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Once each week, a Fire and Boat Drill is conducted on board ship. The purpose of this weekly drill is to make sure that each crew member knows exactly what to do in case of a fire or other disaster that would require a person to leave the ship.
The fire fighting...
The Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, supports the teachers and ship crews that are participating in the Adopt-A-Ship Program. Each ship involved in the program is adopted by a classroom each school year. During the year, the class and the ship’s crew correspond...
The Student Incentive Payment (SIP) Program is a federally funded initiative administered by the Maritime Administration (MARAD). The program provides financial assistance to cadets enrolled in the Strategic Sealift Midshipman Program (SSMP) at one of the six state maritime academies (SMAs). SIP...
Studying merchant marine operations at the university level is a vital part of MARAD's education strategy, especially in supporting national security and maritime defense. The six maritime academies and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy play a crucial role in training young men and women to...
As the Federal agency responsible for U.S. waterborne interests, MARAD oversees numerous operations worldwide, all of which require a steady stream of skilled and readily available mariners. This means MARAD is tasked with training and educating the next generation of mariners and shoreside...
Photographs by John Vachon. Date Created/Published: 1942 July. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
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The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and its predecessor agencies, the U.S. Maritime Commission, the War Shipping Administration and the United States Shipping Board, built, owned, operated, or subsidized thousands of merchant...
Established in 1950 under the auspices of President Harry S Truman’s Reorganization Plan No. 21, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) traces its origins to the Shipping Act of 1916, which established the U.S. Shipping Board, the first Federal agency tasked with promoting a U.S. merchant...
The Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) History Program promotes an understanding and appreciation of America’s merchant marine and maritime past through historical documentation and the preservation and interpretation of the agency's heritage assets. The History Program is also...