[LadyBuzz]

MMA = Massachusetts Maritime Academy

where is the Merchant Marine Academy?

I’ll google it now - I lived on Cape Cod for 25 years & MMA to me is Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

[ThirdMate]

There are six State Merchant Marine Academies, and one Federal.

Federal= US Merchant Marine Academy, ie King's Point
State= Texas (Texas A&M Galveston), California, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, and Great Lakes