\n\u201cThe pandemic caused disruptions at every level, but we evolved our programming to regain lost ground,\u201d explains<\/p>\n
John Cashman, Commandant of Midshipmen. \u201cThanks to the perseverance of the students, crew, faculty, and staff, we were able to fulfill MMA\u2019s core mission despite the obstacles.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the winter cruise, TSSOM visited Charleston, South Carolina, Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI, and Port Canaveral, Florida. Most of the underway time was spent training in the warm and relatively calm waters of the northern Caribbean and students welcomed the reprieve from Penobscot Bay\u2019s wintry weather.<\/p>\n
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USUALLY, MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY’s State of Maine<\/em> (TSSOM) departs in May for a single summer training cruise. But, in 2021, the at-sea training schedule was modified to recover sea time that was lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two 37-day cruises were completed throughout the spring and summer before a third cruise departed Castine in November. John Cashman, Commandant of Midshipmen. \u201cThanks to the perseverance of the students, crew, faculty, and staff, we were able to fulfill MMA\u2019s core mission despite the obstacles.\u201d<\/p>\n During the winter cruise, TSSOM visited Charleston, South Carolina, Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI, and Port Canaveral, Florida. Most of the underway time was spent training in the warm and relatively calm waters of the northern Caribbean and students welcomed the reprieve from Penobscot Bay\u2019s wintry weather.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe pandemic caused disruptions at every level, but we evolved our programming to regain lost ground,\u201d explains<\/p>\n