California Maritime Academy

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California Maritime Academy

Motto	Laborare Pugnare Parati Sumus (Latin)
Motto in English	To Work or Fight; We are Ready
Established	1929
Type	Public university
Endowment	$5.4 million (2013)^[1]
President	Thomas Cropper
Undergraduates	1026 ^[2]
Location	Vallejo, California, United States
Campus	89 acres
Former names	California Nautical School (1929–39)
Mascot	Keelhaulers
Affiliations	California State University system
Website	csum.edu

The California Maritime Academy (also known as CMA, Cal Maritime, CSU, Maritime, and Maritime) is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system and is one of only seven degree-granting maritime academies in the United States.^[3] It is located in Vallejo, California. The university offers seven different Bachelor's degrees, and one Master's degree, but no Doctoral degrees.^[4]^[5]

History

The California Nautical School was established in 1929, when California State Assembly Bill No. 253 was signed into law by Governor C. C. Young. The bill authorized the creation of the school, the appointment of a Board of Governors to manage the school and the acquisition of a training vessel. The school's mission was "to give practical and theoretical instruction in navigation, seamanship, steam engines, gas engines, and electricity in order to prepare young men to serve as officers in the American Merchant Marine." By 1930, a training vessel and a school site was acquired; the original location of what would become Cal Maritime was California City (now Tiburon, California) in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Due to the Great Depression, the early days of the Academy were full of financial uncertainty. As early as 1933, some state legislators were calling for the school's abolition. In order to save money, the cadets and instructors alike lived and held classes aboard the training vessel, the T.S. California State. Only after the passage of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 did the funding for the Academy stabilize.

Golden bear after it was hauled out and painted a navy blue.

In 1939 the California Nautical School adopted its present name, the California Maritime Academy. By 1940, the Academy was granting Bachelor of Science degrees and Naval Reserve commissions to its graduates; this step marked the beginning of the transition from the status of trade school to college. In 1943, the Academy moved to its present location in Vallejo, California.

In the 1970s, after surviving another round of budget cuts and calls for the Academy's abolition, Cal Maritime became a four-year institution. The 1970s also marked the time when the first minority and female cadets graduated from Cal Maritime.

In 1996 Cal Maritime became the twenty-second campus of the California State University system. The new affiliation improved the Academy's funding prospects considerably. The current training vessel is the T.S. Golden Bear, and is the third training ship to carry that name.

Superintendents and presidents of the California Maritime Academy

From	To	Name	Title	Notes
May 11, 1930	February 14, 1934	Emil Topp	LCDR, USN (ret)
February 15, 1934	June 30, 1937	Richard C. Dwyer		See Note 1
July 1, 1937	June 30, 1940	Neil E. Nichols	CAPT, USN (ret)
July 1, 1940	October 31, 1947	Claude B. Wilkins	CAPT, USN (ret)	See Note 2
November 1, 1947	February 15, 1955	Russel M. Ihreg	COMMO, USN (ret)
February 16, 1955	June 20, 1955	Carroll T. Bonney	CAPT, USN (ret)	Acting Superintendent
June 21, 1955	November 1, 1965	Henry E. Richter	CAPT, USN (ret)
October 15, 1965	October 1, 1971	Francis T. Williamson	RADM, USN (ret)
October 1, 1971	August 1, 1972	Edwin C. Miller	CMA 34-D CDR, USN (ret)	See Note 3
August 2, 1972	November 11, 1983	Joseph P. Rizza	RADM, USMS (ret)	See Note 4
November 11, 1983	August 31, 1990	John J. Ekelund	RADM, USN (ret)
August 31, 1990	June 30, 1996	Dr. Mary E. Lyons	CDR, USNR
July 1, 1996	June 30, 2001	Jerry A. Aspland	CMA 62-D
July 1, 2001	June 30, 2012	William B. Eisenhardt	RADM, USMS^[6]
July 1, 2012	Present	Thomas A. Cropper	RDML, USN^[7]

R.C.Dwyer replaced by N.E. Nichols due to Navy requirements for regular Navy officers to be in charge of Navy-owned ships.
Early WWII – Superintendent and Master became separate positions.
Edwin C. Miller appointed Interim Superintendent October 1971 – July 1972.
On February 27, 1975, the title of "Superintendent" was changed to "President."

Training Ships of the California Maritime Academy

From	To	Name
1931	1946	T. S. California State/ T. S. Golden State
1946	1971	T. S. Golden Bear
1971	1995	T. S. Golden Bear II
1996	Present	T. S. Golden Bear III

Academics

*Demographics of student body*
	Undergraduate
African American	3.3%
Asian American	11.6%
White American	46.1%
Hispanic American	7.5%
Native American	1.1%
Ethnicity unreported/unknown	30.4%

Degree programs

Cal Maritime offers one graduate and six undergraduate degrees, all of which are tied to a nautical curriculum. The degrees offered are as follows:

Transportation & Engineering Management (M.S.)^[8]
Marine Transportation (B.S.)^[9]
Marine Engineering Technology (B.S.)^[10]
Facilities Engineering Technology (B.S.)^[11]
Mechanical Engineering (B.S.)^[12]
Global Studies and Maritime Affairs (B.A.)^[13]
International Business and Logistics (B.S.)^[14]

Rankings

In 2013 Forbes ranked Cal Maritime as the 293rd best university in the nation and 56th in the West.^[15]

The 2013 U.S. News & World Report college rankings lists Cal Maritime as 2nd in the category "Regional Colleges (West)".^[16]

California Maritime Academy is the United States' only maritime academy on the West Coast.

Military options

There is no armed service obligation attached to graduation from the California Maritime Academy. However, financial aid and additional career opportunities exist for those students who choose to participate in any of the several military programs available on the CMA campus:

Coast Guard – Maritime Academy Graduate Program^[17]
Navy / Merchant Marine – Strategic Sealift Officers Program^[18]
Navy – ROTC^[19]

Athletics

Cal Maritime teams, nicknamed athletically as the Keelhaulers, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the California Pacific Conference (CalPac). Men's sports include basketball, crew, cross country, golf, rugby, sailing, soccer and water polo; while women's sports include basketball, crew, cross country, sailing, and water polo.

Cal Maritime has a long history of athletic activities. Before it joined regular intercollegiate athletics, sports teams from Cal Maritime usually played military teams from local bases. In the 1970s, Cal Maritime began to organize its sports under intercollegiate guidelines, and the student body chose the "Keelhauler" as the Academy's mascot. Until then, the Academy's teams were known as the Seawolves. During the 2004–2005 academic year, the women's basketball team was formed and now also competes in the CalPac.

Cal Maritime's rugby program was started in 1998 and gained varsity status in 2001. Rugby was at one time the school's most successful sport, going undefeated against Division 2 opponents in home matches from 2007-2010.^[20] Cal Maritime's rugby team has been nationally ranked in college rugby, won the Pacific Coast League's Western Division Championship in 2009 and 2010, and was the runner up in the 2012 championship of the National Small College Rugby Organization.

The Academy's sailing team captured the Kennedy Cup – the National Collegiate Sailing Championship – in the fall of 2009. That victory earned it the right to serve as the U.S. representative in the annual Student World Yachting Cup championships in October 2010 in La Rochelle, France, where it placed 5th of 14.

In 2012, the Varsity 4+ of the men's crew team took first place in its event at the Head of the American Regatta. It beat teams from UC Davis, UC Berkeley Lightweight, Sacramento State, CSU Long Beach, Humboldt, Saint Mary's College, Sonoma State, and University of the Pacific. At the 2013 WIRA championships, the men's pair placed 2nd out of 16, while the men's novice 4+ placed 6th out of 19. ^[21]

Also in 2012, Cal Maritime added a Men's Cross Country Team that finished 5th out of 8 teams in the Cal Pac Conference.

Notes

↑ http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/Endowment%20Files/2013NCSEEndowmentMarketValuesRevisedJan232014.pdf
↑ https://www.csum.edu/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=4040372&folderId=4064668&name=DLFE-11601.pdf
↑ CMA Maritime programs
↑ http://degrees.calstate.edu/csu_degree_search2?noCache=23:1358368425
↑ http://degrees.calstate.edu/uploads/55/64/5564d4b6ec1584227ca2d1054c759f0f/Credential-Programs-08212012.pdf
↑ Cal Maritime archives (accessed November 15, 2008)
↑ Cal Maritime Administration (accessed July 17, 2012)
↑ California Maritime Academy. "MS Transportation & Engineering management". California Maritime Academy. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ California Maritime Academy. "Maritime Transportation". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ California Maritime Academy. "Marine Engineering Technology". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ California Maritime Academy. "Facilities Engineering Technology". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ California Maritime Academy. "Mechanical Engineering". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ California Maritime Academy. "Business Arts – Global Studies & Maritime Affairs". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ California Maritime Academy. "Business Administration – International Business and Logsitics". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ "America's Best Colleges". Forbes. July 24, 2013.
↑ "Best Colleges 2013". U.S. News & World Report.
↑ California Maritime Academy. "California Maritime Academy Pre-Commissioning Program". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ California Maritime Academy. "Strategic Sealift Officers Program". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ California Maritime Academy. "Navy ROTC". Retrieved January 14, 2012.
↑ Cal Maritime, Cal Maritime's Highly Successful Rugby Coach Announces Departure, August 25, 2010, http://www.csum.edu/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=1a48d66d-7506-4e55-aec4-88776bcd4a14&groupId=61902
↑ http://www.row2k.com/results/resultspage.cfm?UID=3681658&cat=6#.UX_Zo7WbNqA

External links

v t e The California State University

Campuses	Bakersfield Channel Islands Chico Dominguez Hills East Bay Fresno Fullerton Humboldt Long Beach Los Angeles Maritime Monterey Bay Northridge Pomona Sacramento San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo San Marcos Sonoma Stanislaus

Research and academics	Academics Engineering Research Desert Studies Center Murillo Family Observatory Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Mount Laguna Observatory T.S. Golden Bear Southern California Marine Institute

History	California State Normal School San Diego

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v t e Maritime Academies in the United States

Federal	United States Merchant Marine Academy

State	California Maritime Academy Great Lakes Maritime Academy Maine Maritime Academy Massachusetts Maritime Academy State University of New York Maritime College Texas Maritime Academy

v t e California Pacific Conference

Cal Maritime ERAU–Prescott Marymount Menlo Oaks Pacific Union College Simpson University Soka University of America UC Merced William Jessup University

v t e Colleges and universities in California

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University of California	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Merced University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, San Francisco University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz

California State University	California Maritime Academy California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State University, Bakersfield California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Chico California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, East Bay California State University, Fresno California State University, Fullerton California State University, Long Beach California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Monterey Bay California State University, Northridge California State University, Sacramento California State University, San Bernardino California State University, San Marcos California State University, Stanislaus Humboldt State University San Diego State University San Francisco State University San Jose State University Sonoma State University

Defunct	Upland College

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