Mary A Whalen shared Lisa Kolibabek's post: Big news in the (New York) harbor today: the ship PEKING was loaded onto a heavy lift ship to be transported back to Germany. She will be reborn and have a great future. Thanks Lisa Kolibabek for making your photo coverage public, it's quite the tribute to the grand vessel who graced our city for many years at the South Street … [Read more...]

Lizzie Borden & The Old Fall River Line Everyone from presidents to swindlers sailed the Sound on “Mammoth Palace Steamers” in the heyday of the side wheelers and night boats. The Fall River Line was a combination steamboat and railroad connection between New York City and Boston that operated between 1847 and 1937. For many years, it was the preferred route to take for … [Read more...]

You heard about Tall Ships, but have you met their cats? 11 majestic photos of the Tall Ships descending upon Boston BOSTON — Crew members and cadets from each of the visiting Sail Boston ships paraded through Boston Monday. Many wore their uniforms and some played music or carried the flags from their home nations as they marched into downtown on Seaport Boulevard and … [Read more...]

Just off River Street, behind the New Heritage Diner, it looms like something out of the Battle of Midway: the U.S.S. Ling, a World War II-era submarine, squatting in a shallow stretch in the upper reaches of the Hackensack River. This 312-foot hulk of gray steel has been berthed along the river’s shoreline since the early 1970s, when the Navy offered it to a group of local … [Read more...]

Fifty Years Later, NSA Keeps Details of Israel’s USS Liberty Attack Secret On June 8, 1967, an Israeli torpedo tore through the side of the unarmed American naval vessel USS Liberty, approximately a dozen miles off the Sinai coast. The ship, whose crew was under command of the National Security Agency, was intercepting communications at the height of the Six-Day War when it … [Read more...]

As if there weren't enough to worry about, Singapore is being invaded by giant crocheted sea urchins.  >> via Trevor Corson, author of the books "The Secret Life of Lobsters" and "The Story of Sushi."  --TrevorCorson.com National Ocean Service - Looking for a getaway for a few minutes during your work day? Check out our virtual … [Read more...]

from the chapter Marine Art and Culture: "It is not only their delightful shapes and stunning geometry that draw one to seashells. It is their power to kindle the imagination. Looking at seashells calls forth tales from the deep — of Odysseus and the Sirens, Captain Ahab and Moby–Dick — and the tapestry of real loves and real tragedies that has unfolded over the centuries as … [Read more...]