USS Nantucket (IX-18)
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USS Ranger, later USS Rockport and USS Nantucket, was a gunboat of the United States Navy. A screw steamer with full-rig auxiliary sail, Ranger was destined for a very long 65-year career, serving fir
USS Ranger at Algiers on 6 July 1913.
USS Ranger drying sails while moored off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, in December 1899.
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen to serve as officers in the United States Merchant Marine, branches of t
USS Nantucket (IX-18)
…was finally scrapped in 1958, but her engine, which is the only one of its type known to be still in existence, was preserved and is on display at the American Merchant Marine Museum of Kings Point, New York. Ranger was built by Harlan and Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware. She was laid down in 1873, and launched in 1876…
Aerial view of United States Merchant Marine Academy
George W. Bush delivering the commencement address at the academy.
Members of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy march, during the 58th Presidential Inauguration, Washington, D.C., 20 Jan. 2017.
Secretaries Cup Rivalry football game between the Merchant Marine Academy and Coast Guard Academy