Just when it seems like it couldn’t get any worse for the U.S. Navy, the nuclear submarine USS HARTFORD collided with the amphibious ship USS NEW ORLEANS in the Strait of Hormuz at 1 AM local on the 19th of March. After embarrassing engineering problems with the Navy’s newest amphib class kept the USS [...]
Ecaptain has some insight into what happens when both vessels involved in a collision violate COLREGS. To go along with this topic…gcaptain posted a video of a collision between the MAERSK HOLYHEAD and M/V PEQUOT. This collision occurred in November of 2005, but has to be one of the most amazing footage of a collision that I have [...]
The 140ft Coast Guard buoy tender “Morro Bay” collided with the 175ft Block Island ferry running from Point Judith Rhode Island, to Block Island. Fog had reduced visibility down to about 200 yards at the time of the incident. Apparently the Coast Guard Cutter had just finished a change of command ceremony in Newport and [...]
Here’s something we came across at Disleduck’s site – some incredible infographics depicting the cost and impact of modern day piracy. These were created by the site TravelInsurance.org and provide a good visual on the problem the world faces as modern day piracy continues to exist. For more on the effort to campaign for an [...]
It’s nearly the end of the road for the old Coast Guard Icebreaker GLACIER, WAGB-4. The ship has left the Suisun Reserve Fleet, entered the Mare Island Drydock for hull cleaning, and is now under tow to Brownsville for scrapping. The ship had been moored in the mothball fleet since 1991 following decommissioning in 1987. The ship [...]
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