[Rockingham]

My father graduated from the US Merchant marine Academy at Kings Point just after WW II. He spent years at sea as a merchant marine officer and two years in the US Navy during the Korean War. Even in that era, he found the Navy's seamanship to be weak compared to that of the US merchant vessels he served on.

As the modern woke curriculum indicates, Annapolis graduates Naval officers, while Kings Point graduates mariners. Recently, the Navy even turned to Kings Point for help in restoring celestial navigation courses to Annapolis.

A remedy for the US Navy's weaknesses in seamanship obviously must include purging out wokeness, but more will be required. A good quick solution would be to offer Kings Point graduates a year or so training as naval officers, with rapid career advancement afterwards. This would have to be imposed from above as the US Navy's pride would otherwise forbid such a move.

[Chode]

the Navy even turned to Kings Point for help in restoring celestial navigation courses to Annapolis.

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basic seamanship is out of fashion

[T.B. Yoits]

Even in that era, he found the Navy's seamanship to be weak compared to that of the US merchant vessels he served on.

One big change is that fewer people work in industries relying on boats. The smaller ports are out of business, lucky to have some recreational boats. The amount of shipping on U.S. rivers is a fraction of what it was. The fishing industry has large commercial floating factories that replaced the smaller boats.

With the exception of pleasure cruises, people don't travel by ship (except for commuter ferries).

All that river and ocean work, tugs, manned lighthouses, barges, etc. are a fraction of what they were.