Category: Vessels

A variety of boats, submarines, ships, yachts, etc.

El Faro sank during Hurricane Joaquin

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Monday morning that missing cargo ship El Faro sank during Hurricane Joaquin. Source: Coast Guard: El Faro sank during Hurricane... Read More

Navy Destroyer USS Gridley Visits Santa Barbara

The 500’ Navy Destroyer USS Gridley will visit Santa Barbara from Monday evening, September 21st through early Friday morning, September 25th. Based in San Diego,... Read More

Ghost Ship

Ghosts have haunted the human imagination since the beginning of time, and it’s no wonder. How else do you explain the explainable? Such as the... Read More

1st American Ship Reach North Pole Alone

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy was able to sail all the way to the North Pole. The icebreaker is the first American surface ship to... Read More

Coast Guard icebreaker reaches North Pole

Arctic Newswire from Alaska Dispatch News Source: Coast Guard icebreaker reaches North Pole unaccompanied, a US first Read More

Honda Point Disaster

Source: This Date in Local History: Honda Point Disaster On September 8, 1923 the United States Navy lost seven ships in a mass grounding that... Read More

Icebreakers

The fact that the U.S. now has politicians clamoring for more icebreakers is another case of too little, too late. A distraction more than anything... Read More

Fall Cruise Ship Season in Santa Barbara

Source: Fall Cruise Ship Season in Santa Barbara Read More

Japanese fisherman finds boat

The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news Source: Japanese fisherman reunites with boat swept away in... Read More

The Rudder

For those of you curious about where and when the idea for what we know as the rudder came from, try China around the 1st... Read More

The Helm

Hi folks, we thought we’d take a second to clear something up, and that’s what exactly is a helm. Well, it’s the entire steering mechanism... Read More