Happy Wednesday! We hope you were able to keep dry today! It appears Francine has moved passed our area and has headed to Louisiana. We send our thoughts and prayers to the good people of Louisiana!
We love to
write about things which connect to our previous blogs, and U.S. Department of
Transportation’s Maritime Administration’s (MURAD) National Security Multi-Mission
Vessel (NSMV) Program has christened and blessed another vessel for its maiden
voyage. We wrote on our own Texas A&M University (TAMU) –
Galveston Maritime Academy NSMV training ship, TS Lone Star State, having
its keel laying celebration back in December 2023; please check out of blog for
details.
Did anyone
happen to read gCaptain Daily Newsletter on September 10, 2024, their
article titled, “Second National Security Multi-Mission Vessel, ‘Patriot State’,
Christened at Philly”? The article speaks
in regard to the festivities earlier this week at Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia
to baptize the U.S.’s second NSMV called NSMV II Patriot State. The vessel’s, Patriot State, home will be at
the Massachusetts Maritime Academy
where it will begin its life training our future mariners and it’s expected in
2025. The NSMV program is a partnership
between public and private sectors and their project managers are TOTE Services. All five NSMVs are or will be modern innovative
training vessels, which were designed with cadets in mind, so they will have
spaces for classrooms, a complete bridge and room for approximately 600 cadets
for their schooling at sea. The ship in addition will have a hospital,
helicopter pad, and the ship will be able to help 1,000 victims when duty calls. The first completed vessel was the Empire
State VII which was for the SUNY Maritime College at the State University of New York. We wish Patriot State a safe journey and good
luck training our future mariners. If
you would like to read more of gCaptain’s article, please click the link:
Second National Security Multi-Mission Vessel, 'Patriot State', Christened at Philly(gcaptain.com).
Please click
the maritime academies name above for information on the school.
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We hope you have a wonderful evening, and a great rest of
your week!
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