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Nation builds its peacetime merchant navy training four nautical academies
The article surveys four U S nautical schools housed on ships in New York Philadelphia Boston and California City. It describes cadets from ages seventeen to twenty one undergoing navigation mathematics hygiene rope work signaling and boat handling under Capt L B Green aboard the U S Empire State. It notes pay scales ship life discipline and plans for a summer training cruise to Europe and the Atlantic.
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America
Great Britain
United States
Seven Seas
Uncle Sam
New York State Merchant Marine Academy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
U. & S. Empire State
Annex
Pennsylvania Nautical School
Philadelphia
Boston
U.S
Nantucket
Pacific Coast
California Nautical School
California City
San Francisco Bay
U. S
California State
Empire State
L. B. Green
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Navy Yard
Green
Captain Green
Irving Quarters
Dumbwater
Ashy
Sam
Merchant Marine Academy
Naval Reserve
New York Merchant Marine Academy
Atlantic
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Union