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SCCC Maritime Academy will receive former Navy vessel

Our 36th district’s Seattle Central Community College Maritime Academy acquired a former Navy vessel, a great opportunity to expand the school’s training program for merchant mariners and help us secure the workforce for Seattle’s working waterfront.

From the Seattle Times:

The ship called Vigorous began its career as a Navy vessel at the end of the Cold War, working the North Atlantic Ocean and listening for signs of enemy submarines.

Later, it was re-christened the Bold and retrofitted for marine science. It was used by the Environmental Protection Agency for water-quality research in the Florida Keys.

Now, the 224-foot-long Bold is joining the fleet of Seattle Central Community College’s Maritime Academy. The towering ship with the blue hull will become a teaching vessel for merchant-marine training and oceanographic research, and will dock near the Ballard Bridge when it’s not out to sea.

Read the entire piece by Katherine Long in the Seattle Times here.

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Photos: EPA