On March 24th, 1945 the USS Lancetfish was decommissioned after less than thousand hours in service. She never put to sea under her own power and never had a crew. Delivered from the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia, she was towed to the Boston Navy Yard for additional work. A shipyard worker opened a torpedo tube door and the sub sank in seven fathoms of water. She was judged too damaged to be worth repairing and was laid up until 1959 when she was finally sold for scrap.
Thanks to Dave Shirlaw on the Marine History List for passing the story along.
Earth Hour
This Sunday a grand of fleet of miniature ships will sail the lake at East Tamaki, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The event is being hosted by Task Force 48, a group of radio-controlled model ship enthusiasts.
For those in New York there is a special program, 
“The newest landmark in the tsunami-stricken city of Kesennuma.”
Today is the 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the passenger ship 
A very interesting presentation at the 
On March 20th, 1602 the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, the VOC, or in English, the United Dutch East India Company was established as a chartered company. It would dominate European trade with Asia for almost 200 years.
Last November, 