Demand for civilian mariners could soon rise because President Trump and some in Congress want to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.Credit...Video by Lexi Parra For The New York Times ...

Saturday October 25, 2025 at his residence. Born in Bechtelsville, he was the son of the late Norman H. and Emma (Moser) Romig. Norman served in the US Air Force and the Merchant Marines. He was a ...

In June 1775 in Machias, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), townspeople refused to provide the British with lumber to build barracks for their troops, resulting in the British bringing in the armed ...

Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has restored to prominence a painting of Jesus Christ at the U.S. Merchant Marine ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has announced the newly restored “Christ on the Water” painting has been returned to its place of prominence at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA).

In this new age of great power competition in the Indo-Pacific, the role of the merchant marine in supporting global operations, logistics, and power projection is essential. One of the driving points ...

Michael Calvary Frame, son of Mike and Kathy Frame, of Mount Pleasant recently graduated Magna Cum Laude from the prestigious United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York.

A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to a charge of falsifying records related to merchant mariner credentials. Mel Stackpoole, 62, of St. Clair County entered his plea Tuesday in federal court to one ...