Almost Home, USS Georgia Collides With Buoy
The nuclear submarine USS Georgia is now in drydock at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. The Georgia was returning after a […]
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Keel Laying for the Star Clipper’s Near-Replica of France II
In May, we posted that Star Clippers is building the world’s largest square-rigged passenger ship, a near-replica of the five-masted
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New from Old Salt Press — Britannia’s Spartan by Antione Vanner
Another wonderful release in time for the holidays. Antione Vanner’s Britannia’s Spartan is the fourth volume of the Dawlish Chronicles.
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New from Old Salt Press — HMS Prometheus by Alaric Bond
Alaric Bond’s new novel HMS Prometheus is the eighth book in his Fighting Sail Series. Here is a review by
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Ship Fires Shuts Houston Ship Channel — Another Day on the Congested Waterway
The tanker Navigator Europa, moored outside the Targa LPG export terminal, caught fire today, shutting down a section of the Houston Ship
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Help Restore the Hudson Ferry Sloop Woody Guthrie
The Beacon Sloop Club is raising money to restore the Hudson River ferry sloop, Woody Guthrie. G Since 1978, the
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In the Heart of the Sea — A Movie Review
Today I saw the movie, “In the Heart of the Sea,” directed by Ron Howard and somewhat loosely based on
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Remembering Mocha Dick, the Real Rogue White Whale Who Inspired Moby Dick
Today in theaters in the US, the movie “In the Heart of the Sea” opens. It is based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s
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Buffet on the Beach — Coffee, Noodles, Wine and the 25 Missing Containers
This week, the beach in Melbourne, Florida was suddenly covered with thousands of yellow and red cans and freeze-dried bricks
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John Lennon and the Voyage of the Megan Jaye
I recently came across a sea story, that, like the best sea stories, has been retold enough times so that
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USS Zumwalt, DDG 1000, Largest USN Destroyer on Sea Trials
The USS Zumwalt, DDG 1000, the largest and most expensive destroyer ever built for the US Navy, headed down the
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The PBY Seaplanes of Pearl Harbor — Rare Images from 74 Years Later
Minutes before the beginning of the attack on the warships of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese Imperial Navy
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Remembering the Halifax Explosion and the Boston Christmas Tree
Ninety-eight years ago today, on the morning of December 6, 1917, the French freighter SS Mont-Blanc collided with the SS Imo,
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Over 30 Dead or Missing in Caspian Sea Drilling Rig Fire
The state oil company SOCAR reports that over 30 are dead or missing after an Azeri drilling rig in the
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Colombia Announces Finding Galleon San José, the “Holy Grail of Ship Wrecks”
Today, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced that it has found the wreck of the galleon San José, what some have