Second-year students learn basic seamanship, which, besides constituting part of their training as sailors, also provides them with some of the basic knowledge required of officers.
第二學年暑期，學生在艦艇學習士兵擔任的所有職務，包括敲鐵鏽、刷坦克艙、塗漆等，一方面是磨鍊，另方面則是瞭解基層工作，做為將來領導士兵的基礎。