Maine Maritime Academy Training
Training Ship STATE OF MAINE (NSMV)
Purpose-built National Security Multi-Mission Vessel owned by MARAD and operated by MMA for cadet sea training, with capacity for 600 cadets.
Description
STATE OF MAINE is the third of five National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV) built for MARAD, built at Hanwha Philly Shipyard. Operation was handed over to Maine Maritime Academy on 30 March 2026, and each spring the ship sails on a two-month training cruise.
Key features
- Dedicated training bridge and navigation lab, two full-sized engine rooms, eight classrooms, an auditorium and a helipad
- Diesel-electric plant: 4 GE Wabtec main diesel generators, 4 Hyundai alternators (4.05 mW 6,600 V) and 2 GE Energy propulsion motors (4.35 mW)
- Kawasaki Rexpeller bow thruster and Hyundai stern thruster
- Capacity for 600 cadets, 760 personnel maximum
- Secondary humanitarian aid and disaster relief mission
Applications
Sea training for license-track cadets in marine engineering and marine transportation.
Specifications
| IMO Number | 9929546 |
|---|---|
| Length Overall (LOA) | 160.05m |
| Beam | 27.00m |
| Summer Load-line Draft | 7.35m |
| Load Line Displacement | 19,585mt |
| Gross tonnage | 25,985 |
| Design Speed (15% Reserve) | 18 Knots |
| Total Installed Power | 16,800 kW – 22,520 hp |
| Main Propellor | Dia: 5.85m, Pitch: 5.43m, Weight: 18.3 mt |
| Cadets | 600 |
| Maximum personnel | 760 |
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