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A Hawaiian Canoe Crosses the Oceans, Guided by Sun and Stars
The Hokule’a is circling the globe without modern navigation, drawing attention to climate change and to the seafaring skills of ancient Polynesians. By Laura Parker.
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The big-box game
The largest container lines are bulking up to try to withstand a fresh downturn.
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Henry V warship buried in Hampshire
Historians and archaeologists have tentatively identified the location of one of medieval England’s greatest ships. Detailed archival and aerial photographic research carried out by British maritime historian, Ian Friel, has pinpointed a 30 metre stretch of the River Hamble near Southampton as the final resting place of one of Henry V’s largest warships – the Holigost (in modern English, the Holy Ghost).
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SS United States: The Rusting Hulk of America's Last Great Ocean Liner
SS United States, decaying and moored at Philadelphia's Pier 84, is one of the last great ocean liners of the 20th century, facing an uncertain future.
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My Lost Love
Saw this beauty in Yorktown. If I had a big enough crew I would have stole her and sailed away on the spot.
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Hellburners Were the Renaissance’s Tactical Nukes
Huge floating bombs could break a siege or wipe out a port. By Steve Weintz.
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Hook, Line, and Sinker
Maine treasure hunter Greg Brooks found the world’s richest shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod. Or at least that’s what he told investors. By Erick Trickey.
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Sail Amsterdam
Sail Amsterdam is one of the biggest attractions in Amsterdam and the greatest nautical spectacle in the world where scores of tall ships and hundreds of other historical ships gather along the river IJ for an amazing parade.
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The sinking of the Canadian Navy
A maritime nation has let its naval fleet go to seed. Here's how the once-proud Royal Canadian Navy fell into such an embarrassing state of disrepair. By Scott Gilmore with Meagan Campbell.
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The Container Ship Tourism Industry
Robert Rieffel was strolling with his wife and friends along River Street in Savannah, Georgia, a touristy corridor filled with trinket shops and restaurants, when he suddenly heard “this big brooooooooooo,” he says, imitating the sound of a ship’s horn. An enormous cargo ship was sailing up the river, one of many that travel international routes delivering everything from kitty litter to cars to clothes in massive stacks of metal shipping containers. Rieffel was captivated.
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30th July 1945 - USS Indianapolis torpedoed
The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sinks within minutes in shark-infested waters. Only 317 of the 1,196 men on board survived.
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Warship's Last Survivors Recall Sinking in Shark-Infested Waters
Seventy years later, [U.S.S. Indianapolis] veterans of an epic naval disaster gather to share stories of suffering, reconciliation, and healing. By Glenn Hodges.
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A Renegade Trawler, Hunted for 10,000 Miles by Vigilantes
For 110 days and across two seas and three oceans, crews stalked a fugitive fishing ship considered the world’s most notorious poacher. By Ian Urbina.
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Roald Amundsen's Maud, Stuck in Ice Since 1930, to be Raised Next Week
The Maud, a ship used by famed Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen that sunk after being stuck in sea ice near Cambridge Bay 85 years ago, is set to be raised early next week by a team attempting to bring it home to Norway.
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116 year-Old Shipwreck Found in Lake Michigan
In February 1899, the 214-foot steamship John V. Moran sank in Lake Michigan near Muskegon.Now, 116 years later, the Holland-based Michigan Shipwreck Research Association has found it.
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Graf Zeppelin 1929 Around Globe Trip
(Full Documentary)
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Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship
Few places on earth are as free from legal oversight as the high seas. One ship has been among the most persistent offenders. By Ian Urbina.
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Shipwreck Found off North Carolina, Possibly From Late 1700s
Scientists using underwater vehicles and sonar have found a shipwreck off the North Carolina coast that may date back to the American Revolution, Duke University said Friday. The expedition led by Duke marine scientist Cindy Van Dover found the previously unknown wreck in mile-deep waters...
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The tale of the shipwreck at Portland Head Light
Gregg Lagerquist has the story of one of the most famous and least understood shipwrecks in Maine’s history. He tells the tale of the Annie C. Maguire and the wreck at Portland Head Light...
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13th century Mongolian ship Kublai Khan sent to invade Japan found
Two armadas sent by the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty to invade Japan decimated by legendary ‘kamikaze.’
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