Sheepshead Bay Maritime Service Training Station

The United States Maritime Service Training Station at Sheepshead Bay was opened on September 1, 1942. It closed on February 28, 1954.[1]

Sheepshead Bay Maritime Service Training Station
TypePublic
ActiveSeptember 1, 1942–February 28, 1954
Students30,000
Location, ,
United States
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUnited States Maritime Service
United States Coast Guard
War Shipping Administration

The station was the largest maritime training station during World War II and was equipped to train 30,000 merchant seamen each year. Since the mid-1960s, the site has been occupied by Kingsborough Community College.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Maritime Service: the Forgotten Service". American Merchant Marine at War. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  2. ^ "Sheepshead Bay Maritime Training Center". U.S. Maritime Service: The Forgotten Service. Retrieved 2010-12-04.


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