Texas A&M Galveston Newsroom

Anchored In Excellence: Texas A&M University At Galveston Celebrates World Maritime Day

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:01:29 +0000

Fair Winds And Following Seas To TS Kennedy

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:15:09 +0000

Texas A&M Maritime Academy To Host Two Local Events

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:57:25 +0000

Texas A&M Maritime Academy Announces Ports Of Call For Summer Sea Term 2025

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:26:47 +0000

Texas A&M Launches College Of Marine Sciences And Maritime Studies

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000

2023 Year In Review

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

2023 was a monumental year for Texas A&M University at Galveston. We celebrated world-class faculty, cadets sailed across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in a successful summer sea term, student researchers made strides in their work, and the Texas A&M Maritime Academy commemorated the start of construction of the TS Lone Star State.

Texas A&M Celebrates Keel Laying For New Training Ship

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

On December 6, Texas A&M University at Galveston, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy, TOTE Services, LLC and Philly Shipyard, Inc. celebrated the keel laying for the fourth National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) destined for the Texas A&M Maritime Academy in Galveston, Texas in 2025.

Keel Laying Ceremony Steeped In Tradition

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

On December 6, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy and Texas A&M University at Galveston will celebrate the keel laying of the new training ship, Lone Star State.

Texas A&M Celebrates Cutting of the Steel for NSMV Lone Star State

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Texas A&M University at Galveston, the Texas A&M Maritime Academy, TOTE Services, LLC and Philly Shipyard, Inc. today celebrated the cutting of steel for the fourth National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) destined for the Texas A&M Maritime Academy in Galveston, Texas in 2025.

2022: Year In Review

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Aggies by the Sea welcomed Dr. Debbie Thomas as the new Chief Academic Officer, bringing her exciting and innovative new perspective to the Galveston campus.

Texas A&M Maritime Academy NSMV Name Announced

Fri, 07 May 2021 20:00:00 +0000

The Texas A&M Maritime Academy on the Galveston Campus of Texas A&M University has received notification from the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) that the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) expected to arrive on campus in 2025 will be named the Lone Star State.

Texas A&M, State Maritime Academies Receive Maritime Excellence Designation

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:43:07 +0000

Texas A&M at Galveston Awarded New State-of-the-Art Vessel by Federal Government

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Congress yesterday evening approved $390 million to fund construction of a fourth National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV), which will be assigned to the Texas A&M Maritime Academy at Texas A&M University at Galveston.

Texas A&M Maritime Academy Stands Ready to Accept New 525-foot Training Ship

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 20:00:00 +0000

Texas A&M University’s maritime academy is closer than any time in the past 15 years to being able to dock a training ship in Galveston.

Statement of the Consortium of State Maritime Academies on Announcement of Shipyard to Build NSMV

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:00:00 +0000

The Consortium of State Maritime Academies applauds yesterday's announcement that the Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia, PA has been selected to build the nation's new National Security Multi-mission Vessel (NSMV) fleet.