This is the story of the last of the Gasoline Tankers to serve in the U.S. fleet which were some of the longest serving ships in the fleet, even to this very day. Gasoline tankers are typically designated T-AOG in the Naval Vessel Register, and are usually small handy tankers used to transport clean product [...]

Every now and again, you find something interesting that is worth telling.  The other day I had the opportunity to go aboard the USNS H. H. Hess, moored in the Suisun Bay mothball fleet.   The following is a rare glimpse inside one of the boilers on the USNS H.H. Hess.  Even the untrained eye [...]

The shrinking size of the U.S. flagged merchant fleet is drawing the attention of the attention of Congressman Elijah E. Cummings,  Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation as evident at a recent hearing on the 29th of Sept.  Congressman Cummings is turning to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to provide further details concerning [...]

I came across this post over at the English Russia blog providing a great glimpse inside the nuclear icebreaker LENIN.  I love finding detailed photos of unique ships like this on the web, and figured I’d share this one here. For a little history on the Lenin, it was the first nuclear powered surface ship [...]

In a relatively lightly published and un-noticed event, the U.S. flagged cargo ship M/V SAGAMORE was attacked and robbed on Aug. 8th by two men with AK-47s near the al-Basrah Oil Terminal, which lies about 19 miles from the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr. The SAGAMORE is operated by Sealift Inc., a privately held company [...]