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
AffiliationsUnited States Maritime Service
United States Coast Guard
War Shipping Administration
Students30,000
Location, ,
United States
Campus
  • Urban
Map

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 December 4, 2010.
  2. "Sheepshead Bay Maritime Training Center". U.S. Maritime Service: The Forgotten Service. Retrieved December 4, 2010.

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