On Memorial Day, an updated repost about the last mission of the USS Olympia in 1921, when she carried an American unknown soldier killed during World War I from a cemetery in France back to Washington to be entombed at Arlington National Cemetery. The Olympia was decommissioned the following year.
USS Olympia is the oldest steel-hulled American warship afloat and Commodore George Dewey’s flagship during the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898. The ship is now a museum ship at Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum.
On May 27, 2022, Australian solo sailor 
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As the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinds to a bloody stalemate, the Russian navy is effectively blockading the northern Black Sea, cutting off maritime trade at Ukrainian ports, in what world leaders call 
On Monday, the US Navy released the 
“Social distancing” during an outbreak of a contagious disease is difficult for dolphins as well as for humans. Researchers are now investigating how dolphin social interactions may help spread the virus that has resulted in significant dolphin strandings and die-offs in recent years. 
Andrew Bedwell hopes to set a new world record for sailing the smallest boat to cross the Atlantic. His vessel, Big C is just over 1m/3.2ft long. If all goes according to plan he will set off in May 2023 from St Johns, Newfoundland, and finish off Lizard Point in Cornwall.
U.S. Secretary of the Navy 
The museum ship, the retired United States Navy 
In January, we 
Skywatchers in portions of the Americas, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, and the East Pacific will see a 
Ship strikes — collisions between ships and large marine life — are a serious threat to whales and other large marine creatures. According to the non-profit