United States Merchant Marine Academy

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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, was founded in 1938 to train qualified officers for the merchant service.  Students graduate with mates' or engineers' licenses and commissions in the Naval Reserve or Coast Guard Reserve.  The Academy operates under the auspices of the Maritime Administration.  The Academy's Regiment of Midshipmen has the distinction of carrying not one but two institutional colors, a "battle standard" and a regimental flag.  Both are carried on staffs bearing distinctive conical-shaped spearhead finials.

Regimental Flag

The Kings Point regimental flag is blue with the Academy badge on the center surrounded by two rings of chain, with the name of the institution inscribed in an arc above the badge and the location beneath it in gold letters.  The motto, "Acta non verba," translates as "Deeds, not words."  The flag of the Regiment of Midshipmen is a distinctly lighter shade of blue than the Merchant Marine flag with which it is carried.  The regimental flag is not trimmed with fringe.

Battle Standard

Battle Standard of the Merchant Marine Academy

The Merchant Marine Academy battle standard commemorates the sacrifices of Kings Point cadet-midshipmen during World War II, when 142 of them gave their lives while serving, prior to graduation, as junior officers aboard U.S. merchant vessels supplying and supporting the war effort.

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