The 250,000 merchant mariners–1.9 percent as many–had only their parents. Lacking practical ships. In the beginning, it didn’t even have practical ships.

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduates lived for years in a "neglected" Kings Point campus that has fallen into deep ...

In February, Pierce launched MaritimeBilly.com, where he sells U.S. Merchant Marine apparel, bumper stickers, duffel bags and flags. He has sold about 1,800 items since he began the enterprise ...

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy campus is “unworthy of the greatest country in the world,” but fixing it is now a priority, ...

The merchant marine comprises all the ships of a nation that, in the words of a classic 1939 documentary, “keep our larders full, increase foreign trade, bring out supplies to naval bases and ...

The Transportation Department announced late Wednesday an overhaul of policies designed to prevent U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadets from suffering sexual abuse while at sea and plans to resume ...

Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduates like these at a June 23, 2003, commencement ceremony in Kings Point, N.Y. will benefit from a cutting-edge ...