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CASTINE - Under gray skies and intermittent showers, friends and family of students and crew gathered Wednesday to send off the State of Maine, the Maine Maritime Academy training vessel, on its annual training cruise.
This year the two-month cruise is expected to travel 12,000 nautical miles, taking 205 students and a crew of 55 to ports in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.See the full content of this document
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State of Maine Sets Sail On Yearly Training Cruise
"This is the second year in a row that we've cruised [along the East Coast]," the ship's master, Capt. Larry Wade, said. "While Maine Maritime Academy is known internationally for the quality of its seafarers, U.S. flag commerce with Europe b...
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