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STATE OF MANE
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219-MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY
TRAINING SHIP "STATE OF MAINE"
AT CASTINE, MAINE
It is 413 feet long, gross tonnage is 7,000
tons.
It is the former United States Hospital
ship "Comfort" and as such was hit off
Okinawa, during World War 2, by a Japan-
ese suicide plane, killing 36 people including
16 nurses.
The entire battalion of about 200 midship-
men and over 45 officers and crew members
go on the cruise each year.
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