TS KENNEDY

The award recognizes the students who saved three people stranded aboard a disabled vessel for 15 days while underscoring the academy’s mission to develop maritime professionals committed to service.

MARAD took possession of the ship on September 16 as the academy prepares to usher in a new era.

The academy will kick off the annual summer sea term with a dock party and sail away flotilla.

Texas A&M University at Galveston invites the public to experience a Taste of Texas with an afternoon of free festivities on Sunday, June 12 at the Charleston Cruise Ship Terminal.

Texas A&M University at Galveston invites the public to learn more about maritime education and training with two campus events in June.

Over 300 Texas A&M Maritime Academy cadets, faculty and staff will depart from the Galveston Campus aboard the TS Kennedy to begin a 56-day training cruise to earn required at-sea hours to receive their U.S. Coast Guard license.

Details concerning all logistics, including vaccines, quarantine periods, travel, public celebrations, port activities, and more will be communicated in the coming weeks.

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.