Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Sea Term '97 New Orleans Louisiana
The Training Ship Patriot State arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi River
early in the morning Wednesday, 22 January. It was a ten hour journey, nearly 100 miles, from the Mississippi Delta
to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. The river averages almost 50 feet in depth, and is 90 feet deep in
some places!
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