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02444 - (A1752787]
The Federal Role in Merchant Marine Officer Education.
FPCD-77--44; B-159219. June 15, 1977. Released June 16, 1977. 25
pp. + 10 appendices (20 pp.).
Report to Rep. John M. Murphy, Chairman, House Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, Chairman
, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; by
Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Military Preparedness Plans (800); [filitary
Preparedness Plans: Military Communications and Information
Processing Needs (803).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: Edacation, Manpower, and Social Services:
Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education (50T )
Education, Manpower, and Social Services: Higher Educatioa
(502).
Organization Concerned: Department of commerce; Department of
Defeaise: Department of Transportation.
CongrrssionaL Relevance: House Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportaticn.
AIthority: Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (46 U.S.C. 224; 46 U.S.C.
1101) . Maritime Academy Act of 1958.
To determine whether the expenditure of additional
Federal funds for the education of deck and engineering officers
was justified, a review was made of the employment placement
records of Federal and various State maritime academies.
Findings/Conclusions: In fiscal year i976, $8.7 million was
spent by the Government to operate the Merchant Marine Academy
at Kings Point, N.Y., and about $4.7 went to support six State
academies. Federal involvement in merchant marine olficer
educatic,n is justified if graduates of the academies are needed
and find employment as licensed officers in the merchant marine.
Because of the Maritime Administration'& (MARAD) broad
definition of merchant marine and in the absence of placement
goals for graduates in each segment of the merchant marine, the
extent that job placement in the merchant marine justified
Federal support of the academies could not be determined. Naval
science training is supposed to yield m-rchant marine officers
capable of operating with the Navy if necessary. Thus, there
does not appear to be a need for commissioning academies'
graduates to the Reserve since service in the Navy is not the
primary intent. Also, Reserve criteria restrict the number of
these officers who can be trained. There is a need for an
alternate program for naval science training for merchant marine
officers. Recommendations: MARAD should establish employment
placement goals for the academies, and establish the minimum
number of years that graduates should serve as ships' officers.
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