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 [...]

We came across these amazing photos of the PAN AMERICAN VICTORY as she transited the Panama Canal not too long ago.  She was on her final voyage from San Francisco, CA to Brownsville, TX for scrapping.  The Pan American Victory was the first of the last 4 remaining Victory Ships still owned by the U.S. [...]

The last T-2 tanker, in the world is on the way to its final resting place.  The USNS Mission Santa Ynez is a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker, of the Mission Buenaventura Class.  She has been laid-up in the mothball fleet of Suisun Bay, CA since 1975, and in a few days will be departing the San [...]

This came to us via Towmasters.  We have a video that shows an assist tug getting squeezed or pinched against a pier by a CMA CGM container ship during what appears to be a mooring evolution gone horribly wrong.  It took place in the Port of Constanta, Romania and appears to have happened sometime in [...]

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 [...]