Number of Mariners Trained by War Shipping Administration
| Cadet Corps | 7,291 |
| Maritime Service Officer Schools | 21,988 |
| State Maritime Adademies | 2,707 |
| Officers, total | 31,986 |
Miscellaneous
| Unlicensed seamen, all ratings | 150,734 |
| Radio operators | 7,727 |
| Junior assistant purser-Hospital corpsmen | 5,034 |
| Junior marine officers for the
Transportation Corps U. S. Army Service Forces |
2,588 |
| Deck, engine, and steward upgrade schools | 36,620 |
| License refresher schools | 996 |
| Turbo-electric schools | 3,653 |
| High-pressure and geared turbine schools | 642 |
| Diesel engineers | 1,066 |
| 6-weeks' engineers | 2,024 |
| River-pilot trainees | 127 |
| Total, Miscellaneous | 211,111 |
Special schools graduates:
| Barrage balloon | 7,980 |
| Visual Signaling | 10,001 |
| Safety at sea | 1,316 |
| Total, Special schools | 19,297 |
| Grand total, graduates* | 262,494 |
* Many mariners graduated from more than one programSource:
The United States Merchant Marine At War, Report of the War Shipping Administrator to the President . Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, January 15, 1946Return to: Index
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