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The wreck of American Star (SS America)
SS America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted naval architect William Francis Gibbs. She carried many names in the 54 years between her construction and her 1994 wrecking, as she served as the SS America (carrying this name three different times during her career), the USS West Point, the SS Australis, the SS Italis, the SS Noga, the SS Alferdoss, and the SS American Star.
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Journey to the North Pole in a Russian ice breaker
An interesting series of pics from an expedition to and from the North Pole. Original source is in Russian however you can use google translate, which is included in my links to the source.
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The secret world of cargo ships
On a modern shipping vessel, what's in the hold is unknown — even to the people moving it
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Vast Antarctic iceberg 'could threaten shipping'
UK researchers have been awarded an emergency grant to track a vast iceberg in Antarctica that could enter shipping lanes.
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Pirates Take Tanker in Strait of Malacca Near Singapore
Ten pirates armed with guns and knives boarded a vessel about 7.3 nautical miles (13.5 kilometers) west of Malaysia’s Pulau Kukup in the Strait of Malacca, forcing the crew to transfer its gasoil cargo to another ship, the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Center said in a Nov. 7 incident report on its website. The attack was about 34 miles west of Singapore, according to the co-ordinates recorded by the agency.
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This is what a high speed turn in a US Navy destroyer looks like
I love this photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shane A. Jackson: sailors standing aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley during a turn at full speed. It's crazy to think that a 509-foot-long beast that displaces 9,200 tons can make such high-speed maneuvers.
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World War II U-Boat Found With Skeletons
Researchers have apparently discovered the remains of a World War II-era German U-boat and the skeletons of its crew off the coast of Indonesia. Experts say it's an unprecedented find that could provide insight into how the war was fought in the South West Pacific theater.
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RCMP arrest Toronto man for attempting to sell shipbuilding secrets to China
The RCMP have arrested a 53-year-old man on charges of trying to sell classified information in what they call a “threat to Canada.” Police allege Qing Quentin Huang was trying to sell classified information to China involving Canada’s shipbuilding procurement strategy.
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Floating City
Back in the nineties, a team of visionaries...
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World's largest ship floated for the first time
A hull longer than the Empire State Building is tall has been floated out of dry dock in Geoje, South Korea. Measuring 488 m (1,601 ft) long and 74 m (243 ft) wide, the hull belongs to Shell's Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, which upon completion will be the largest floating facility ever built.
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Antarctica bound: work and play on a research vessel – in pictures
Researchers and journalists on board the Akademik Shokalskiy brave rough seas as they go about their work – but also find time to eat and relax
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Antarctic expedition scientists trapped in ice
Icebreaker ships go to help MV Akademik Shokalskiy after captain issues distress call.
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Somali Pirates Hijacked Zero Boats This Year
Piracy remains a concern for ships that pass the Horn of Africa, although where piracy was once rampant in the Indian Ocean, the number of incidents have declined since 2011. While the topic of piracy grips the public imagination — the success of the film “Captain Phillips” bears witness to this — not one single vessel was hijacked in the Indian Ocean this year, according to the United States Office of Naval Intelligence.
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Rolls-Royce to plot a course to the future with drone ships
Amazon may have embraced the robotics revolution with the promise of drones making deliveries to your door, but Rolls-Royce has taken it one step further and is predicting the first drone cargo ship will enter service in the next decade. The UK engineering group, one of the world's largest suppliers to the commercial shipbuilding industry, has called for a public debate on the switch from crewed cargo vessels to autonomous ships
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The icebreakers of old
Icebreakers have helped carve paths through frosty seas since the 1800s; of course, the designs of these behemoths have much improved upon the glorified whalers that once sliced through the ice.
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USS Franklin - The most heavily damaged aircraft carrier to survive WWII
She was badly damaged by a Japanese air attack in March 1945, with the loss of over 800 of her crew.
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China's trapped icebreaker makes successful escape
Trapped Chinese research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong made a successful escape through heavy sea ice at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, has been making consistent efforts to "veer around" the whole day while navigating through thick floes, Xinhua reported.
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China starts building second aircraft carrier: media
China has started constructing the second of four planned aircraft carriers, a top government official said according to media reports on Saturday. The ship is under construction in the northeastern port of Dalian and will take six years to build, the reports said quoting Wang Min, Communist Party chief for Dalian's Liaoning province.
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Mystery of the Lyubov Orlova: Ghost ship full of cannibal rats ‘could be heading for Britain’
A ghost ship carrying nothing but disease-ridden rats could be about to make land on Britain’s shore, experts have warned.
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US officials probe illnesses on Caribbean cruise
U.S. health officials will board a cruise ship docked in the U.S. Virgin Islands to investigate an illness outbreak that has stricken at least 300 people with gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea, a cruise company spokeswoman said Sunday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that 281, or nearly 10 percent, of the 3,050 passengers aboard Royal Caribbean International's Explorer of the Seas have reported getting sick.
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