General Rudder
Kings Point Cadets Underway on General Rudder for 30-Day Cruise
The General Rudder will soon be going back out for another trip around the gulf, but it won’t be Aggies by the Sea at the helm. Forty-one cadets from the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York will get underway Saturday aboard the T/S General Rudder to assist their sophomores in earning the necessary sea days to ultimately graduate. Read More
General Rudder Biographer Visiting Campus Thursday for Lecture & Book Signing Event
Traditionally, the maritime community has for thousands of years believed that the name of a ship has a great role in bringing good fortune and safety to the vessel, its crew and anyone who sails upon it, thus; ships are not named arbitrarily. The Texas A&M Maritime Academy’s T/S General Rudder follows in this long-standing tradition. Read More
Upgraded training ship carries Aggies to sea
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. Read More
Texas A&M University at Galveston students sail the Gulf of Mexico to prepare for lucrative maritime careers.
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. Read More