The US Navy commissioned its first-ever coed submarine, the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Jersey, at a ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, NJ.
The US Navy has allowed women to serve on US Navy submarines for more than a decade. In 2010, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates lifted the ban on females serving aboard US submarines. A year later, the first female officers began reporting for duty on Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines.
What sets the USS New Jersey apart is that it is the first of its kind to be designed from the keel up with specific modifications for gender integration.
How many whales and other marine mammals frequent the waters adjoining the New York Metropolitan Region? At last count, at least 400, which was news to me. This is according to 
An updated repost. There is a line from a Paul Simon song, “These are the days of miracle and wonder.” One might not think to apply that lyric to the events of 9/11, 23 years ago today. Yet for at least part of that strange and horrible day, they fit.
Three years ago, we 
Animal rights groups on Wednesday said gunfire killed a 
The sailing cargo ship 
Hvaldimir, the beluga “spy” whale has died. The Norwegian public broadcaster
After decades of working to save the historic ocean liner 
At about 6:15 this morning, local time, the 
A crew of 6 adventurers set sail on a 500-nautical-mile voyage in the North Sea from Tvøroyri on the Faroe Islands bound for Trondheim, Norway aboard Naddoddur, a 33′ long Faroese Viking ship replica. The voyage, expected to take 3-5 days, ended in tragedy last Tuesday when the craft capsized in high seas near Norway’s dreaded 
With preliminary races of the 
Five days ago, the 56-meter-long sailing yacht 
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