Summer Sea Term

“It’s like going from a 25-inch tube TV to a 4K flat screen,” says Technical Lab Coordinator Patrick Zimmer when describing the $81,000 worth of new projectors installed in the ship bridge simulator.

For the first time in 12 years, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy’s cadets will sail together as an entire academy this summer beginning May 30.

For the first time in 12 years, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy’s cadets will sail together as an entire academy this summer beginning May 30.

Off the coast of South Padre, on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, lies a ship on its side.

With a flotilla of Aggie Mom's leading the way and the Texas A&M Galveston research vessel Trident playing the Aggie War Hymn, the California State University Maritime Academy - Cal Maritime training ship Golden Bear arrived at port in Galveston Monday. The Texas A&M Maritime Academy has had a long time relationship with our brother academy, Cal. Maritime in Vallejo, California.

The Texas A&M Maritime Academy’s TS General Rudder flagship training vessel recently departed for the first of two training cruises in the Gulf of Mexico.

Captains, officers and students of the Texas Maritime Academy, part of Texas A&M University at Galveston, recently departed for the first of two training cruises in the Gulf of Mexico this summer.