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The US Coast Guards long promise to deploy search and rescue (SAR) drones to rescue mariners has been aground for two decades. Will this wreck ever be

  Above is the YouTube Live video of a hearing on the EL FARO Marine Casualty Report by the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime

Since the tragic death of U. S. Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Chief Petty Officer Terrell five years ago the efforts of cartels to smuggle drugs with the

In the mistakenly-titled article “US Coast Guard seeks tighter grip over third parties in wake of El Faro sinking“, Rear Admiral John Nadeau, USCG

On Saturday General Dynamics NASSCO christened the Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams, a most unsexy but important US Navy

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A Philippine ferry carrying 251 people capsized on Thursday off an island south of Manila, the capital, a coast guard spokesman said, amid a storm bringing

gCaptain is proud to announce the winners of our second annual award for gCaptain’s Best Nautical Books Of The Year. The year’s

As each year passes in our wake, we’re building quite a collection of holiday gift guides. Last year, we introduced a new category to the family with our

Say Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas at sea with gCaptain’s newest item… YoHoHo Merry Christmas Shirt

It’s that time of year when the world falls in love and every song you hear seems to say “Merry Christmas”… it’s also time for gCaptain to publish

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Argentina (Reuters) – The Argentine navy raised the possibility on Thursday that a navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic suffered an explosion,

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Watches evolved in the 17th century from spring-powered clocks, which appeared as early as the 14th century. During most of its history the watch was a

Between its forming on June 12, 1775 to the Operation Iraqi freedom hundreds of thousands of US Merchant Mariners have risked their lives for freedom. During

After launching our new tools and toys section last week many of our products quickly ran out of stock…. but we are happy to report that our two most

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