MARAD
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Life At Sea
Fire and Boat DrillOnce 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 Adopt A Ship Program
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
The Student Incentive Payments Program (SIP) is a federally funded initiative through the Maritime Administration (MARAD). The Program provides financial support to cadets enrolled in the Strategic Sealift Midshipmen Program (SSMP) at one of six State Maritime Academies (SMAs) who...Maritime Academies
Studying merchant marine operations at the university level is a core component of MARAD's education strategy; particularly its essential responsibility to meet national security needs and maintain maritime defense readiness. The six maritime...
Educating the Maritime Workforce
As the Federal agency responsible for U.S waterbound interests, MARAD manages numerous operations around the world, all of which require a constant flow of skilled and readily-available mariners. This means MARAD is responsible for training and...
Web Policies
Thank you for visiting the Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Maritime Administration web site. This page summarizes the policies and responsibilities for the Maritime Administration web site for external audiences.
This public web site is a means to successfully convey information and...
Historical Photographs
Seaman Training During World War IIPhotographs 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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Vessels of the Maritime Administration
Vessel History DatabaseThe 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...