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U.S. Merchant Fleet Shrinks As Academies Struggle On
The piece notes US merchant ships, crews, and shipyards have declined while six state and federal maritime academies stay afloat. It cites Kings Point and SUNY Maritime College, a 371 active oceangoing vessels fleet, and a forecast that ship numbers and seamen could halve by 2000 without action.
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United States
George Custer
U.S
Panama
Russia
Presidential Commission On the Merchant Marine and Defense
Jeremiah Denton
Alabama
Kenneth Xi Curtis
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Navy
Military
Paul L Krinsky
Kings Point
America
New York Ciy
St. Mary
Newport
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fort Schuyler
Browa
East River
New York
Coast Guard Academy
US Merchant Marine
Morro Castle
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Merchant Marine
Merchant Marine Act
National Maritime Academy
Coast Guard
Walter Chrysler
Long Island
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