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Seagoing troublemakers rejoice!! Flogging Outlawed … 161 years ago today

By On September 28, 2011

The dreaded cat ‘o nine tails, also known as the “captain’s daughter”, was finally outlawed by the U.S. Navy 161 years ago today.   Weighing approximately 13 ounces and consisting [...]

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23 September 1779: “I have not yet begun to fight!”… a historic day for the US Navy

By On September 23, 2011

On this day, 232 years ago, the 50-gun HMS Serapis engaged the Bonhomme Richard in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, England.  Skippered by Captain John Paul Jones of the Continental [...]

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An American warship attacks Libyan pirates… circa 1801.

By On August 1, 2011

(US Naval History and Heritage Command) Exactly 210 years ago today, during the First Barbary War, the schooner Enterprise, commanded by Lieutenant Andrew Sterett, encountered the Barbary corsair Tripoli west [...]

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USS COLE (DDG 67) – A tribute to her crew and the 17 who were lost 10 years ago.

By On October 12, 2010

By Lt.j.g. Jacob Beckelhymer, Navigator, USS Cole (DDG 67) You can’t miss them.  The 17 gold stars running across the deck in front of COLE’s mess line.  They stand for our [...]

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USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964) – the last survivor of the Spruance Class

By On September 21, 2010

Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS in 1973/4, USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964) was the 2nd ship of the Spruance-class and is the only one left that hasn’t [...]

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Manned Models – An Unusual Training Device

By On September 25, 2009

From the gCaptain archives… Our friend Peter Mello at Sea-Fever, a must read maritime blog, brings us the model building obsession of William Terra. This one stopped me cold for [...]

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Dangerously Misguided Journalism – Should We Stop Calling Them Pirates?

By On January 6, 2009

I recently subscribed to and have been enjoying one of the top blogs in the political arena, The Huffington Post. The reasons are two fold. First, I enjoy the articles [...]

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Historic Mission for Chinese Navy

By On December 30, 2008

Last Friday, the Chinese Navy set off on an historical mission: the first modern deployment of battle-ready warships beyond the Pacific.  What was the task?   An anti-piracy mission that will [...]

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Wilhelm Gustloff – Hitler’s Titanic

By On March 4, 2008

MS Wilhelm Gustloff, 9,000 lives lost in 1945 With a death toll six times greater than the Titanic, new light has been shed on MS Wilhelm Gustloff, as a result [...]

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