During her recent visit to New York to host a two-day Anglo-American defense conference, the Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth was used in a training demonstration in the harbor using jet packs. The BBC reports that the Sussex-based jet … Continue reading
Category Archives: Ships
In 2020, we posted that China Merchants Group had signed a contract with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) for two Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) each with four rigid wing sails to provide wind-assisted propulsion. The first of the two … Continue reading
We have been following the development of the Wind Challenger Project since it first was unveiled in 2012. Initially developed by the University of Toyko with the support of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Oshima-shipbuilding, the concept is for a sail-assisted ship with retractable … Continue reading
If you are in the vicinity of New York harbor on this Sunday, October 9th, you may wish to check out the Red Hook Open Studios (RHOS) concert featuring Shepup & friends on Portside NewYork‘s historic tanker Mary A. Whalen. … Continue reading
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the first of the US Navy’s newest generation of aircraft carriers and the largest and most expensive warship ever built, is ready to begin her maiden deployment after years of delay and cost overruns. The … Continue reading
The scope and scale of the property damage and loss of life resulting from Hurricane Ian to Florida and the Carolinas are still being assessed. The hurricane is likely to rank among the most destructive storms to strike to state … Continue reading
Yesterday, we posted Bonhomme Richard Arson Trial — Will the Case Go Up in Smoke? that discussed the end of the trial phase of the court martial of 21-year-old Seaman Ryan Mays, who was charged with deliberately setting the fire … Continue reading
The verdict in the court-martial of 21-year-old Seaman Ryan Mays, accused of deliberately setting the fire that torched the billion-plus dollar amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, is in the hands of a military judge. If convicted of arson and … Continue reading
In April of 1912, the cargo-passenger liner SS Mesaba radioed an ice warning to RMS Titanic. The message was received but never made it to the bridge. The supposedly unsinkable Titanic then hit an iceberg and sank on her maiden … Continue reading
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has arrived in New York harbor, dropping anchor within sight of the Statue of Liberty. The carrier is accompanied by her frigate escort, HMS Richmond, which sailed up the Hudson River for … Continue reading
We recently posted videos of the 110-year-old battleship USS Texas currently being repaired and refurbished in drydock at the Gulf Copper Shipyard in Galveston. The Texas is the oldest remaining dreadnought battleship and only one of six surviving ships to have served … Continue reading
Saildrone, Inc. and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have released video footage gathered by a Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) from inside Hurricane Fiona, a Category 4 hurricane, barreling across the Atlantic Ocean. For the second year, NOAA … Continue reading
Ancient trade routes in the Mediterranean have long been a mystery. How was it that sailing ships of antiquity, that could not sail well to weather, succeeded in carrying grain and other cargoes from the east to Rome against the … Continue reading
The 137-foot Denis Sullivan — the world’s only replica of a 19th-century three-masted Great Lakes schooner — will soon be leaving the Great Lakes bound for Boston, MA. Milwaukee’s Discovery World has sold the schooner to World Ocean School, a nonprofit … Continue reading
Here are two videos of the 110-year-old battleship USS Texas in drydock at the Gulf Copper Shipyard in Galveston. The Texas is the oldest remaining dreadnought battleship and only one of six surviving ships to have served in both World … Continue reading