- Student Cruise Experience InterviewsWatch short student interview to learn about their experiences. Zane Chubet Katherine Behan John Kinsey Hunter Kimball Nathaniel Graves Cameron Sprott Justin King Zayna Dickson Vincent Richiardi
- TSSOM Returns to Castine – LivestreamThe TSSOM is scheduled to return to the Castine, Maine dock on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 from the summer training cruise at approximately 6:00 pm. Livestreaming of this event will begin at 5:15 pm with the ship expected to be in view by 5:30 pm.
- June 17 | Chess TournamentToday was our chess tournament which began at 1900. There were about eight participants in the tournament, and each pair played matches best of three. Within three hours, 4/C Jacob Parker took the title of TSSOM Chess champion! Today was also our last full day at sea, and to end it off we passed through […]
- June 17 | Burial at SeaToday was Elmer Perkins’ burial at sea. Elmer was a Maine Maritime Academy graduate from the class of 1945 and served as a merchant marine during World War 2. The regiment gathered for a muster on the fantail of the ship, company commanders reported in, and the ceremony began. Captain MacArthur started off by speaking […]
- June 16 | Board GamesWith cruise coming to a close, those aboard have been finding more board games to keep from being bored. Recently, it has been Settlers of Catan! Speaking of games, after a three day tournament, 3rd Engineer Roy and Professor Starbird have emerged victorious as our cruise 2022 cribbage champions! Recently, deck students had firefighting training. […]
2022 TSSOM Cruise Blog
Port Information
| * Ports | Arrive Port | Depart Port |
|---|---|---|
| Castine, Maine (Move aboard TSSOM) | April 24 | |
| Castine, Maine | April 27 | |
| Charleston, South Carolina | May 3 | May 6 |
| Port Everglades, Florida | May 12 | May 14 |
| Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal | May 25 | May 28 |
| Reykjavik, Iceland | June 5 | June 8 |
| Portland, Maine | June 19 | June 21 |
| Castine, Maine | June 21 | |
| Castine, Maine (Cruise ends) | June 24 |
Email Tips
Email connectivity for the ship is provided via satellite connection. This connection is very expensive. In order to control the costs associated with providing email, the size of messages going through the gateway (inbound and outbound) is limited to 30k. Attachments cannot be accommodated. If an email is greater in size than 30k, it will bounce back to the sender and include instructions for sending again. Please be mindful of the number and size of messages you send while using the system.
Here are a few ways to make sure emails stay under the 30k limit:
- Eliminate long signatures
- Only quote (include) relevant parts of original emails in your reply
- Do not send attachments
Email addresses for students and crew on the training cruise are formatted as firstname.lastname@tssom.mma.edu.
Watch the live streaming of the TSSOM return to Castine on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Coverage to start at 5:15 pm.