Often times mariners are heard joking to each other that "They will meet up again in Snug Harbor". What does this mean? Well, Snug Harbor is a 83-acre park along the Kill Van Kull on the north shore of Staten Island (New York City) that once was a home for retired and disabled sailors. A Brief History Of Snug Harbor The will of Captain Robert Richard Randall … [Read more...]
Icebound: The Climate-Change Secrets of 19th Century Ship’s Logbooks
By Andrew R.C. Marshall OXFORD, England, Dec 11 (Reuters) - On November 14, 1881, an American called George Melville limped across a frozen delta in Siberia and pulled a pole from the snow with his frost-bitten hands. Exhausted and half-starving, Melville was scouring the wasteland for fellow survivors of the most famous ship in the world. The USS Jeannette had set sail from … [Read more...]
Limitations of Crew and Equipment: Almost Sinking in Ouzinkie Narrows Alaska
Life onboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Citrus (WLB 300), a 180 ft. ocean-going buoy tender was normal on Monday morning, 26 February 1979. Citrus was underway, steaming at 12 knots on the north side of Kodiak Island. Skies were clear and the weather pleasant for a February day. At 1734 their world, however, would change dramatically. By early afternoon Citrus was heading … [Read more...]
Veteran’s Day In Peace And War
by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. (gCaptain) This Veteran’s Day we remember the thousands of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen who gave their lives in defense of the United States of America. We should also remember the thousands of merchant mariner veterans who set sail under the flag of the United States and exposed themselves to risk and … [Read more...]
Bankrupt Titanic Collector Is Selling Everything
Titanic April 14, 1912, drawing appeared in John Walker's book AN UNSINKABLE TITANIC EVERY SHIP ITS OWN LIFEBOAT published 1912. Photo via Shutterstock. by Dawn McCarty (Bloomberg) The story of the doomed luxury liner R.M.S. Titanic proved so alluring that divers were searching for the wreck seven decades after it sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Once it was found … [Read more...]