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Texas A&M announces the official name of Maritime Academy Vessel
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The 524-foot state-of-the-art ship represents a significant investment by the federal government in supporting the future of the maritime industry and future merchant mariners in Texas.
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COLLEGE STATION, TX â On May 7, the U.S Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) confirmed the name of their new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) to be. drum roll please
The $325 million ship, expected to arrive on the A&M Galveston Campus in 2025, will be named. the Lone Star State!
Texas A&M Maritime Academy s New Training Ship Named
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The Texas A&M Maritime Academy said it has been notified by the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) that the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) expected to arrive on its Galveston campus in 2025 will be named the Lone Star State.
The ship, which is slated to be built by Philly Shipyard, is the fourth in a new series of vessels specifically designed to support both maritime training needs and disaster response capabilities.
“The Galveston Campus is fulfilling critical components of Texas A&M University’s sea-grant mission and is perfectly positioned both strategically and geographically to provide the instruction and training necessary for the state to foster growth of the blue economy in the Gulf Coast region,” said Dr. John L. Junkins, interim president of Texas A&M University in College Station. “It is only fitting that one of our
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For professional maritime training, the 2020 holiday season was bright indeed. In a world clutching for optimism, officials from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) made a series of announcements that will strengthen, expand and intensify America’s maritime academic programs really the maritime industry for at least the next decade, likely much longer. Consider this string of news:
On December 15, MARAD announced cutting steel for the first new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) at Philly Shipyard Inc., in Philadelphia, a critical milestone for the series of purpose-built, state-of-the-art training vessels for America’s state maritime academies, vessels big enough for 600 cadets.
Congress Funds Training Ship for Texas A&M
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A digital mockup depicting the new NSMV docked at Texas A&M University at Galveston (Image: MARAD)
Congress on Monday approved $390 million to fund construction of a fourth National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV). The state-of-the-art ship will be assigned to the Texas A&M Maritime Academy at Texas A&M University at Galveston, serving as a training platform for future merchant mariners and offer a critical disaster resource in the Gulf Coast.
Scheduled for delivery in 2025, the new NSMV for Texas A&M is the fourth in a series of five ships to replace the aging and outdated fleet of training vessels currently used by state maritime academies. Philly Shipyard holds the exclusive contract for the new purpose-built ships and recently laid the keel for the series first vessel for the State University of New York Maritime Academy. Massachusetts Maritime Academy and