Maine Maritime Academy debuts new training ship on summer cruise

“It pushes the ship along at 4 knots, so we’re not going anywhere fast, but we are moving through the water and able to steer,” Capt. Gordon “Mac” MacArthur said of TS State of Maine’s retractable azimuthing thruster.

State of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy’s first purpose-built training ship, arrived at its homepor

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