Sheepshead Bay Maritime Service Training Station | |
Established: | September 1, 1942 |
Closed: | February 28, 1954 |
Type: | Public |
Students: | 30,000 |
City: | Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn |
State: | New York |
Country: | United States |
Campus: | Urban |
Affiliations: | United States Maritime Service United States Coast Guard War Shipping Administration |
The United States Maritime Service Training Station at Sheepshead Bay was opened on September 1, 1942. It closed on February 28, 1954.[1]
The station was the largest maritime training station during World War II and was equipped to train 30,000 merchant seamen each year. Since the mid-1960s, the site has been occupied by Kingsborough Community College.[2]