The C-5-S-75a class cargo ship is one of the last remaining bulk cargo ships that remain in service under the U.S. Flag.
A total of 5 ships were constructed under this class at the Newport News Shipbuilding Co. in Newport News, VA from 1968 to 1969. They entered the fleet just as containerization began to take [...]
These photos were sent my way. I don’t know who originally took them, but I thank whoever it was for helping us see the devastation that occurred to the port facilities in Haiti. A few of them appeared to have been taken immediately following the earthquake. They give a perspective of just how powerful the earthquake was. Let’s hope [...]
There is a white ship that normally sits moored in Baltimore, forgotten by most. Today, that ship became the most important ship in the U.S. Navy. Today, the USNS Comfort arrived in Haiti.
There have been a series of extremely strong storm systems that have moved across the Northern Pacific and Gulf of Alaska in the early half of December. Just a week earlier from this incident, the Coast Guard LORAN station in Attu recorded wind gusting to 178 MPH. To those crossing the Pacific out there, be careful and keep a weather eye!
Residents who live along the shores of San Francisco Bay may soon see a ghostly sight as two WW-II era ships slowly slip past as they are towed to a shipyard in San Francisco. Two WW-II Victory Ships are preparing to move from the Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet to the San Francisco BAE shipyard to be prepared for scrapping.
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