Sheepshead Bay Maritime Service Training Station
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The United States Maritime Service Training Station
at Sheepshead Bay
was opened on September 1, 1942. It closed on February 28, 1954.
The station was the largest maritime training station during World War II
and was equipped to train 30,000 merchant seamen each year. The site is now occupied by Kingsborough Community College
, and has been since the mid 1960s.
United States Maritime Service
The United States Maritime Service, abbreviated as USMS, was established in 1938 under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The mission of the organization is to train people to become officers and crewmembers on merchant ships that form the United States Merchant Marine...
at Sheepshead Bay
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay is a bay separating the mainland of Brooklyn, New York City from the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter originally a barrier island but now effectively an extension of the mainland with peninsulas both east and west...
was opened on September 1, 1942. It closed on February 28, 1954.
The station was the largest maritime training station during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and was equipped to train 30,000 merchant seamen each year. The site is now occupied by Kingsborough Community College
Kingsborough Community College
Kingsborough Community College , part of the City University of New York system, is the only community college in Brooklyn, New York. The campus is located at Manhattan Beach, which is at the eastern end of Coney Island. The 71-acre campus overlooks Sheepshead Bay, Jamaica Bay, and the Atlantic...
, and has been since the mid 1960s.