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The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen (as students at the academy are called) to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine, branches of the United States Armed Forces, and the transportation industry.
S. Steve Sawyer (professor) Robert H. Scarborough. Elliot See. Carl J. Seiberlich. William Shaw (yacht designer) Harold Smith (detective) Samuel B. Sterrett. Joseph D. Stewart.
At viewer's far left, Rear Admiral Thomas A. King, 6th Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, at awards ceremony. Thomas A. King (1921 – April 5, 2012), Rear Admiral (United States), was the first graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York (1942) to become its Superintendent [1] He was the 6th Superintendent of the USMMA ...
Rear Admiral Lauren S. McCready (July 26, 1915 – November 15, 2007) was one of the builders and founders of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, "Kings Point." He graduated from New York University in 1937 with a degree in mechanical engineering, soon after he received his marine engineers license. He continued to work as a ship's third ...
Rear Admiral James A. Helis, 12th Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Dr. James Andrew Helis [1] (born June 25, 1957) [2] [3] is a retired United States Army colonel, a rear admiral in the United States Maritime Service and was the twelfth Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, being replaced by Rear Admiral Buono in 2018.
Joseph D. Stewart, also known as "Joey D," (July 9, 1942 – April 30, 2019) was a United States Marine Corps major general, who after his retirement from the Marine Corps, was appointed as superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) on August 1, 1998. He retired from the U.S. Maritime Service with the rank of vice ...
Francis Alonzo Dales (December 3, 1923 – March 29, 2003) was a cadet midshipman in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy who served on the freighter SS Santa Elisa, and subsequently the tanker SS Ohio, during Operation Pedestal, a convoy to the besieged island of Malta in the Second World War. For his actions defending the convoy, considered one ...
The United States Merchant Marine Academy 's intercollegiate sports teams are called the Mariners and they compete in the Division III of the NCAA, generally as once a charter member of the Landmark Conference. [1] In 2016, they returned to the Skyline Conference in all sports. Men's sports include baseball, football, basketball, cross country ...