continuous state maritime academy in the country. The Academy is located on Taylor's Point in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in the United States and prepares students for careers in the maritime, engineering, emergency management and environmental fields. Originally established to graduate deck and engineering officers for the U.S. Merchant Marine, the academy has since expanded its curriculum. Though not required, some graduates go on to serve in active & reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces. The Academy operates a training ship, the USTS Enterprise.
The Academy offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Marine Transportation, Marine Engineering, Marine Safety & Environmental Protection, Facilities & Environmental Engineering, International Maritime Business, and Emergency Management.
The Academy also offers a Master of Science in Facilities Management and a wide array of professional/continuing education programs.
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[edit] History
Massachusetts Maritime Academy was founded by an act of the state legislature on June 11, 1891 as the Massachusetts Nautical Training School, the name was changed in 1913 to the Massachusetts Nautical School and took its present name in 1942. The school's first training ship was the USS Enterprise on loan from the Navy.
[edit] Regiment of Cadets
All residential students are members of the Academy's Regiment of Cadets. Within the Regiment, cadets supervise other cadets in a broad variety of activities, including the orientation of freshmen, room inspections, sea term planning and shipboard responsibilities. Students who seek to enroll in the Facilities & Environmental Engineering or the Emergency Management programs as non-uniformed commuter students must apply in writing for admission to that status.
Academy freshmen, called "Youngies", arrive at the Academy in mid-August for Orientation, a two-week intensive program that is physically and mentally demanding. It encompasses regimental training, military drill, and physical fitness. It also serves as an introduction to shipboard/maritime safety, nomenclature, and customs.
After Orientation the academic year begins. For the rest of their first academic year as fourth class cadets, Youngies continue to be required to adhere to stringent rules affecting many aspects of their daily life.
Second class cadets, or juniors, are designated Squad Leaders and are in charge of the training of the Youngies. First class cadets, or seniors, hold cadet officer positions within the regiment and/or training ship.
[edit] Sea Term
Sea Terms are conducted between the two Academic Semesters, in January and February. Cadets register soon after the New Year holiday, and prepare the USTS Enterprise for sailing, including loading provisions in the freezers and dry stores spaces. The ship sails for foreign ports of the Caribbean Sea three out of four years, and one in four goes to the Mediterranean Sea. At least one of the Caribbean voyages includes the Panama Canal and an Equator crossing.
 USTS Enterprise |
The Sea Term is not a pleasure cruise. The voyage lasts about 52 days on average, and during that time a cadet will rotate through class and laboratory training at sea, ships operations including deck and engine watches, maintenance and emergency drills. Port visits offer a time to relax, but still includes watch responsibilities and ship's maintenance.
[edit] Academic Programs
[edit] Marine Transportation and Marine Engineering
Prior to the expansion of its offered majors in 1990, the Academy was exclusively a merchant marine college, tasked with the training of future cargo ship officers. The Academy only offered majors in the ship transport subjects of Marine Transportation and Marine Engineering.
Marine Transportation (or Deck) students are in training to become deck officers and learn about seamanship, ship navigation, cargo handling, navigation rules and maritime law. Marine Engineering (or Engine) students learn about the function, operation, and maintenance of the ship's propulsion engines (steam and diesel) and other shipboard systems.
In addition to completing all shore-side college classes, students in these two majors must sail on four Sea Terms (the third may be as a cadet on a U.S.-flag commercial cargo ship) and pass a 4-day professional exam administered by the U.S. Coast Guard in the latter part of senior year. These students earn a Merchant Marine Officer's License upon graduation. Marine Transportation students earn Third Mate licenses while Marine Engineering students earn Third Assistant Engineer licenses.
[edit] Marine Safety and Environmental Protection (MSEP)
This major prepares students for positions in the fields of environmental protection, environmental management and marine safety. Students receive a multi-disciplinary, integrated education in sciences, management, law, communications and safety as related to environmental issues.
These students must be members of the Regiment and must sail on at least one Sea Term. MSEP students also supplement their college classes with independent studies and internships.
[edit] Facilities and Environmental Engineering
This major prepares students for the safe and economical operation of the variety of equipment found in industrial plants, office buildings, hospitals, power plants, and all facilities requiring heat, air conditioning, and electrical power.
The curriculum also includes one sea term and three, six-week co-ops with industry.
[edit] International Maritime Business
This major prepares graduates to enter the maritime shipping and transportation industry as a business professional. The program includes elements of international business, logistics, and transportation.
[edit] Emergency Management
This major's curriculum encompasses the three key concepts of hazard, risk, and disaster in emergency management. The program teaches risk management concepts including Risk Assessment, Control Analysis, Strategy Section and Implementation and Evaluation. In the case of disaster, the students will study the different time stages in a disaster cycle: Mitigation or Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery.
[edit] Training Ships
- USS Enterprise 17 October 1892 – 4 May 1909 [1]
- USS Ranger 26 April 1909 – 29 October 1917 (name changed to Rockport) [2]
- Rockport 30 October 1917 – 20 February 1918 (name changed to Nantucket)
- Nantucket 1918 – November 1941 (name changed to Bay State)
- Keystone State (Pennsylvania Maritime Academy) and USCGC Seneca 1942 (both borrowed)
- American Pilot 1943 – 1945 (former Empire State)
- American Mariner 1946 (former George Calvert)
- Yankee States 1947 (former USS Sirona) shared with Maine Maritime Academy
- SC 1321 1946 – 1948
- USS Charleston 1949 – 1957
- USTS Bay State II 1957 – 1973 (former USS Doyen)
- USTS Bay State III 1974 – 1978 (former Empire State IV, former USS Henry Gibbins)
- Empire State V 1979 (former USNS Barrett)
- USTS Bay State IV 1980 – 1981 (former Barrett class USNS Geiger. Destroyed by fire, December 1981)
- State of Maine 1982 –1983 (former Barrett class USNS Upshur)
- Empire State V 1984 (borrowed from SUNY Maritime)
- State of Maine 1985 (borrowed again from Maine Maritime Academy)
- USTS Patriot State 1986 – 1998 (former Santa Mercedes)
- Empire State VI 1999 – 2003 (borrowed from SUNY Maritime)
- USTS Enterprise 2003 – Present (former Cape Bon, former Velma Lykes)
Pictures and history of Training Ships (including borrowed ships)
[edit] Notable
[edit] Alumni
- Robert K. Coughlin, (B.S.), former member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 2002 - 2007)
[edit] Athletics
- 2005 Mens Cross Country, Buccaneer Captains Joe Haidul and Paul O'Keefe lead the team into the history books with schools first MASCAC conference championship in over 20 years. The team placed 2nd in 2003 and 2006.
[edit] External links
- Wind turbine monitor 660 kW
- Solar panel monitor 81 kW
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