The SS Kauai is the newest of five Matson Navigation Company container ships serving between Honolulu and the neighboring islands of Maui, Hawaii and Kauai.

This Is MM&P Country Hawaii, admitted as the fiftieth state of the Union in 1959, is connected to the mainland by a strong fleet of five ships operated by Matson Navigation Company in its West Coast-Hawaii fleet and an inter-island container vessel fleet serving between Honolulu and the neighbor islands of Maui , Hawaii and Kauai. This lifeline is maintained under varying circumstances and in all kinds of weather by ship's officers trained by the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education and Safety (MATES) Program. Ship officers return regularly to the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) to sharpen their skills and learn new ones-all on dry land-while they navigate their way through any number of simulated waters with complete safety.

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ALLEN C. SCOTT

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