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Sheepshead Bay Maritime Service Training Station

1942 establishments in New York CityBrooklyn building and structure stubsConey IslandDefunct universities and colleges in New York (state)Educational institutions disestablished in 1954
Educational institutions established in 1942Manhattan Beach, BrooklynMaritime colleges in the United StatesMilitary facilities in BrooklynUnited States Merchant Marine

The United States Maritime Service Training Station at Sheepshead Bay was opened on September 1, 1942. It closed on February 28, 1954.The station was the largest maritime training station during World War II and was equipped to train 30,000 merchant seamen each year. The site is now occupied by Kingsborough Community College, and has been since the mid-1960s.

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Sheepshead Bay Maritime Service Training Station
Perry Avenue, New York Brooklyn

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Kingsborough Community College

Perry Avenue
11235 New York, Brooklyn
New York, United States
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