Rick,

There are Merchant Marine Academies all over the country. There are TWO
on LI Sound. One is the United States Merchant Marine academy (Federal)
located a Kings Point, on Long Island, N.Y. On City Island at Fort
Schuylar is the New York State Merchant Marine Academy. It is a part of
SUNY.(STATE UNIVERSITY of NEW YORK)

I only mentioned it as another school that teachers Lunar Time

Jax came up with the question of the Location. I know in 1947 I played
baseball at the NYSMMA when I attended Long Island A&T, now called
Farmingdale State. It was on City Island at Fort Schuylar. Jax says it
isn't so. HE IS WRONG AGAIN

By the way, there is a great Rivalry between the two Academies. The
NYSMMA has a training ship, the EMPIRE STATE which takes Cadets to sea
every summer. Its departure is a rather large affair with families on
the dock to bid their boys farewell.

The EMPIRE STATE usually ties up Port side to the dock. When it leave it
makes 180 turn an heads out the Sound for the Summer Session. There was
this time when the Cadet from the US MMA, in the still of the nite,
painted "**** YOU MOM" on the Starboard side. When she left and made the
turn her Starboard side came into view to all the well wisher on the
Dock!

Ole Thom