MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
READY RESERVE FORCE SHIPS
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Maritime Workforce
Development
MARAD supports programs to improve
the education, training, health, welfare
and safety of U.S. citizen seafarers. Federal
support of mariner education helps ensure
highly skilled, well-qualified personnel are
credentialed annually and available to augment the nation’s pool of qualified
Merchant Mariners. These mariners are
needed to safely operate U.S.-flag vessels
that contribute to the economic competitiveness of the nation and perform critical
maritime-related functions during a
national emergency.
MARAD operates the U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy (USMMA) and provides
support to the six State Maritime Academies (SMAs) that provide students, from
across the socio-economic spectrum, the
education and necessary training to
become U.S. Coast Guard-credentialed
officers in the U.S. Merchant Marine.
USMMA is one of the five federal service academies. The academy’s mission
directly contributes to national defense
and supports the nation’s economic
competitiveness by contributing to a
viable and dynamic merchant marine
workforce.
MARAD provides the SMAs with a
training ship and several types of financial support, including annual direct support, Student Incentive Program, annual
training ship fuel assistance payments,
and annual training ship maintenance
and repair.
Deepwater Ports
The Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as
amended, establishes a licensing system
for the ownership, construction and operation of offshore oil and natural gas import
and export terminals located in federal
waters. MARAD coordinates the review of
deepwater port applications with the U.S.
Coast Guard and other cooperating agencies. MARAD renders a Record of Decision
on each deepwater port application and, if
approved, issues an official license to own,
construct and operate the facility.
Port Conveyance
The National Defense Authorization Act
of 1994 authorized MARAD, by delega-
tion from the Secretary of Transportation,
to convey surplus federal property to
states and local governments without
monetary compensation for use in the
development or operation of a port facili-
ty as a public benefit conveyance. Since its
inception, approximately 2,711 acres of
property have been conveyed to eligible
entities to facilitate the expansion of the
nation’s marine transportation system.
America’s Marine Highway
The Marine Highway system includes 21
all-water Marine Highway Routes that
serve as extensions of the surface transportation system and promote short-sea
transportation. Increasing the use of
marine transportation on the commercially navigable waterways can offer relief
to landside corridors that suffer from traffic congestion, excessive air emissions or
other environmental concerns and challenges. Use of these waterways has the
potential to provide other benefits in the
form of reduced greenhouse gas emissions, energy savings and increased system resiliency. MARAD’s Marine Highway
program focuses on integrating Marine
Highway vessel services and ports into
the nation’s surface transportation system. The program works with public/pri-vate partnerships toward establishing
reliable, regularly scheduled, competitive
and sustainable services that can become
a routine choice for shippers. n
Ready Reserve Force Ships
EAST COAST
Heavy-Lift Ship
T-AK 5063 SS Cape May
RO/ROS
T-AKR 5051 MV Cape Ducato
T-AKR 5052 MV Cape Douglas
T-AKR 5053 MV Cape Domingo
T-AKR 5054 MV Cape Decision
T-AKR 5055 MV Cape Diamond
T-AKR 5069 MV Cape Edmont
T-AKR 5079 MV Cape Ray
T-AKR 9678 MV Cape Rise
T-AKR 9960 MV Cape Race
T-AKR 5080 MV Cape Washington
T-AKR 5081 MV Cape Wrath
T-AKR 289 SS Denebola
T-AKR 294 SS Antares
Aviation Maintenance Logistics Ship
(U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Logistic Support)
T-AVB 3 SS Wright
Auxiliary Crane Ships
T-ACS 4 SS Gopher State
T-ACS 5 SS Flickertail State
T-ACS 6 SS Cornhusker State
GULF COAST
RO/ROS
T-AKR 112 MV Cape Texas
T-AKR 113 MV Cape Taylor
T-AKR 5082 MV Cape Knox
T-AKR 5083 MV Cape Kennedy
T-AKR 9666 MV Cape Vincent
T-AKR 9701 MV Cape Victory
T-AKR 9711 MV Cape Trinity
T-AKR 288 SS Bellatrix
T-AKR 290 SS Pollux
T-AKR 291 SS Alatair
T-AKR 292 SS Regulus
WEST COAST
Heavy-Lift Ship
T-AK 5065 SS Cape Mohigan
RO/ROS
T-AKR 10 SS Cape Island
T-AKR 11 SS Cape Intrepid
T-AKR 1001 GTS ADM. WM. M. Callaghan
T-AKR 2044 MV Cape Orlando
T-AKR 5062 SS Cape Isabel
T-AKR 5066 MV Cape Hudson
T-AKR 5067 MV Cape Henry
T-AKR 5068 MV Cape Horn
T-AKR 5076 SS Cape Inscription
T-AKR 287 SS Algol
T-AKR 293 SS Capella
Auxiliary Crane Ships
T-ACS 1 SS Keystone State
T-ACS 2 SS Gem State
T-ACS 3 SS Grand Canyon State
Aviation Maintenance Logistics Ship
(U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Logistic Support)
T-AVB 4 SS Curtiss
OPDS Tanker
T-AOT 9101 SS Petersburg
Maritime Academy Training Ships
TS Empire State VI, SUNY Maritime College
TS Kennedy, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
TS State of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy
TS Golden Bear, California Maritime Academy
TS State of Michigan, Great Lakes Maritime
Academy
TS General Rudder, Texas A&M Maritime
Academy
TV Kings Pointer, U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy
TV Freedom Star, Harry S. Lundeberg School
of Seamanship
NOTE: THE “T-” designations are assigned by
Military Sealift Command. SS is Steam Ship.
MV is Motor Vessel. GTS is Gas Turbine Ship.
