US Merchant Marine Academy Faces Serious Sexual Assault Allegation During Cadet’s Sea Year DIARIO DE BITÁCORA DEL CORSARIO WALREY he U.S. Department of Transportation and Maritime Administration are taking a serious look into an anonymous online report by a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) cadet who claims she was sexually assaulted during her Sea Year training, while also offering “unwavering support” to the victim and others who have experienced of sexual assault and harassment at the federal service academy in Kings Point, N.Y. The allegation was posted as an article written by the victim, who identified herself as a female member of the class of 2022 at USMMA, to a whistleblower website which works to expose problems of sexual harassment and assault aboard U.S. commercial vessels, and also shared on social media. The website also contains other allegations we cannot independently verify. In her post, the anonymous author discloses that she was 19 when she was sexually assaulted while on Sea Year by an older engineer aboard a U.S.-flagged Maersk Line Limited ship after she was pressured into drinking by members of the engineering department. The name of the vessel and anyone involved weren’t disclosed. The article started by also pointing to a broader issue of sexual misconduct against women cadets at USMMA. https://gcaptain.com/us-merchant-marine-academy-faces-serious-sexual-assault-allegation-during-cadets-sea-year/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50174ef03-90bb776236-169856837&mc_cid=90bb776236