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    The United States Merchant Marine is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels...
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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...
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    the United States Merchant Marine are civilian decorations of the United States which are issued to the members of the United States Merchant Marine for...
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    A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country. On merchant vessels, seafarers of various...
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  • government encouragement to the maintenance of a merchant marine. The maritime history of the United States goes back to the first successful English colony...
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    The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 is a United States federal statute that provides for the promotion and maintenance of the American merchant marine. Among...
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  • founded in 1954 The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) in New London, Connecticut, founded in 1876 The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)...
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    Merchant Marine Insignia was a breast insignia of officers in the United States Merchant Marine who also served in the United States Navy or United States...
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    The United States Maritime Service (USMS) was established in 1938 under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 as voluntary training organization...
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  • of the United States government, civilian awards given by the U.S. federal government Awards and decorations of the United States Merchant Marine, civilian...
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  • 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...
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  • SS Stephen Hopkins was a United States Merchant Marine Liberty ship that served in World War II. She was the only US merchant vessel to sink a German surface...
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  • Merchant Marine Academy may refer to: Philippine Merchant Marine Academy United States Merchant Marine Academy This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    Commission and War Shipping Administration to meet the demand. Many United States Merchant Marine ships were newly built in the Emergency Shipbuilding Program...
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    Marine Hospital Service was an organization of Marine Hospitals dedicated to the care of ill and disabled seamen in the United States Merchant Marine...
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  • The Merchant Marine Combat Bar was a decoration of the United States Merchant Marine. The decoration was established by an Act of Congress on 10 May 1943...
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    is a monument honoring sailors of the United States Navy, Coast Guard, the United States Merchant Marine, the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and others...
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  • Kenneth R. Force (category United States Merchant Marine Academy)
    (March 24, 1940 – October 7, 2023) was band director of the United States Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band from 1971 to 2016. The New York Times...
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    The Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) is a credential issued by the United States Coast Guard in accordance with guidelines of the International Convention...
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  • (Colorado Springs, Colorado) United States Coast Guard Academy (New London, Connecticut) United States Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, New York)...
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    The United States Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band, designated as "George M. Cohan's Own", is a United States military band and college marching...
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    The Merchant Marine World War II Victory Medal is a decoration of the United States Merchant Marine established by an Act of Congress on August 8, 1946...
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  • Pay grades are used by the eight uniformed services of the United States (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, Public Health...
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  • was dedicated in 1989. A bronze plaque at the memorial states: "The United States Merchant Marine has faithfully served our country in times of war and...
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    United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine...
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  • United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries is a defunct committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Committee on Merchant...
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    maintaining the national defense reserve merchant fleet, and operating the United States Merchant Marine Academy. In 1961, the Federal Maritime Board...
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  • The Merchant Marine Korean Service Medal (Ribbon) is a decoration of the United States Merchant Marine awarded for service during the Korean War. The decoration...
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    The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is a United States federal law. Its purpose is "to further the development and maintenance of an adequate and well-balanced...
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    Security Service (DSS) Office of Inspector General (DOT-OIG) United States Merchant Marine Academy Department of Public Safety (USMMADPS) National Highway...
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