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The United States Maritime Service was established in 1938 under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The mission of the organization was to train officers and other men to become merchant marines. The Service has since been dissolved and/or absorbed into other federal departments, but persists as an auxiliary (e.g., consider the appointment of United States Merchant Marine Academy superintendent Joseph D. Stewart as a Vice Admiral in the USMS). Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United States Merchant Marine Academy is one of the five United States service academies. ... Joseph D. Stewart (born July 9, 1942) is a retired United States Marine Corps major general, who after his retirement from the Marine Corps, was appointed as Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) on August 1, 1998. ... Vice Admiral is a naval rank of three star level, equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. ...
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