Campus Urban Number of students 30,000 Type of business Public | Founded 1 September 1942 Ceased operations February 28, 1954 | |
Active September 1, 1942–February 28, 1954 Location Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States Affiliations United States Maritime Service, United States Coast Guard, War Shipping Administration | ||
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.
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Sheepshead Bay Maritime Service Training Station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA