2021–2026

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September 2026

1. 22 SepEnsign Bone Spurs Trump and Messman Dorie Miller, Boundless Narcissism & Stolen Valor
2. 11 SepLooking Back Over 25 Years — Remembering the Great New York Boatlift

June 2026

1. 20 JunHappy Juneteenth — When Emancipation Arrived by Steamship Over 160 Years Ago

May 2026

1. 6 MayHappy Cinco (or Sinko) De Mayo

April 2026

1. 22 AprHegseth’s Pentagon Spends Over $22 M on Lobster, Crab, and Steak, As Warship Sailors Go Hungry
2. 15 AprUSS Gerald R. Ford Retreats From Red Sea, Beaten By Broken Toilets, Laundry Room Fire and Exhausted Crew
3. 3 AprTrump Admin Orders “God Squad” To Waive Protection For Endangered Species

March 2026

1. 18 MarFarewell Old Friend — Saying Goodbye to A23a, Former World’s Largest and Still Oldest Iceberg
2. 14 MarWomen’s History Month — Celebrating Admiral “Amazing Grace” Hopper
3. 11 MarIf He Only Had a Brain — Scarecrow Trump Says Tanker Operators Lack Guts
4. 9 MarOn International Women’s Day, Remembering Eleanor Creesy, Navigator of the Clipper Ship Flying Cloud
5. 5 MarTrump’s War on Iraq — Are There Lessons to Be Learned From Millennium Challenge 2002?
6. 3 MarWomen’s History Month: Remembering Raye Montague, Barrier-Shattering Navy Ship Designer
7. 1 MarDucks, Dynasties, and the Deep: The Remarkable Story of the Temasek Wreck

February 2026

1. 22 FebBlack History Month — First Black Liberty Ship Captain, Hugh Mulzac, Says No To Jim Crow
2. 22 FebIn Honor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion During Black History Month — the Floating Freedom School
3. 21 FebTrump’s Navy Secretary Phelan — Billionaire Donor, No Military Experience, Porn Collector With Epstein Links, of Course
4. 19 FebWinter Cold Enough to Sail Van Nostrand Challenge Cup, America’s Cup of Ice Yachting
5. 16 FebPilot Falls Into Ocean Off Hawaii Attempting to Board Emerald Princess
6. 14 FebValentine’s Day Repost — Valentine Islands
7. 14 FebCelebrating Frederick Douglass on Valentine’s Day — “I Will Take to the Water”
8. 13 FebOnline Poll Names Deep Sea Chiton — No Its Not Molly McMollusk-Face
9. 10 FebHarriet Tubman, Part 2 — the Arc of History Doesn’t Always Bend Toward Justice
10. 7 FebRemembering Robert Smalls – Former Slave, Pilot of the Planter, First Black Captain in the US Navy & US Congressman
11. 6 FebCelebrating Black History Month — Part 1: Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid
12. 6 FebCandela P-12 Flying Above the Waves: the Fastest Electric Passenger Ferry in the World
13. 5 FebWhen New York Harbor Froze
14. 5 FebIcebreaking in New York Harbor
15. 1 Feb50 Year Old USCG Polar Star Rescues Cruise Ship Scenic Eclipse II from Pack Ice in Antarctica

January 2026

1. 26 JanVirginia Oliver, Maine’s Indomitable Lobster Lady, Dies at 105
2. 25 JanSouthern England Beaches Battered By Banana Carnage and Massive Chip Wreck
3. 9 Jan“All Available Boats” — RDML Michael Day’s Radio Call on 9/11
4. 2 JanTrump Admits His Vanity Fleet Battleship Plan is Just an Epstein File Distraction
5. 1 JanWatching the Ball Drop in Times Square — the Nautical Origins of a New Year’s Tradition

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December 2025

1. 29 DecUpdate: Cruise Ship Coral Adventurer Runs Aground on First Trip Death of Elderly Passenger
2. 25 DecSting — Christmas At Sea, Live from Durham Cathedral
3. 25 DecHundreds of Victorian Shoes Mysteriously Wash Ashore on Beach In Wales
4. 7 DecRadio Broadcasts Reporting Attack on Pearl Harbor 84 Years Ago Today
5. 4 DecTragedy in the Mozambique Channel — Two Sailors Found Dead in Possible Pirate Attack
6. 3 DecTrump Regime Attempting to Scapegoat Admiral For Illegal Second Strike on Venezuelan Boat

November 2025

1. 30 NovTrump Ready to Pardon Honduran Drug Kingpin While Threatening a War With Venezuela
2. 30 NovTrump Threatens to Execute Veteran Lawmakers for Calling on Military to Follow the Law
3. 27 NovThanksgiving Repost — Whaling Ships, Sarah Josepha Hale, Mary’s Lamb & a Liberty Ship
4. 27 NovVoyage of the Mayflower II, 1957
5. 21 NovThe Threat of Russian Spy Ship Yantar in UK Waters
6. 20 NovLoose Wire on Container Ship Dali Caused Blackouts, Resulting in Key Bridge Tragedy
7. 17 NovSearch Ends for Royal Fleet Auxiliary Sailor Missing Off Irish Coast
8. 15 NovPhoney Admiral, Festooned with Medals, Arrested at Remembrance Sunday Event in Wales
9. 15 NovThe Cost of Denial as Sea Levels Rising Faster Than at Any Time in the Last 4,000 Years
10. 14 NovRo-Ro Finnwave Catches Fire in English Channel
11. 7 NovMurder on the High Seas — Trump Continues Illegal Attacks on Alleged Drug Smugglers
12. 2 NovPassenger on Expedition Cruise Ship Dies After Being Left Behind on Remote Island

October 2025

1. 31 OctNeoliner Origin, World’s First Commercial Sailing Ro/Ro, Completes Challenging Trans-Atlantic Voyage
2. 30 OctPutin Claims Russia Successfully Tests a Drone Submarine Tsunami Superweapon
3. 17 OctThreatening Tariffs and Sanctions, Trump Administration Scuttles IMO Clean Emissions Agreement

September 2025

1. 21 SepTrump Regime Targets Filipino Cruise Ship Crews in Mass Deportations Without Due Process
2. 19 SepDraft Bill Would Give Trump License to Kill Anyone He Claims is a Narco-Terrorist
3. 15 SepPassenger Jumps Overboard from Rhapsody of the Seas to Avoid $16,000 Gambling Debt
4. 11 SepOn the 24th Anniversary of 9/11, Remembering the Great New York Boatlift
5. 4 SepWas Trump’s Attack on Venezuelan Vessel, Killing 11, Illegal?

August 2025

1. 30 AugMaclean Brothers Set Record for Non-Stop and Unsupported Row Across the Pacific Ocean
2. 24 AugUS Navy Sailor Convicted of Spying for China
3. 23 AugREGENT Tests Viceroy Seaglider Electric Ferry That Floats, Foils & Flies
4. 22 AugBlack Moon on the Rise
5. 21 AugFire on Navy Amphib USS New Orleans Extinguished After 12 Hours, 2 Sailors Injured
6. 20 AugUkraine Widens Naval War — Sinks Russian Arms Ship In Caspian Sea in Drone Strike
7. 19 AugBulk Carrier Fire and Explosion Temporarily Halts Traffic in the Port of Baltimore
8. 18 AugCrew Prevents Fire From Spreading Aboard Ultra Large Container Ship Marie Maersk
9. 12 AugExecutives of $29M Hawaii Tourist Sub Scam Sentenced to Prison
10. 12 AugChinese Ships Collide While Pursuing Philippine Patrol Craft in South China Sea
11. 11 AugWill US Regime’s Cuts in Science Funding Surrender Antarctica to the Russians and Chinese?
12. 9 AugUpdate: Terminally Ill Sailor, Jazz Turner, Plans to Compete in Round the World Race
13. 7 AugThe Silence of the Blue Whales and the Blob
14. 6 AugOver 90 Dead In Yemen Migrant Shipwreck
15. 5 AugUSCG Report: Titan Implosion and the Loss of Five Lives was Preventable Tragedy
16. 4 AugUSCG Investigation of Desmasting of Schooner Grace Bailey Cites Rotten Mast & Faulty Inspection

July 2025

1. 29 JulCourt Orders $1 Bn Payment in X-Press Pearl Disaster as the Nurdle Nightmare Continues
2. 27 JulLegendary Schooner Shenandoah to be Retired
3. 26 JulCrew Member Dies After Stabbing Colleague Then Jumping Overboard on World’s Largest Cruise Ship
4. 23 JulThe Long Goodbye to the Historic Sailing Ship Falls of Clyde
5. 21 JulIndonesian Ferry KM Barcelona VA Catches Fire — 575 Rescued, 3 Dead, 2 Missing
6. 20 JulTourist Boat Capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, 35 Dead Including at Least 8 Children
7. 16 JulRussia May Finally Scrap its Smoking Aircraft Carrier with a Weak Heart, Admiral Kuznetsov
8. 15 JulSaving Lafayette ‘s L’Hermione — “It’s Now or Never”
9. 8 JulHouthis Resume Attacks in Red Sea, Hitting Two Bulk Carriers
10. 3 JulFerry Capsizes and Sinks in Bali Strait, at Least Four Dead & 30 Missing
11. 2 JulTerminally Ill Sailor, Jazz Turner, Becomes the First Disabled Person to Sail Solo Around UK
12. 2 JulNew Orca Behaviors Discovered — Using Tools and Sharing Food With People

June 2025

1. 30 JunFather Jumps Overboard to Save Daughter After She Falls Overboard From Cruise Ship Disney Dream
2. 27 JunThe Legendary or Infamous MV Astoria, ex-Stockholm, Sold for Scrap
3. 24 JunUpdate: Fire-Ravaged Car Carrier Morning Midas Sinks Under Tow in North Pacific
4. 19 JunHappy Juneteenth — When Emancipation Arrived by Steamship 160 Years Ago
5. 18 JunTerminally Ill Sailor, Jazz Turner, Sailing Solo Around UK
6. 12 JunUpdate: First Salvage Tug Arrives at Burning Car Carrier Morning Midas Adrift in the Pacific
7. 8 JunHegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship
8. 6 JunCar Carrier Morning Midas Abandoned Mid-Pacific as EVs and Hybrids Burn Out of Control

May 2025

1. 22 MayUpdate: Retired Four-Star Navy Adm. Robert P. Burke Found Guilty of Bribery
2. 19 MayMad as a Lighthouse Keeper — Not the Solitude, but the Mercury
3. 18 MayMexican Navy Sail Training Ship ARM Cuauhtémoc Hits Brooklyn Bridge — 2 Crew Dead, 22 Injured
4. 17 MayHow Ice Cream Replaced Booze in the US Navy
5. 16 MayTragic Launching of HMS Albion, 1898, Caught on Film
6. 14 MayShips in Bottles — A Bit of the History and Lore
7. 12 MayCaptain Henry Every – The Pirate Who Got Away
8. 10 MaySalt in their Veins — a Short Documentary About the Bajo of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
9. 9 MayWhen the Frigate USS Stein Was Attacked by a Colossal Squid
10. 8 MayOn the 80th Anniversary VE Day, Remembering the “Shetland Bus”
11. 8 MayMurder Arrest on Cruise Ship MSC Virtuosa
12. 6 MayWas the ‘Enormous Serpent’ of HMS Daedalus in 1848 a “Sei” Monster?
13. 4 MayEmpress of China — Opening Trade With China in 1784
14. 3 MayThe Tragic Sinking of the SS Cap Arcona, 5,000 Concentration Camp Prisoners Killed
15. 1 May“A Collision at Sea…” the Most Famous Thing Thucydides Never Said

April 2025

1. 30 AprSuper Hornet Fighter Aircraft Slides Off Carrier Harry S. Truman Into Red Sea
2. 28 AprGood Ship Fata Morgana Hovering Above the Horizon
3. 27 AprMassive Explosion at Iranian Port Kills at Least 40, Injures Over 1,000
4. 25 AprDiver Buys World War I Shipwreck of the SS Almond Branch on Facebook for £300
5. 25 AprAlessandro Tosetti Sailing ULDB 65′ Aspra in Global Solo Challenge Attacked by Orcas in Strait of Gibraltar.
6. 23 AprOn Shakespeare’s Birthday — Was Shakespeare a Sailor?
7. 21 AprRecreating Bronze Roman Naval Rams from Punic War Using Ancient Techniques
8. 19 AprFive Drown, Two Missing as Powerful Waves Batter Australia’s Coast
9. 18 AprFirst Ever Confirmed Image of a Colossal Squid in the Deep Ocean Happens to be Really, Really Small
10. 17 AprWorld’s Largest Suction Sails Installed On Fruit Juice Tanker, MV Atlantic Orchard
11. 17 AprBooks About Racism & the Holocaust Purged From Naval Academy Library, Works by Hitler and White Supremacists Retained
12. 15 AprIceland Fin Whaling Season Cancelled for Second Year in a Row
13. 15 AprNot “Demonic” but “Domoic” — Sickened Sea Lions Attacking Beachgoers in California
14. 13 AprSearching For And Discovering the Titanic as a Cover for Surveying the Submarines Thresher and Scorpion
15. 12 AprSatellite Mapping of Ocean Floor Discovers 100,000 Seamounts
16. 12 AprOn World Parkinson’s Day — Patrick Morrissey & Team HPP Row Across the Pacific To Beat Parkinson’s
17. 10 AprSix Die in Helicopter Crash in Hudson River Near Jersey City
18. 9 AprTriple Amputee, Craig Wood, Sailing Solo Across the Pacific
19. 5 AprWindcoop Orders World’s First Sail-Powered Container Ship
20. 4 AprCongratulations to Sophie Pierce, First Person to With Cystic Fibrosis to Row Across the Atlantic
21. 2 AprExpedition Ship Ocean Explorer Hit By 40′ Waves in Drake Passage

March 2025

1. 28 MarUpdate: Microalgal Bloom Causing Toxic Sea Foam on South Australian Beaches Identified
2. 27 MarTourist Submarine Sinks in Red Sea Off Egypt — 39 Rescued, 6 Dead
3. 26 MarA Tale of Two “Code Talkers” — Marine Radioman Thomas Begay & Navy Wave Winnie Breegle
4. 20 MarSea Foam Sickens Over 100 Surfers on South Australian Beaches
5. 17 MarPeruvian Fisherman Rescued After 94 Days Missing at Sea
6. 17 MarRoyal Navy’s Cetus, First Uncrewed Submarine, Launched
7. 14 MarChina Building Fleet of ‘Invasion Barges’ Suitable For Taiwan Landings
8. 14 MarBattleship USS Texas Finally Finds Home in Galveston
9. 10 MarFire and Explosions After Container Ship Strikes Anchored Tanker Off Humber in North Sea
10. 8 MarWomen’s History Month — Celebrating Admiral “Amazing Grace” Hopper
11. 6 MarThe Long Goodbye — Preparing SS United States to be Sunk as an Artificial Reef
12. 4 MarA23a, World’s Largest & Oldest Iceberg, Runs Aground 50 Miles Off South Georgia Island
13. 1 MarTrump’s DOGE Fires 800 More NOAA Scientists — Endangering the Economy & Public Safety

February 2025

1. 28 FebLeaked Recordings Challenge Greek Coast Guard Account of Deadly Migrant Shipwreck
2. 27 FebIn Honor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion During Black History Month — the Floating Freedom School
3. 26 FebPacific Northwest Waterways Association Pushes Back Against DOGE Cuts of Corps of Engineers’ Critical Employees
4. 25 FebRemembering Wesley A. Brown — First Black Graduate of the United States Naval Academy
5. 24 FebBlack History Month Repost — John Henry Turpin : Pioneer, Survivor, and Overlooked Hero
6. 21 FebThe Hanging of Captain Nathaniel Gordon of the Slave Ship Erie — February 21, 1862
7. 21 FebCelebrating DEI & Black History Month — Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid
8. 20 FebHistoric Passenger Liner SS United States Finally Departs Philadelphia on Its Last Voyage
9. 18 FebLeo’s Row : Russian NHS Doctor Hits Halfway Mark in Transatlantic Row for Ukraine
10. 18 FebClose Encounters of the Humpback Kind — Gulping & Spitting Out Swimmers, Surfers, & Kayakers
11. 16 FebUpdate: USS Harry S. Truman Put into Souda Bay for Repairs After Collision
12. 15 FebBelated Congratulations to Zara Lachlan, First Woman to Row Solo from Mainland Europe to Mainland South America
13. 14 FebCelebrating Frederick Douglass on Valentine’s Day — “I Will Take to the Water”
14. 13 FebAircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Collides with Bulk Carrier in Mediterranean Sea Near Suez Canal
15. 13 FebForty Two Years Ago Today — Remembering the SS Marine Electric
16. 12 FebRemembering Robert Smalls – Former Slave, Pilot of the Planter, First Black Captain in the US Navy & US Congressman
17. 10 FebSeabed 2030 Project — New Arctic Ocean Map a Key Milestone in Global Seafloor Mapping
18. 8 FebNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Under Attack by Musk’s DOGE
19. 7 FebBlack History Month: Absalom Boston, Whaling Ship Captain & Merchant
20. 6 FebBlack History Month — First Black Liberty Ship Captain, Hugh Mulzac, Says No To Jim Crow
21. 6 FebNeoliner Origin, World’s First Commercial Sailing Ro/Ro, Launched in Turkey
22. 5 FebCongratulations to Ananya Prasad, the First Woman of Color to Row Solo and Unsupported Across any Ocean
23. 2 FebBlack History Month — Remembering the Golden Thirteen

January 2025

1. 31 JanWorld’s Toughest Row – Atlantic Challenge : Rowers Attacked by Marlin, Again
2. 29 JanContainer Ship ASL Bauhinia Ablaze, Abandoned & Adrift in Red Sea — Houthi Attack or Hazardous Cargo?
3. 29 JanWill the Axial Seamount Erupt in the Pacific Off Oregon in 2025?
4. 28 JanUpdate: State of Hawaii Awards $6.5M Contract to Remove Falls of Clyde from Honolulu Harbor
5. 25 JanA23a, World’s Largest Iceberg, on Collision Course With South Georgia Island
6. 10 JanUSS Jimmy Carter — the Navy’s Stealthy Spy Submarine
7. 9 JanLooking Back at President Jimmy Carter’s Naval Career
8. 5 JanWarren Upton, Oldest Survivor of Pearl Harbor Attack, Dies at 105

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December 2024

1. 27 DecHome For Christmas — Old Style, A Poem by Cicely Fox Smith, Sung by Daniel Kelly
2. 25 DecSting — Christmas At Sea (Live from Durham Cathedral)
3. 23 DecUnderwater Christmas Trees
4. 21 DecRepost on the Winter Solstice — Shortest Day & Longest Shadows, or No Shadow At All
5. 19 DecOver the Holidays & in the New Year, May Saint Nicholas Hold the Tiller
6. 16 DecAdmiral Yi Sun-sin, Korea’s Greatest Military Hero
7. 15 DecOil Spill in Kerch Strait After Russian Tankers Sink During Black Sea Storm
8. 14 DecHMS Victory, French Oak & the Ship of Theseus — Thoughts on Varied Lives of A Ship
9. 11 DecHumpback Whale Makes Epic Migration of at Least 7,000 N Miles Across Three Oceans
10. 11 DecUSS Oklahoma Sailor John Auld Who Died in Pearl Harbor Attack Finally Buried in Albuquerque
11. 8 DecOne Year After Pearl Harbor, the Sleeping Giant Awakes
12. 7 DecRadio Broadcasts Reporting Attack on Pearl Harbor 83 Years Ago Today
13. 6 DecRemembering the Halifax Explosion of 1917 & the Boston Christmas Tree
14. 5 DecUpdate: Wisdom, the World’s Oldest Wild Bird, Lays a New Egg at 74
15. 4 DecSwedish Sailor Lost Overboard in ARC Ralley 2024
16. 3 DecNorthwest Pacific Orcas Wearing Dead Salmon Hats, Again

November 2024

1. 28 NovThanksgiving Repost — Whaling Ships, Sarah Josepha Hale, Mary’s Lamb & a Liberty Ship
2. 27 NovUpdate: Egyptian Dive Boat Sinking — 5 Survivors Rescued After 30 Hours Trapped in Air Pocket
3. 26 NovNew Zealand Community Rallies to Save 30 Stranded Pilot Whales
4. 26 NovEgyptian Liveaboard Dive Boat Sinks in Red Sea, Sixteen Missing
5. 22 NovUS Navy’s Military Sealift Command to Sideline 17 Ships Due to Mariner Shortage
6. 22 NovFacing Rising Seas, Can Tuvalu Become the First Digital Nation?
7. 21 NovUpdate: Undersea Cables Cut — Chinese Bulk Carrier Suspected, Irish Navy Intercepts Russian Spy Ship
8. 20 NovBaltic Sea Communications Cables Severed — Sabotage Suspected
9. 19 NovWatch Given to Captain of Carpathia, Rescuer of 700 on Titanic, Sells for Record £1.56M at Auction
10. 18 NovRescuing Rye Seeds From 146 Year Old Shipwreck in Hopes of Resurrecting Michigan Crop
11. 15 NovExpecting a Shipwreck, Researchers Discover World’s Largest Coral
12. 13 NovNew Destroyer USS John Basilone Commissioned on Hudson River in New York City
13. 11 NovRepost: On Armistice Day, Remembering the German High Seas Fleet Mutinies of 1918
14. 10 NovArt on Superyachts — $3 Million Warhol “Brillo Pad Box” Sculpture Thrown Out With the Trash
15. 9 NovThe Cost of Corruption — Legacy of the US Navy Fat Leonard Scandal
16. 5 NovA Lesson Un-Learned: Two “Influencers” Drown After Refusing to Wear Life Jackets So Not to Ruin Their Tans

October 2024

1. 31 OctEighty Three Years Ago Today: The Sinking of the USS Reuben James – October 31, 1941
2. 29 OctUpdate: FLIP, Famous Flipping Research Platform, Saved From Scrapping
3. 25 OctEighty Years Ago Today — Battle off Samar, a Victory Against All Odds
4. 23 OctChinese Aquarium Whale Shark Turns Out to Be a Robot
5. 21 OctCelebrating Trafalgar Day and the Anniversary of the Launching of “Old Ironsides”
6. 20 OctCollapse of Ferry Dock on Georgia’s Sapelo Island Kills 7
7. 19 OctTeam New Zealand First Syndicate to Win the America’s Cup Three Times in a Row
8. 17 OctRussian Man Rescued After 67 Days Adrift on Sea of Okhotsk
9. 15 OctHappy Belated Birthday US Navy – Whenever and Wherever the Date and Place May Be
10. 14 OctColumbus, Eratosthenes & Posidonius
11. 11 OctEndurance — New Documentary Reveals Shackleton’s Ship as Never Seen Before
12. 9 OctGoogle AI Tracks Mysterious Deep Sea “Biotwang” to Help Study Bryde’s Whale
13. 7 OctNew Zealand Navy Support Vessel Grounds & Sinks off Samoa, All Onboard Rescued
14. 4 OctTentative Agreement Ends ILA Port Strike After 3 Days
15. 2 OctDay 2 of ILA Port Strike & the Maritime Origin of the Term “Strike”

September 2024

1. 23 SepYacht Builder’s Rogue Lawyer Fired After Filing €222 Million Suit Against Bayesian Crew & Widow
2. 16 SepUpdate: SS United States Docking Dispute in Philadelphia Heads to Mediation
3. 15 SepUSS New Jersey, First Coed Submarine, Commissioned
4. 12 SepGotham Whale Fundraiser Whale Watch, Saturday, September 21st
5. 12 SepOn the 23rd Anniversary of 9/11, Remembering the Great New York Boatlift
6. 6 SepCandela’s Electric Hydrofoil Ferries to Fly in Sweden & Saudi Arabia
7. 4 SepAnimal Rights Groups Say Hvaldimir, the Beluga “Spy” Whale, Was Shot
8. 4 SepSailing Cargo Ship Anemos Arrives in New York Harbor
9. 2 SepThe Strange & Tragic Saga of Hvaldimir, the Beluga “Spy” Whale
10. 1 SepHistoric Ocean Liner SS United States in Deal to be Sunk as Artificial Reef

August 2024

1. 30 AugSTS Leeuwin Dismasted, Crew Injured After Being Struck at Dock by Container Ship
2. 29 AugAmerican Archeologist Dies in Reenactment of Viking Voyage
3. 28 AugMeet ‘Eve’ the DNA-Collecting Robotic Fish
4. 26 AugBacklash in Barcelona — Protests Planned Against ‘Elitist’ America’s Cup
5. 25 AugUpdate : Bayesian Tragedy — Manslaughter Investigation, “Unsinkable,” & Many Question Unanswered
6. 21 AugWorkers ‘Treated Like Slaves’ on Scottish Trawlers
7. 21 AugDid S/Y Bayesian’s Design Contribute to its Catastrophic Sinking?
8. 20 AugUK Tech Tycoon’s Yacht Bayesian Sinks After Being Struck by Water Spout, One Dead and Six Missing
9. 18 AugApex Boats — the Unlikely and Dangerous Naval Drones of World War II’s Operation Dragoon
10. 16 AugLost Wreck of WW1 Warship HMS Hawke Found in ‘Remarkable’ Condition
11. 15 AugYoung Humpback Whale in Boston Harbor Briefly Delays Ferry Service
12. 12 AugUS Coast Guard Can’t Crew All Its Ships Due to Recruiting Shortage
13. 11 AugBoaty McBoatface Returns From 55 Day Undersea Voyage
14. 9 AugFire & Explosion on Container Ship YM Mobility Berthed in Ningbo, China
15. 8 AugGreat Barrier Reef Threatened by Highest Ocean Heat in 400 Years
16. 7 AugCocaine Worth $1 Million Swept Ashore in Florida Keys by Hurricane Debby
17. 6 AugUnexpected Cetacean Spectator in Olympic Surfing Competition in Tahiti
18. 4 AugUpdate: A23a, the Iceberg “That Refuses to Die,” Caught in Antarctic Vortex
19. 2 AugMore Baltic Bubbly — 100 Sealed Bottles of Champagne Discovered in 19th Century Shipwreck
20. 1 AugScientists Discover “Dark Oxygen” on the Deep Ocean Floor

July 2024

1. 31 JulSperm Whale Killed by Ship in Strait of Gibraltar
2. 30 JulNew Orca Attacks — Yachts Sunk Off Gibraltar & Damaged Off Coast of Brittany
3. 28 JulRobert L. Allen, Chronicler and Champion of Black Sailors in Port Chicago Disaster & Mutiny, Dies at 82
4. 28 JulUpdate : Hawai‘i Issues New Bids to Remove Historic Windjammer Falls of Clyde From Honolulu Harbor
5. 25 JulAustralia Finds Shipwreck of MV Noongah, 55 Years After Tragic Loss
6. 24 JulVideo of Humpback Capsizing Fishing Boat Off the New Hampshire Coast
7. 24 JulBrazilian Sharks Test Positive For Cocaine
8. 23 JulScott & Shackleton’s Antarctic Ship Discovery Now Has a “Digital Twin”
9. 20 JulMission Underway to Map Titanic and Wreck Site Using Cutting Edge Tech
10. 17 JulHouthis Release Video of Sea Drones Striking Tanker Chios Lion in the Red Sea
11. 15 JulRemains of Two Sailors Found in Inflatable Washes Ashore on Sable Island, Nova Scotia
12. 13 JulPod of One Thousand Pilot Whales Surround Solo Rower in the Atlantic
13. 12 JulPod of 77 Pilot Whales Die After Stranding on Orkney Beach
14. 11 JulUpdate: Shackleton’s Ship Endurance Given Extra Protection
15. 10 JulRussian Replica Frigate Shtandart Banned From Brest Maritime Festival
16. 9 JulIranian Destroyer Sahand Capsizes at Dock in Bandar Abbas
17. 8 JulCoast Guard Honors Charleston Harbor Pilot Christopher Thornton For Safely Steering Runaway Container Ship
18. 5 JulSS Great Britain Returns to Bristol, 54 Years Ago Today
19. 4 JulHappy 4th of July – A Toast to Madeira, the Wine of the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Riots
20. 2 JulDolphins Can Recognize Each Others’ Whistles — And Their Urine, New Study Finds
21. 1 JulIMO Arctic Heavy Fuel Ban Goes into Effect, With Major Loopholes Until 2029

June 2024

1. 29 JunThe Future of Naval Drones — Sleek Ukrainian Magura V5 or Massive US Manta Ray?
2. 27 JunFour Columbian Suspects Rescued & Arrested Off Spanish Coast After Scuttling Intercepted Narco Sub
3. 26 JunA Glimpse Inside US Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers
4. 25 JunNewly Discovered Bronze Age Shipwreck, the Oldest Yet Found in Deep Water
5. 24 JunWildfire on Greek Island Hydra Allegedly Sparked by Fireworks From Superyacht; Crew Arrested
6. 23 JunTwo Beluga Whales Rescued From Ukraine Arrive in Spain
7. 22 JunCruise Ship Insignia Rescues 68 Migrants Adrift off the Spanish Canary Islands
8. 21 JunEighty Years Ago, Mulberry Harbors Battle the Storm on the Beaches of Normandy
9. 20 JunScientists Decoding Sperm Whale Language, Appears Closer to Human Communication Than Realized
10. 19 JunHappy Juneteenth — When Emancipation Arrived by Steamship
11. 19 JunThe Composite Clipper Ship City of Adelaide Moves to Final Home in Port Adelaide
12. 18 JunSperm Whale Asks Divers For Help Removing Nets & Trash Tangled In Its Mouth
13. 16 JunHistoric Schooner Bowdoin Bound Back to the Arctic
14. 16 JunSearch For Mystery Artist Behind HMS Raleigh Training Base Mural
15. 14 JunCongratulations to Hirotsugu Kimura, Youngest Japanese to Circumnavigate Solo Non-Stop
16. 13 JunIn Show of Force, Russian Warships Arrive In Havana, Cuba
17. 12 JunThe Wreck of Shackleton’s “Last Ship” Quest Discovered
18. 11 JunOne Hundred Eighty Nine Dead or Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Yemen
19. 10 JunThree Bitten in Two Shark Attacks on Florida Gulf Coast Within Hours of Each Other
20. 7 JunThrottle Stuck at Full Ahead on Container Ship MSC Michigan VII in Charleston Harbor, Bridge Shutdown
21. 6 JunOn the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, Remembering Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Higgins Boat
22. 5 JunLatest “Fat Leonard” Bribery Case Falls Apart
23. 1 JunNavy’s Former Second-Highest-Ranking Officer Arrested, Charged with Bribery
24. 1 JunThe Problem of Sailors Stranded on Abandoned Ships Has Only Gotten Worse

May 2024

1. 31 MayNo, Offshore Wind Farms Are Not Harming Whales, But Risks Remain
2. 29 MayColombia Begins Exploring Galleon San José, ‘Holy Grail’ of Shipwrecks
3. 27 MayWreckage of USS Harder, Famous World War II Submarine, Lost for 80 Years, Found in the South China Sea
4. 24 MaySchooner De Gallant Sinking Update: Coast Guard Suspends Search for Two Missing Mariners
5. 24 MayViking Longship Draken Harald Hårfagre Returning Home to Norway
6. 23 MayCargo Schooner De Gallant Sinks off the Bahamas, Two Crew Reported Missing
7. 17 MayVideo of Deep-Sea Dana Octopus Squid Flashing Brilliant “Headlights”
8. 14 MayContainer Ship Dali May be Refloated This Week After Controlled Demolition Removes Bridge Wreckage
9. 12 MaySailors’ Tattoos on Mother’s Day
10. 10 MayOlympic Torch Arrives in Marseille on Three Masted Barque Belem
11. 9 MayCarcass of Endangered Sei Whale Arrives at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Pinned to Bow of MSC Meraviglia
12. 8 MayBelated Congratulations to Maiden’s All-Female Crew, Winners of the Ocean Globe Race
13. 8 MayUpdate: Bosporus Strait Reopened After Bulker Alexis Refloated
14. 6 MayRecord Number of Sea Lions Haul-Out on San Francisco’s Pier 39, K-Dock
15. 5 MayCatching Up — Fireboat John J. Harvey Briefly Stolen by Homeless Man On Hudson River
16. 4 MayBattleship USS New Jersey in Drydock at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
17. 3 MayUpdate: Dive Boat Captain Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison Over Deaths of 34 in 2019 Conception Fire
18. 2 MayDon Street, Life-Long Sailor & Writer Dies at 94
19. 1 MayRoyal Clipper Sailing on Light

April 2024

1. 30 AprSPV Royal Clipper — Scenes From a Square Rigger
2. 26 AprRemembering Mocha Dick, the Real Rogue White Whale Who Inspired Moby Dick
3. 25 AprBloody Rain — Murder, Madness and the Monsoon : Free on Amazon & B&N
4. 23 AprSailing on a Milky Sea — Sailboat & Satellites Confirm Sailors’ Glowing Ocean Lore
5. 21 AprKrill Joy — Drone Video of Blue Whale Feeding
6. 20 AprKing Harald “Blåtand” Gormsson, Bluetooth & the Jelling Stone Ship
7. 18 AprWWI Anti-Submarine Warfare with Seagulls, Sacks and Hammers
8. 17 AprBlue Dragon Sea Slugs — Tiny, Beautiful and Dangerous — Washing Ashore on Texas Beaches
9. 15 AprRed Tide, Blue Waves
10. 13 AprStrictly Scottish Dance ‘Battle of Trafalgar’ Medley
11. 11 AprNautical Coincidence & Lifeboat Morality – Richard Parker and the Mignonette
12. 10 AprRepost: The Unsinkable Hugh Williams – Truth Behind the Legend?
13. 7 AprGuest Post by Robin Denny: The Five-Masted Full-Rigged Ship Preussen
14. 5 AprThe Mighty Windjammer Preussen — Animation From Mariner’s Mirror Podcast
15. 3 AprWhen Did the Wine Dark Sea Turn Blue?
16. 1 AprLubec’s Gold from Sea Water Hoax of 1898

March 2024

1. 31 MarWomen’s History Month — Remembering Mary Patten, Clipper Ship Captain
2. 29 MarSaving the Songs of Korea’s Sea Women, the Haenyeo
3. 27 MarShe Sells Seashells by the Seashore — Remembering Mary Anning
4. 26 MarBaltimore Key Bridge Collapses After Being Struck by Container Ship MV Dali
5. 25 MarNavy Fires at Least 3 Commanding Officers for DUIs so Far in 2024
6. 24 MarMoving the Battleship USS New Jersey to Drydock in the Philadelphia Navy Yard
7. 23 MarTwo Crew Killed in Steam Pipe Explosion on Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam
8. 23 MarSixty-Nine Rohingya Refugees Rescued from Hull of Capsized Boat off Indonesia. 80 Missing & Feared Dead
9. 21 MarThe Women Lighthouse Keepers of New Orleans’ New Canal Lighthouse
10. 20 MarOldest Puget Sound Orca, L25 May Be Nearing 100th Birthday — Why Do Orca Matriarchs Live So Long?
11. 19 MarIndian Navy Frees Cargo Ship From Somali Pirates After Shootout
12. 18 MarWreck of British Warship Off Florida Coast Identified as HMS Tyger That Sank in 1742
13. 17 MarTim Severin and the Voyage of St. Brendan
14. 16 Mar“Mind the Light , Kate” — Remembering New York’s Robbins Reef Lighthouse Keeper Kate Walker
15. 15 MarWomen’s History Month — Adm. Lisa Franchetti Sworn in as the 33rd Chief of Naval Operations
16. 14 MarPyxis Ocean, Sail-Assisted 80,000 DWT Bulk Carrier, Demonstrates Potential of Wind Power
17. 13 MarWomen’s History Month — Honoring Admiral “Amazing Grace” Hopper
18. 13 MarWith Drones and Missiles, Ukraine Wreaks Havoc on Russian Black Sea Fleet & Gets Navy Commander Fired
19. 11 MarCongratulations to Cole Brauer, First American Woman to Race Solo Around the World
20. 9 MarRemembering Susan Ahn Cuddy, First Female Asian American Officer, Gunnery Instructor in US Navy
21. 8 MarMissile & Drone Barrage Escalates as Three Killed in Houthi Missile Attack in Gulf of Aden
22. 7 MarWomen’s & Black History Months: Gladys West — Pioneer of GPS Technology
23. 6 MarBattleship USS Texas Refloating in Drydock
24. 5 MarWomen’s History Month — Remembering Winnie Breegle, WWII WAVE and Code Talker
25. 4 MarWhen the Mail Arrives Late — Faroese Sweater Found in Parcel from 1807
26. 4 MarSolo Orca Attacks and Kills Great White Shark in Under Two Minutes Off South Africa
27. 2 MarUpdate: Bulker MV Rubymar Sinks After Being Struck by Houthi Missile Almost Two Weeks Ago
28. 1 MarWomen’s History Month — Eleanor Creesy, Navigator of the Clipper Ship Flying Cloud

February 2024

1. 29 FebSpanning Women’s & Black History Months: Remembering Raye Montague, Barrier-Shattering Navy Ship Designer
2. 28 FebBlack History Month — Remembering the Golden Thirteen
3. 28 FebAmerican Cruising Couple Feared Dead After Yacht Stolen in Grenada Prison Break
4. 27 FebMechanics of Whale Song Revealed in New Study
5. 25 FebBlack History Month: Absalom Boston, Whaling Ship Captain & Merchant
6. 24 FebThomas Downing, From Son of Slaves to Oyster King of New York City
7. 23 FebBlack History Month: Paul Cuffe — African-American Captain, Ship Owner & Shipbuilder
8. 21 FebHornblower Group Files for Bankruptcy Reorganization, Shuts Down American Queen Voyages
9. 20 FebCelebrating Washington’s Birthday — a Brief Look Back at Washington’s Navy
10. 19 FebCrew of Bulker MV Rubymar Abandons Ship off Yemen After Houthi Attack
11. 18 FebRemembering Robert Smalls – Former Slave, Pilot of the Planter, First Black Captain in the US Navy & US Congressman
12. 16 FebBlack History Month — First Black Liberty Ship Captain, Hugh Mulzac, Says No To Jim Crow
13. 15 FebRussian Landing Ship Caesar Kunikov Sunk Off Crimea Sunk by Ukrainian Drone ‘Wolfpack’
14. 14 FebCelebrating Frederick Douglass on Valentine’s Day — “I Will Take to the Water”
15. 14 FebUpdate: Ship’s Bell Recovered from Wreck of USS Jacob Jones, First US Destroyer Lost in Combat
16. 13 FebOn Lincoln’s Birthday — Lincoln’s Improved Camel Patent
17. 10 FebRemembering Jesse L. Brown, First African-American Naval Pilot
18. 10 FebHas Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Plane Been Found in the Pacific?
19. 8 FebBlack History Month Repost — William Tillman and the Privateer Jefferson Davis
20. 7 FebJapan Captivated by Escape of Orcas Trapped in Drift Ice Off Hokkaido, as Annual Dolphin Slaughter Continues
21. 6 FebBritish Antarctic Survey Testing Drone Plane to Survey Unmapped Regions of the Southern Continent
22. 5 FebBlack History Month — John Henry Turpin : Pioneer, Survivor, and Overlooked Hero
23. 2 FebBlack History Month Repost — Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid
24. 1 FebUkrainian Sea Drones Sink Russian Missile Corvette Ivanovets

January 2024

1. 31 JanUpdate: Final Disposal of FSO Safer Stopped by Houthi Crisis in Red Sea
2. 30 JanMysterious 19th Century Shipwreck Washes up on Newfoundland Beach
3. 29 JanDrone Capture of First Ever Video of Newborn Great White Shark?
4. 29 JanIcon of the Seas, World’s Largest Cruise Ship Sets Sail, Raising Concerns Over Methane Emissions
5. 27 JanOn Holocaust Remembrance Day — MS St. Louis and the “Voyage of the Damned”
6. 26 JanClipper Ship City of Adelaide Director Peter Christopher Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia
7. 25 JanIran Close to Commissioning Converted Container Ship As Drone Carrier
8. 24 JanExtreme Waves Slam US Army Base in Marshall Islands
9. 24 JanRecord Number of Manatees Counted At Florida’s Blue Spring State Park
10. 22 JanWorld’s Largest Iceberg, A23a, Eroding & Melting Rapidly as it Drifts into Warmer Water
11. 21 JanBritish Minehunters Collide — HMS Chiddingfold Backs Into HMS Bangor
12. 18 JanHerlaugshagen, Scandinavia’s Oldest Ship Burial Mound and the Missing Ship
13. 18 JanCommander of Submarine USS Georgia Relieved of Duty Due to ‘Loss of Confidence’
14. 16 JanHouthi Missiles Hit Bulk Carriers Off Yemen; US Retaliatory Air Strikes Continue
15. 15 JanFifteen Years Ago Today: Flight 1549, NY Harbor Ferries, & the Two “Miracles on the Hudson”
16. 14 JanNavy Searches For 2 SEALS Missing Off the Coast of Somalia
17. 14 JanMaersk to Partially Bypass Panama Canal Backlog by Shifting to Panama Railway
18. 13 Jan“New Nessie” on New Brighton Beach — Basking Shark or Plesiosaur?
19. 11 JanIranian Navy Seizes Suezmax Tanker in Gulf Of Oman
20. 10 JanUS & UK Navies Shoot Down Largest Barrage of Houthi Drones & Missiles To Date
21. 9 JanUpdate: Navy Says Oahu Water Safe To Drink After Red Hill Fuel Cleanup; EPA and Residents Disagree
22. 8 JanIndian Navy Commandoes Retake Bulk Carrier Lila Norfolk From Armed Hijackers in the Arabian Sea
23. 7 JanUS & UK Navies Suffer Sailor Shortage, Cutting Crews on Carriers & Laying Up Frigates
24. 6 JanGlobal Fishing Watch Uses AI to Reveal That Up to 75% of Large Fishing Vessels Avoid Being Tracked
25. 6 JanUpdate: Oli & Sylph VI, First Cat Across the Finish Line in 78th Sydney to Hobart Race
26. 5 JanThe End for the Falls of Clyde? Hawaii Seeking New Contractor to Remove Ship From Honolulu Harbor
27. 1 JanOn New Year’s Day — RMS Warrimoo, In Several Places and Times at Once

2023 251

December 2023

1. 31 DecShooting War Heats Up in Red Sea as US Helicopters Sink 3 Houthi Boats
2. 31 DecNew Year’s Repost: Watching the Ball Drop — the Nautical Origins of a New Year’s Tradition
3. 27 DecA Cat Makes History in the Sydney to Hobart Race
4. 26 DecUkrainian Missiles Strike Russian Landing Ship Novocherkassk in Crimean Port
5. 25 DecNASA’s NGC 2264 — Twinkling Christmas Tree Cluster 2,500 Light Years From Earth
6. 25 DecUpdate Storm Pia Aftermath : MS Maud Reaches Bremerhaven Safely, Mayview Maersk Loses More than 40 Boxes Overboard
7. 23 DecHurtigruten’s MS Maud Damaged by Rogue Wave in North Sea Storm — Under Tow to Germany
8. 21 DecRepost on the Winter Solstice — Shortest Day & Longest Shadows, or No Shadow At All
9. 21 Dec“Fat Leonard,” Center of US Navy Bribery Scandal, Extradited to US in Prisoner Swap with Venezuela
10. 19 DecJubilee Sailing Trust Shutting Down After Fundraising Efforts Fail
11. 17 DecOperation Prosperity Guardian — Initiative to be Announced to Safeguard Shipping in the Red Sea
12. 17 DecAdmiral Yi Sun-sin, Korea’s Greatest Military Hero
13. 14 DecUsing Antibiotics & Probiotics to Save Diseased and Dying Coral Reefs
14. 13 DecYemen’s Houthis Rebels Rain Missiles and Drones on Norwegian Tanker & French Frigate
15. 11 DecHuge Skull of Sea Monster Pliosaur Discovered in Dorset Cliff on UK’s Jurassic Coast
16. 9 DecThousands of Tons of Dead Fish Wash up on Japan’s Northern Coast
17. 8 DecMile-High Seamount Discovered in Pacific Off Guatemala
18. 7 DecRadio Broadcasts Reporting Attack on Pearl Harbor 82 Years Ago Today
19. 6 DecSally Snowman, the Last Lighthouse Keeper in the US, Set to Retire
20. 1 DecFilmmakers Discover 128 Year Old Wreck of Steamer Africa in Lake Huron

November 2023

1. 30 NovUpdate: Researchers Claim to Positively Identify Wreck of Captain Cook’s HMB Endeavour
2. 27 NovUS Destroyer Mason Thwarts Attack on Tanker Central Park in Gulf of Yemen
3. 26 NovWorld’s Largest and Oldest Iceberg Floats Free Drifting Into “Iceberg Alley”
4. 25 NovHappy Evacuation Day! When the British Sailed From New York at the End of the Revolutionary War
5. 23 NovThanksgiving Repost — Whaling Ships, Sarah Josepha Hale, Mary’s Lamb & a Liberty Ship
6. 19 NovYemen’s Houthi Rebels Hijack Vehicle Carrier Galaxy Leader in Red Sea — 25 Crew Taken Hostage
7. 18 NovDon Walsh, Record Breaking Deep Sea Naval Explorer, Dies at 92
8. 17 NovThe Star of India — 160 Years Old & Still Sailing
9. 16 NovUS Tourist, 75, Dies After Ferry Boat to Blue Lagoon Island Sinks in the Bahamas
10. 13 NovSaildrone Issued First-Ever Classification For A Commercial Autonomous, Uncrewed Vehicle
11. 12 NovWorld’s Newest Island Rises Off Iwo Jima After Undersea Volcanic Eruption
12. 11 NovRepost: On Armistice Day, Remembering the German High Seas Fleet Mutinies of 1918
13. 10 NovThe Sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald 48 Years Ago — the Unsolved Mystery
14. 9 NovCruise Ship Spirit of Discovery in the Bay of Biscay — Passengers Feared for Theirs Lives, 100 Injured
15. 6 NovPod of Dolphins Lead a Lost Humpback Whale Mother and Calf to Safety
16. 2 NovUpdate — El Nino Drought Results in Further Shipping Cuts to Panama Canal Transits
17. 1 NovFrom Norse Mythology: Naglfar, Ship of the Dead, Made Entirely From Fingernails and Toenails

October 2023

1. 31 OctWhich Sail Assist Technology is Best — Airbus Trying Both Flettner Rotors & Suction Sails
2. 30 OctThe Mystery Women of the Oseberg Viking Ship
3. 29 OctUpdate: Sailing Past the Future Stad Ship Tunnel on MS Trollfjord
4. 24 OctCollision Between Two Cargo Ships Off Germany Leaves One Dead, Two Rescued and Four Missing
5. 23 OctWho First Devised the Arctic Circle?
6. 22 OctUpdated Repost on Trafalgar Day Plus One : Conrad on Nelson — What if the Wind Had Shifted?
7. 21 OctWreckage of WWII British Submarine HMS Thistle Believed to Have Been Found Off Norway
8. 18 OctBerge Bulk Launches 21st Century “Windjammer” with 4 WindWings
9. 16 OctHistoric Schooner Victory Chimes Arrives in New York For Likely Conversion to Floating Restaurant
10. 13 OctHappy Birthday US Navy – Whenever and Wherever the Date and Place May be
11. 12 Oct150-Year-Old Alligator Reef Light in Florida Keys Shines Again
12. 10 OctTragedy on the Schooner Grace Bailey — Main Mast Breaks, Killing 1 & Injuring 3
13. 10 OctFootprints in the Sand on Columbus Day — When Did Humans First Arrive in the Americas?
14. 6 OctBound4Blue Suction Sails to be Installed on Chemical Tanker & Ro/Ro
15. 5 OctCoast Guard Rescues 12 From M/V Bonnie G, Aground off U.S. Virgin Islands
16. 4 OctDrone Video — School of Rays Foil Attack by Hungry Shark
17. 2 OctUsing eDNA to Search for Nessie in Scotland and Angel Sharks Off Corsica
18. 2 OctTwo Ships of US Navy “Ghost Fleet” Visit Japan

September 2023

1. 28 SepRare Dumbo Octopus Videoed by ROV in Deep Waters of North Pacific
2. 27 SepPlayful Humpbacks & Other Whales “Kelping” — Wearing Seaweed as a Hat
3. 26 SepMSC Orders Two Cruise Ships With Green Multi-Fuel Options
4. 22 SepDisappointing Results of Largest Loch Ness Monster Hunt in 50 Years
5. 21 SepUpdate: SS Badger — MARAD Approves $600,000 Study to Convert Coal-Burning Steamship to Zero-Emissions
6. 16 Sep“Hero” Humpbacks Attempt to Protect Seal From Orca Attack
7. 15 SepBritish Endurance Swimmer Lewis Pugh Swims 315 Mile Length of Hudson River
8. 14 SepGuessing the Deployment After Royal Navy Vanguard Class Sub Returns Looking Like a “Sea Monster”
9. 11 SepOn the 22st Anniversary of 9/11, Remembering the Great New York Boatlift
10. 8 SepUpdate: North Korea Launches Submarine Claimed to be Capable of Launching Nuclear Missiles
11. 7 SepUpdate: Reza Baluchi Attempts to Run Across the Atlantic in His “Hamster Wheel of Doom,” Arrested By Coast Guard
12. 5 SepUpdate: Deadly Conception Dive Boat Fire, Where 34 Died, Started in Trash Can According to AFT
13. 2 SepInspired by FLIP, Polar Pod to Explore the Mysteries of the Southern Ocean
14. 1 SepRemembering Captain Bill Pinkney, First Black Man to Sail Solo Around the World via the 5 Great Capes

August 2023

1. 30 AugAn Octopus’s Garden in Deep, Dark, & Warm Water
2. 29 AugUpdate: Canopée, Ro-Ro “Rocket Ship,” for European Space Agency Ready to Set Sail
3. 28 AugP&O Cruise Ship MV Britannia Blown From Her Moorings, Collides with Tanker in Mallorca, Spain
4. 26 AugRussia Reported to be Sinking Ferries to Protect Kerch Bridge From Ukrainian Sea-Drone Attacks
5. 25 AugIn Aftermath of Disastrous Lahaina Wild Fire, 49 Sunken Vessels Counted in Harbor
6. 24 AugSierra Madre, a Rusting Outpost of Philippine Sovereignty in the South China Sea
7. 22 AugPanamax Meets Pana-Drought — Drought Restrictions In Canal Cause Delays and 200 Ship Backlog
8. 22 AugPyxis Ocean, Sail-Assisted 80,000 DWT Bulk Carrier Sets Sail on Maiden Voyage
9. 19 AugFarewell FLIP, Famous Flipping Research Platform Heads Sent to Scrapyard
10. 18 AugLCS USS Sioux City, (We Hardly Knew You,) Decommissioned After Less Than Five Years
11. 17 AugDarwin200 — Retracing the Voyage of HMS Beagle on 105-Year-Old Dutch Schooner Oosterschelde
12. 16 AugUkrainian Naval Drones Redefining Warfare in the Black Sea
13. 14 AugSwansea Museum Seeking New Partner to Operate Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Olga
14. 14 AugUpdate: FSO Safer No Longer an Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen, Dispute Remains Over Oil
15. 10 AugLāhainā, Maui, ex-Royal Capital & Whaling Port Destroyed in Hawaiian Wildfire, at Least 36 Killed
16. 9 AugTampa Mayor Jane Castor Goes Fishing in Florida Keys — Catches $1.1M Cocaine Cache
17. 9 AugFossil of Peruvian Whale Rivals Blue Whale as Heaviest Animal Ever Discovered
18. 7 AugLoch Ness Quest — Recruiting Volunteer Monster Hunters for Biggest Search for “Nessie” in 50 years
19. 6 AugUS Dispatches 4 Navy Destroyers to Aleutians to Counter Chinese & Russian Ships
20. 5 AugCelebrating the 180th Anniversary of the Launch of SS Great Britain With a Model Cake
21. 4 AugChasing Icebergs in Iceberg Alley
22. 2 AugAugust Sky Shows — Double Super Blue Moons, Saturn, & Perseid Meteor Showers
23. 2 AugDonald Lawson’s Trimaran Found Capsized in the Pacific, Lawson Still Missing

July 2023

1. 31 JulWhere Cruise Ships Are No Longer Welcome — Amsterdam Latest Port to Impose Ban
2. 28 JulWreck of SM UC-55, German World War I U-Boat, Identified Off Shetland
3. 27 JulUpdate: Fire on Car Carrier Fremantle Highway Continues to Burn, Concerns About Stability
4. 26 JulCar Carrier Fremantle Highway Catches Fire in North Sea Off Dutch Coast, One Crew Member Killed
5. 25 Jul91st Thames Sailing Barge Match, the Longest-Running Race for Traditional Sail
6. 24 Jul15-Year-Old Maya Merhige Swims 28.5 Miles Around the Island of Manhattan
7. 21 JulMaersk’s First Green Methanol-Fueled Boxship Sails on Maiden Voyage
8. 20 JulDolphin Attacks Off Japanese Beach, Swimmers Injured
9. 19 JulAussie Sailor and His Dog Rescued after Nearly Three Months Adrift in the Pacific
10. 16 JulEntire Pod of 55 Pilot Whales Dies in Mass Stranding in the Outer Hebrides
11. 14 JulPassengers on Cruise Ship Horrified to Witness Slaughter of Pilot Whales in Faroe Islands
12. 13 JulNearly 40% of US Attack Submarines Are Out of Commission for Repairs
13. 12 JulGrand Theft Otter — Sea Otter Keeps Stealing Surfboards in Santa Cruz
14. 11 JulCar Carrier Don Quijote Tilting at Windmills Knocks Over Bremerhaven Shipyard Crane
15. 11 JulQuestions Raised by the Tragic Port Newark Fire on the Ro-Ro/Container Ship Grande Costa D’Avorio
16. 7 JulOf Maps & Movies: Barbie Movie Banned by Vietnam Over “Nine-Dash-Line” on South China Sea Map
17. 6 JulTwo Firefighters Die, Multiple Injured, Battling Fire on Ro-Ro/Container Ship in Port Newark
18. 5 JulDestroyer USS McFaul Prevents Iran From Seizing Tankers in Gulf of Oman
19. 4 JulHappy 4th of July – A Toast to Madeira, the Wine of the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Riots
20. 3 JulWindjammer Falls of Clyde at Honolulu Harbor to Lose Historic Designation
21. 2 JulOperation Fouled Anchor — Coast Guard Apologizes for Years-Long Cover Up of Sexual Assault
22. 1 JulRoyal Navy Puts Unique Armada Maps on Display at Portsmouth for a Limited Time

June 2023

1. 30 JunGiant ‘Gravity Hole’ in the Ocean May Be the Ghost of an Ancient Sea
2. 29 JunSubmersible Titan Debris Brought Ashore With Presumed Human Remains
3. 28 JunWife of Submersible Titan’s Pilot Descendent of Famous Titanic Victims
4. 27 JunUpdate: Fate of Pocket Battleship Graf Spee’s Nazi Eagle Still Undecided
5. 27 JunBehavior May be Spreading — Orca Rams Yacht Off Shetland Islands
6. 23 JunJubilee Sailing Trust’s Tall Ship Lord Nelson to be Auctioned to Pay Off Charity’s Debts
7. 22 JunDebris Found from Submersible Titan — Five Onboard Believed to Have Died in Catastrophic Implosion
8. 21 JunLong-Standing Concerns About Safety of Missing Titan Submersible
9. 20 JunUpdate: the Race to Find Missing Submersible Titan With Five Onboard — 40 Hours of Air Remaining
10. 19 JunSearch Underway for Submersible Missing on Titanic Wreck Dive
11. 19 JunHappy Juneteenth — When Emancipation Arrived by Steamship
12. 18 JunUpdate: Ship Tracking Casts Doubt on Coastguard’s Account of Boat Disaster Off Greece
13. 17 JunRoger Payne, Biologist Who Discovered Whale Song, Has Died at 88
14. 16 JunOverloaded Migrant Boat Sinks Near Greece — at Least 78 Dead, Hundreds Feared Drowned
15. 14 JunAt Least 103 Drown After Wedding When Boat Capsizes in Nigeria
16. 13 JunRetired Passenger Liner SS United States Threatened by Eviction From Philadelphia Pier
17. 12 JunSecrets Lurking Beneath the Black Sea — Pristine Ancient Shipwrecks & Underwater Rivers
18. 11 JunThree British Tourists Missing After Fire on Dive Boat in Egyptian Red Sea
19. 10 JunEndangered Vaquita Porpoises Hanging on, Conservation Efforts May be Working
20. 9 JunThe Mighty Windjammer Preussen — Animation From Mariner’s Mirror Podcast
21. 7 JunHurtigruten to Launch Zero Emissions Electric Cruise Ship With Solar Sails by 2030
22. 6 JunOn the 79th Anniversary of D-Day, Remembering Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Higgins Boat
23. 5 JunMore Supply Chains Woes — Strikes at West Coast Ports
24. 4 JunNavy Selects First Female Master Chief Petty Officer in the Service’s 230-Year History
25. 2 JunOn National Donut Day — Captain Gregory & the Birth of the Modern Donut (& the Donut Hole)
26. 1 JunMystery & Tragedy on Italy’s Lake Maggiore — Fatal Boating Accident a Birthday Celebration or a “Spy Party”?

May 2023

1. 31 MayWind Turbine One, Cargo Ship Zero — Off Course General Cargo Ship Allides With Wind Farm
2. 30 MayMalaysia Detains Chinese Barge on Suspicion of Looting WWII British Warship Wrecks
3. 29 MayUpdate: Trying to Sail 1,900 NM in a One Meter Boat — Forced to Turn Back on First Day, Boat Destroyed
4. 27 MayRoyal Navy’s XV Patrick Blacket Tests GPS-Free Quantum Navigation System
5. 26 MayDueling Sea Drone Videos in Russian/Ukrainian PR Battle
6. 25 MayUpdate: Hvaldimir, Beluga “Spy” Whale Returns to Waters Near Oslo
7. 23 MayThe Story of the Bark Kathleen, Sunk by a Whale, Carved on a Sperm Whale Jawbone
8. 22 MayOn National Maritime Day, Remembering the SS Savannah
9. 21 MayHMS Prince of Wales Crippled by Misaligned Propeller Shaft
10. 20 MayBark Europa Falls Over in Cape Town Drydock
11. 19 MayMore Attacks on Sailboats — Did the Gladis Orca Trio Strike Again?
12. 19 MayProject NEPTUNE 100 — Researcher Spending 100 Days Underwater at the Jules Undersea Lodge
13. 17 MayTitanic — Digitally Reconstructed 3D View of Wreck Seen For First Time
14. 14 MayRepost: Sailors’ Tattoos on Mother’s Day
15. 12 MayDe Tukker, Ecoclipper’s First Ship Sets Sail in Emission-Free Short-Sea Liner Service
16. 11 MayWill Historic Schooner Victory Chimes Become a Floating Restaurant?
17. 10 MayNavy Takes Down Private Webcams in San Diego That Livestreamed “Warship Chicken”
18. 6 MayHMS Diamond Serves as Royal Guardship For King Charles III’s Coronation
19. 5 MayThe Man from Dildo and the Dildo Iceberg
20. 4 MaySea Change & MF Hydra — First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Ferries
21. 3 MayMV Glenachulish, the Last Manually-Operated Turntable Ferry
22. 1 MayInvestigation : Channel Distress Calls Ignored 19 Times Before 2021 Disaster

April 2023

1. 30 AprHarry Belafonte and the Port Chicago Disaster & Mutiny
2. 28 AprKirsten Neuschäfer Wins 2022 Golden Globe — First Woman to Win a Solo Round the World Race
3. 27 AprNavy Nominates Rear Adm. Yvette Davids to be First Woman to Lead Naval Academy
4. 25 AprUpdate: “Unprecedented” Sea Level Rise Defies North Carolina Legislation
5. 25 AprDestroyer USS Paul Hamilton Makes $42 Million Drug Bust in Gulf of Oman
6. 23 AprA Glimpse Inside First Narco-Sub Seized in Europe
7. 23 AprWreck of SS Montevideo Maru, Australia’s Worst Maritime Disaster, Found After 81 Years
8. 20 AprWreckage of Historic Submarine Defender Found in Long Island Sound
9. 19 AprEleven Indonesian Fisherman, Stranded by Cyclone Ilsa, Rescued After Six Days Without Food
10. 18 AprUSS Cleveland, Last Freedom Class LCS, Douses Tugboat in Dramatic Side Launch
11. 15 AprJeanne Socrates Prepares to Set Sail Again, Solo Across the Pacific, at 80
12. 13 AprHistoric Schooner Victory Chimes to be Sold at Auction
13. 12 AprDramatic South Atlantic Rescue of Golden Globe Race Sailor Ian Herbert Jones
14. 12 AprNew York Wants to Restore Shad, the “Poor Man’s Salmon, to the Hudson River
15. 8 AprAustal Shipyard Execs Charged With Massive Fraud in LCS Program
16. 7 AprSnailfish, the Deepest-Swimming Fish Ever Recorded on Camera
17. 5 AprAustralian Michelle Lee the First Woman to Row the Pacific Ocean Solo, Unassisted & Non-Stop
18. 4 AprSaildrone Surveyor USV Discovers a 3,300-Foot-Tall Seamount Off California Coast
19. 2 AprINSIDE LOOK: Tall Ships St. Pete 2023
20. 1 AprLubec’s Gold from Sea Water Hoax of 1898

March 2023

1. 31 MarCaptive Orcas : Kiska Dies & Tokitae May be Returned to the Pacific
2. 29 MarTall Ships St. Pete Festival, March 30 — April 2, 2023
3. 28 MarWho Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipelines — Ukraine, US or Russia?
4. 25 MarHōkūleʻa Prepares For Pacific Circumnavigation Guided by the Stars Winds and & Waves
5. 24 MarAs Repair Costs Soar and Deployment Delayed, What Happened on the HMS Prince of Wales?
6. 23 MarFamous Research Vessel RV Petrel Rolled Off Blocks in Edinburgh Drydock, 35 Injured
7. 19 MarRemembering Susan Ahn Cuddy, First Female Asian American Officer, Gunnery Officer in US Navy
8. 18 MarWomen’s History Month — Eleanor Creesy, Navigator of the Clipper Ship Flying Cloud
9. 16 MarSargassum and Icebergs — Threats Warm & Cold
10. 15 MarWomen’s History Month — Remembering Winnie Breegle, WWII WAVE and Code Talker
11. 14 MarWomen’s History Month — Remembering Mary Patten, Clipper Ship Captain
12. 13 MarUpdate: UN Plans to Salvage Oil from FSO Safer Off Yemen
13. 12 MarRemembering the Birkenhead Drill — Women and Children First!
14. 11 MarHaulout : Melting Sea Ice Pushes Walruses to the Brink
15. 10 MarWomen’s & Black History Months: Gladys West — Pioneer of GPS Technology
16. 9 MarThe Women Lighthouse Keepers of New Orleans’ New Canal Lighthouse
17. 8 MarAfter Two Decades of Negotiations, Historic Treaty to Protect World’s Oceans
18. 7 Mar“Mind the Light , Kate” — New York’s Robbins Reef Lighthouse Keeper Kate Walker
19. 6 MarWomen’s & Black History Months: Remembering Raye Montague, Barrier-Shattering Navy Ship Designer
20. 5 MarWomen’s History Month — Honoring Admiral “Amazing Grace” Hopper
21. 4 MarRemembering Frank Woerner, “Folk Father” & Shanty Singer
22. 3 MarUpdate: Thames Sailing Barge Blue Mermaid Authorized to Carry Cargo in the Thames
23. 2 MarUpdate: 49m Schooner Eleonora E Being Scrapped Following Collision and Sinking
24. 1 MarSaving the Songs of Korea’s Sea Women

February 2023

1. 28 FebUS Navy Renaming Guided Missile Cruiser in Honor of Robert Smalls
2. 27 FebBlack History Month Repost — David Debias, 8 Year Old Sailor on Old Ironsides
3. 25 FebSearching for #TheKetchupBoatGuy — Heinz Wants to Buy Him a New Boat
4. 24 FebRemembering the MV Struma Disaster, Almost 800 Jewish Refugees Lost, 81 Years Ago Today
5. 23 FebBlack History Month: Paul Cuffee — African-American Captain, Ship Owner & Shipbuilder
6. 22 FebThwaites “Doomsday Glacier” Melting Rapidly — Is It Time To Panic Yet?
7. 21 FebThe Hanging of Captain Nathaniel Gordon of the Slave Ship Erie — February 21, 1862
8. 20 FebHappy Presidents’ Day – Lincoln’s Improved Camel Patent
9. 18 FebMaine’s First Ship – History, Ingenuity, Community
10. 17 FebRemembering the Knockdown and Capsize of the SV Concordia 13 Years Ago Today
11. 16 FebHugh Mulzac, First Black Liberty Ship Captain, Says No To Jim Crow
12. 15 FebHarland & Wolff, Shipyard That Built the Titanic, to Build First Ships in 20 Years
13. 14 FebRepost: Celebrating Frederick Douglass on Valentine’s Day — “I Will Take to the Water”
14. 12 FebRemembering Jesse L. Brown, First African-American Naval Pilot
15. 12 FebRemembering Robert Smalls – Former Slave, Pilot of the Planter, First Black Captain in the US Navy & US Congressman
16. 10 FebBlack History Month: Absalom Boston, Whaling Ship Captain & Merchant
17. 10 FebBlack History Month Repost — William Tillman and the Privateer Jefferson Davis
18. 9 FebThe Mystery of Why Orcas Are Attacking Sailboats — Pod Fads, Black Hull Paint, or Something Else Entirely
19. 8 FebBlack History Month Repost — Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid
20. 8 FebThe Rookie Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer, a Stolen Boat, and a Dead Fish at the Goonies House
21. 4 FebBrazilian Navy Sinks Toxic Aircraft Carrier São Paulo
22. 3 FebCongratulations to Captain Janet Days, Naval Station Norfolk’s First Black Female Commanding Officer
23. 2 FebNYC’s South Street Seaport Museum Sea Chantey and Maritime Music Hybrid Sessions Continue This Sunday
24. 1 FebBlack History Month — Remembering the Golden Thirteen

January 2023

1. 31 JanBrunt Ice Shelf Continues Calving — Another Iceberg Twice the Size of New York City
2. 31 Jan“Gasparilla Pirate Fest,” Panther John Gomez, & the Fictious Pirate Jose Gaspar
3. 27 JanWhat is Killing Whales Off New York & New Jersey Coasts? Is Offshore Wind to Blame?
4. 25 JanRussia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Catches Fire Again, Lawmaker Proposes Buying China’s Liaoning Carrier
5. 24 JanSydney Beaches Close After Sharks Attack Dolphin — What are Risks of Shark Attacks?
6. 22 JanNewport Ship: Medieval Vessel Described as ‘World’s Largest 3D Puzzle’
7. 22 JanIce Core Study Shows Greenland is the Warmest it has Been in 1,000 Years
8. 20 JanRIP David Crosby — Iconic Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist & Sailor
9. 17 JanSS United States – Exploration of the Abandoned Ocean Liner
10. 16 JanUS Coast Guard Rescues 7 From Drifting Tug Legacy
11. 15 JanFlight 1549, NY Harbor Ferries, & the Two “Miracles on the Hudson”
12. 15 JanChantiers de l’Atlantique to Build Large Sailing Cruise Ships for Accor
13. 13 JanRemembering Charley Morgan — Legendary Sailor, Sailmaker, Yacht Builder, and Designer
14. 11 JanFifty Three Years Ago, the Exploding Whale or How Not To Remove a Whale Carcass
15. 10 JanAfter Grounding, Maryland Bans On-Duty Marine Pilots From Using Cell Phones
16. 9 JanHumpback Whale Burial Draws Crowd to Atlantic City Beach
17. 9 JanWanted: Two Innkeepers on San Francisco Bay’s East Brother Light Station
18. 6 JanIran Converting Two Panamax Container Ships to “Drone Carriers”
19. 3 JanAfter Fire, Union Calls For New Staten Island Ferries to be Docked Pending Investigation
20. 2 JanCruise Ship Viking Orion Denied Port Entries Due to “Biofouling” — What Happened?
21. 1 JanNew Year, a Ballad by Cicely Fox Smith Sung by Larry Kaplan

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December 2022

1. 31 DecNew Year’s Repost: Watching the Ball Drop — the Nautical Origins of a New Year’s Tradition
2. 30 DecMore Than 275 Artifacts Recovered from Franklin Expedition’s HMS Erebus
3. 29 DecGreenland’s Glaciers Melting 100 Times Faster Than Estimated
4. 28 DecEx-RN Patrol Boat Scimitar for Sale
5. 25 DecSting — Christmas At Sea (Live from Durham Cathedral)
6. 24 DecOver the Holidays & in the New Year, May St. Nicholas Hold the Tiller
7. 21 DecRepost on the Winter Solstice — Shortest Day & Longest Shadows, or No Shadow At All
8. 19 DecThai Corvette HTMS Sukhothai Sinks in Storm, Search Ongoing For Over 30 Missing
9. 18 DecMoroccan Fishermen Celebrate World Cup Victory While Hauling Nets
10. 18 DecMystic Seaport Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Opening of the Henry B. du Pont Preservation Shipyard
11. 17 DecEmirates Team New Zealand Breaks Wind-Powered Land Speed Record
12. 16 DecUpdate: Atrevida II Rescue & the High Cost of Sailing Unprepared
13. 15 DecYoung Sperm Whale Dies After Washing Up on Rockaway Beach in NYC
14. 14 DecTanker Silver Muna Picks Up Overdue Sailors Off Delaware Coast
15. 13 DecSS Central America — Ship of Gold & the $114,000 Pants
16. 9 DecPandemic Flashback — Bounding Main’s T-Rex Quintet Singing “Strike the Bell”
17. 8 DecCoast Guard: Distracted Pilot on Cell Phone Prior to Grounding of Container Ship Ever Forward in Chesapeake
18. 7 DecRadio Broadcasts Reporting Attack on Pearl Harbor 81 Years Ago Today
19. 6 DecRemembering the Halifax Explosion of 1917 & the Boston Christmas Tree
20. 5 DecLt. Cmdr. Amber Cowan — First Woman XO on US Navy Submarine
21. 3 DecPassenger Dies on Antarctic Cruise After Viking Polaris is Hit by Rogue Wave
22. 2 DecAgainst All Odds, Cruise Passenger Survives 20 Hours in the Gulf of Mexico After Going Overboard From Carnival Valor
23. 2 DecHistoric Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Returns to New Bedford

November 2022

1. 30 NovThree Stowaways Found Perched on Tanker’s Rudder on 11 Day Voyage
2. 29 NovOrcas Attack Robin Knox-Johnston’s Farr 56 Sanjula
3. 26 NovSchooner Wyoming — the One of the Largest Wooden Ships Ever Built
4. 25 NovMan Rescued After Going Overboard on Carnival Valor — Thanksgiving Mystery or Miracle?
5. 24 NovThanksgiving Repost — Whaling Ships, Sarah Josepha Hale, Mary’s Lamb & a Liberty Ship
6. 22 NovUpdate: US Navy Confirms Tanker MV Pacific Zircon Hit by Iranian Shahed-136 Drone
7. 21 NovSailing on Sunbeams — LightSail 2 Goes Out in a Blaze of Glory
8. 20 NovDeja Vu — Covid Outbreaks on Cruise Ships Docking in Australia, Mask & Vaccination Mandates Return
9. 19 NovGordon Lightfoot & the Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle
10. 18 NovChinese Global Fishing Fleet Growing Aggressively, Chinese Fishing Vessel Tries to Ram USCG Cutter James
11. 16 NovProduct Tanker Pacific Zircon Hit in Drone Attack Off Oman
12. 14 NovRear Admiral Nunan First Woman Appointed as USMMA Superintendent — Fresh Start or Glass Cliff?
13. 12 NovUkraine Crowdfunding Fleet of Naval Drones to Counter Russian Black Sea Fleet
14. 11 NovRepost: On Armistice Day, Remembering the German High Seas Fleet Mutinies of 1918
15. 10 NovThe Sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, an Unsolved Mystery
16. 9 NovNavy & Coast Guard Offer Signing Bonuses & Increased Enlistment Age to Attract Recruits
17. 8 NovGilded Age Yacht Coronet Being Moved to Mystic to Complete Restoration
18. 7 NovUpdate: UK Cancels Plans for £250m National Flagship Yacht
19. 5 NovChile Uses Hi-Tech Buoys to Protect Migrating Whales
20. 4 NovUpdate: Montenegrin Mafia Boss Arrested in Billion Dollar Bust on MSC Gayane
21. 3 NovMichelin Inflatable Wing Sail Being Installed on Ro/Ro MN Pelican
22. 2 NovAncient Sperm Whale Clans Maintain Cultural Identities by Patterns of Clicks Within their Songs
23. 1 NovRussians Re-establishing Cold War Naval Base at Balaklava

October 2022

1. 31 OctHMS Medway Torches Smugglers’ Boat Carrying £24m of Cocaine in Caribbean
2. 30 OctRussia Suspends Grain Export Deal Following Ukrainian Drone Attack on Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol
3. 29 OctRemembering “HMS” Bounty Lost in Hurricane Sandy — Survivors’ Interview
4. 28 OctDutch Fishing Vessel Rescues British Kayaker Clinging to Buoy in Dover Strait
5. 27 OctAlaska Cancels Snow Crab Season Due to Population Collapse
6. 25 OctRecord Drought Shuts Down Traffic In Mississippi River and Tributaries
7. 24 OctEntangled Humpback Does Spy Hop & Back Flip to Assist Marine Rescue Team, Freeing It From Fishing Gear
8. 21 OctCelebrating Trafalgar Day and the Anniversary of the Launching of “Old Ironsides”
9. 20 OctTree Rings Help Identify Long Lost Rhode Island Whaling Ship Dolphin in Patagonia
10. 18 OctArtemis EF-24 Passenger Ferry — America’s Cup Technology Applied to Hydrofoils
11. 17 OctUS Navy & Marines Have Contaminated Water Issues — From Pearl Harbor to Carriers to Camp Lejeune
12. 16 OctGötheborg of Sweden, World’s Largest Wooden Sailing Ship, Arrives In Malta
13. 15 OctUpdate: Submarine USS Clamagore Towed From Patriots Point to be Scrapped
14. 14 OctJet Pack Demonstration in New York Harbor From Royal Navy Flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth
15. 13 OctGrand Theft Walleye — Fisherman Charged With Cheating in High Stakes Tournament
16. 12 OctNew Aden, Chinese VLCC With Four Rigid Wing Sails
17. 11 OctFootage Documents Orcas Killing Great White Shark Off South Africa, Devouring the Liver
18. 10 OctUpdate: New Wind Challenger Sail Assisted Collier Shofu Maru Enters Service
19. 8 OctOn World Octopus Day — Amazing Brains & Morphing Skin of Octopuses & Other Cephalopods
20. 7 OctDamian Browne, First to Row From NYC to Galway, 112 Days at Sea With a Dramatic Finish
21. 5 OctSaildrone Joins the Navy!
22. 5 OctRed Hook Open Studios Concert: Shepup & Friends on Historical Tanker Mary A. Whalen
23. 3 OctSupercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford — From $13B Berthing Barge to Maiden Deployment
24. 2 OctThe Hurricane That Destroyed the Spanish Treasure Fleet of 1715

September 2022

1. 30 SepUpdate: Arson Charges on USS Bonhomme Richard Up in Smoke, Seaman Mays Not Guilty
2. 29 SepBonhomme Richard Arson Trial — Will the Case Go Up in Smoke?
3. 28 SepWreckage of SS Mesaba Located — Ship That Radioed Warning to Titanic
4. 27 SepWeird Beasties in Loch Ness, But No, Not Nessie
5. 26 SepFlagship HMS Queen Elizabeth Arrives in New York to Host Atlantic Future Forum
6. 25 SepThe Guns of the USS Texas
7. 24 SepWhy Did Sailors Pull the Gun Carriage Bearing the Queen’s Coffin?
8. 23 SepSaildrone Sails Through 50′ Waves Inside Cat 4 Hurricane Fiona
9. 22 SepUpdate: “Fat Leonard” Detained in Venezuela, Trying to Flee to Russia
10. 21 SepMass Stranding: 230 Pilot Whales Stranded on Tasmanian Beach
11. 20 SepResearcher Solves Mystery of Ancient Mediterranean Trade Routes Sailing Replica Ship
12. 18 SepS/V Denis Sullivan Sold, Leaving the Great Lakes for Boston
13. 17 SepScientists May Have Found a ‘Super-Earth’ That Could Be an Ocean-Covered Water World
14. 16 SepVideo of the Battleship USS Texas in Drydock
15. 15 SepWhen the Frigate USS Stein Was Attacked by a Colossal Squid
16. 14 SepSailor Who Died on Battleship USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor Attack Finally Laid to Rest
17. 13 SepLosing “Fat Leonard” — More Major Blunders in Long-Running Navy Corruption Scandal
18. 12 SepBoat Capsize in NZ That Killed Five May Have Been Caused by Whale
19. 11 SepOn the 21st Anniversary of 9/11, Remembering the Great New York Boatlift
20. 10 SepMegamax Container Cranes Arrive in New York Harbor on BigLift Baffin
21. 9 SepNine Humpback Whales Spotted in the Hudson River
22. 8 SepFrom Carp to Copi — Renaming an Invasive Species to Make it More Palatable
23. 7 SepMore Navy Corruption — MSC Director Convicted of Bribery in Korea
24. 6 SepBreaking News : Fat Leonard Escapes House Arrest
25. 5 SepAfrican Penguins Endangered by Shipping Noise in Algoa Bay
26. 4 SepWaveline Magnet — Prototype Undulating Wave Energy Converter
27. 3 SepKayaking With Dolphins in the Hudson River
28. 2 SepThe Mysteries of the Lost City — Mid-Atlantic Hydrothermal Field
29. 1 SepZumwalt Class Stealth Destroyers First US Navy Ships to Have Hypersonic Missiles Installed

August 2022

1. 31 AugUSS Albuquerque’s Sail to Serve as Monument in Namesake City
2. 30 AugJohn Konrad on Why UN’s Ukraine Grain Deal is Likely to Fail
3. 29 AugA Video for a Monday Morning — 40 Meter Yacht Sinks Off Southern Italy
4. 28 AugUSS Antietam & USS Chancellorsville Sail Through Taiwan Strait on “Freedom of Navigation” Operation
5. 27 AugBattleship Texas Scheduled to Be Towed to Yard for Repairs on August 31, Weather Permitting
6. 26 AugDugong “Functionally Extinct” in China, Researchers Report
7. 25 AugSuperyacht Axioma Auctioned in Gibraltar — First Sale of an Oligarch’s Yacht Since Ukraine Invasion
8. 24 AugRobot Boat Maxlimer Maps Underwater Tongan Volcano That Erupted Last January
9. 23 AugThe Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race — the Virtual Race & the Bay Race
10. 22 AugDolmen of Guadalperal, AKA the Spanish Stonehenge, Emerge From Drought-Stricken Reservoir
11. 21 AugWrecks of Dozens of Explosive-Laden Nazi Ships Exposed By Drought in Serbian Danube
12. 20 AugThird Replica of Maryland Dove Sets Sail to Historic St. Mary’s City
13. 19 AugReports that China Has Developed Prototype Submarine Flying Drones
14. 18 AugUpdate: Submarine Secrets Espionage Plea Deal Falls Through
15. 17 AugHunger Stones Emerge as Extreme Drought Drops Water Levels of Rhine & Other European Rivers
16. 15 AugRemains of Two Sailors Missing Since Pearl Harbor Attack Are Finally Identified
17. 14 AugWreck of USS Jacob Jones Found Off Isles of Scilly — First US Destroyer Lost to Enemy Action
18. 13 AugUpdate: Restoration of Ex-Presidential Yacht Sequoia to Begin Soon in Belfast, Maine
19. 12 AugArctic Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of the World
20. 11 AugThe Mortar Wreck: Oldest Surviving UK Shipwreck Near Dorset Coast
21. 10 AugUpdate: Wayward Beluga Whale in Seine Dies in Rescue Attempt
22. 9 AugOrcas Continue to Attack Sailboats Off Portugal & Spain — First Boat Sunk in Attack
23. 8 AugUpdate: Video of Jeff Bezos’ Yacht With Masts Stepped
24. 7 AugBéluga Perdu — Fears for Wayward Beluga Whale Lost in River Seine
25. 6 Aug62 Yr Old Sailor Rescued, Trapped for 16 Hours in Capsized Sailboat Off Spanish Coast, After Loss of Keel
26. 5 AugUpdate: Jeff Bezos’ Yacht Towed Out of Shipyard Under Cover of Darkness
27. 4 AugHappy 232th Birthday US Coast Guard!
28. 3 AugHot Sand Causing 99% of Sea Turtles to be Born Female
29. 2 AugGreat Lakes Schooner Denis Sullivan Laid-up, Voluntarily Gives Up COI, Maintenance Ongoing
30. 1 AugHope for the Global Food Crisis as First Bulker Loaded With Grain Sails From Odesa

July 2022

1. 30 JulDNA May Prove the Legend of the Wild Ponies of Assateague Island & the Spanish Galleon
2. 29 JulRobot Dog Helps Christen NavyX’s “Maritime Sandbox” XV Patrick Blacket
3. 28 JulUK to Phase Out Admiralty Paper Charts by 2026
4. 26 JulThe Summer of the Shark, Jersey Shore 1916
5. 25 JulUS Navy Tests Upgraded 3D Printer at Sea on USS Essex
6. 24 JulFlying Catamaran Demonstrates Generating Hydrogen From Wind Power
7. 22 JulSailing on a Milky Sea — Sailboat & Satellites Confirm Sailors’ Glowing Ocean Lore
8. 21 JulAs Europe & North America Broil, Greenland Melts
9. 19 JulWatching for Migaloo — White Whale Washed up on Australian Beach Not Famous Albino Whale
10. 18 JulUS Navy Punishes Over Two Dozen Officers and Sailors Over Fire on USS Bonhomme Richard
11. 17 JulRepost: Sailing on the Schooner A.J. Meerwald in New York Harbor
12. 16 JulUK Sea Forts for Sale: Fully Refurbished at £3,000,000 & a Fixer Upper Starting at £50,000
13. 15 JulCaptain of Container Ship Algeciras Express Missing at Sea
14. 14 JulThe A.J. Meerwald, Official Tall Ship of the State of New Jersey, Completes 10-Month Restoration
15. 13 JulTragedy on the Hudson — Two Die and Three Critically Injured After Chartered Boat Capsizes
16. 12 JulCrab Trapper Whiskey — Fighting Mutant Green Crabs One Bottle at a Time
17. 11 JulMaine Windjammer 2022 Great Schooner Race in Penobscot Bay
18. 10 JulMV Mark W. Barker, First Great Lakes Bulk Carrier Built in 35 Years, on Sea Trials
19. 9 JulAfter Third Shark Attack, NY/NJ Beaches on High Alert
20. 8 JulRussia Salvages Landing Ship Sunk by Ukraine Missiles
21. 7 JulReport: Navy Failed to Prevent & Respond to Hawaii’s Red Hill Fuel Leaks
22. 6 JulUpdate: Stinky Sargassum Threatens Post Pandemic Tourism in Mexico and Across Caribbean
23. 5 JulSS Great Britain Returns to Bristol, 52 Years Ago Today
24. 4 JulHappy 4th of July – A Toast to Madeira, the Wine of the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Riots
25. 3 JulUpdate: Historic Rotterdam Bridge Will Not Be Dismantled for Bezos’ Yacht
26. 2 Jul27 Missing & Feared Dead After Typhoon Chaba Breaks Vessel in Half Off Hong Kong
27. 1 Jul“Fat Leonard” Corruption Trial — Jury Convicts Four Former Navy Officers

June 2022

1. 30 JunUpdate: Palmer’s Titanic II & China’s Romandisea Cancelled?
2. 29 JunNorwegian Sun Alaskan Cruise Cut Short After Hitting Small Iceberg
3. 28 JunSwedish East Indiaman Götheborg Asia Expedition: The Pioneer Leg
4. 27 JunHyundai Ultra-Large LNG Carrier Makes First Semi-Autonomous Crossing of the Pacific Ocean
5. 25 JunUSS Samuel B Roberts: World’s Deepest Shipwreck Located
6. 24 JunPip Hare Gives a Tour of Her Foiling IMOCA 60, Medallia
7. 24 Jun“Fat Leonard,” a Major Navy Corruption Scandal, Then an Award Winning Podcast, and Soon a TV Series
8. 22 JunWorld’s Largest Fresh Water Fish, 660 Pounds, Caught and Released in Cambodia’s Mekong River
9. 21 JunHong Kong’s Iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant Sinks Under Tow in South China Sea
10. 21 JunWorld’s Largest Cruise Ship to be Scrapped Before Being Delivered
11. 19 JunHappy Juneteenth — When Emancipation Arrived by Steamship
12. 18 JunSanto Cristo de Burgos — Legendary “Beeswax” Shipwreck Found On Oregon Coast
13. 16 JunChina Launches “Mother Ship” — First Semi-Autonomous Drone Carrier
14. 14 JunArctic “Whisky War” Ends as Canada and Denmark Divide Hans Island
15. 13 JunSchooner Eleonora E Sunk by Out of Control Search and Rescue Vessel
16. 12 JunFarewell “Battle Cat” : Carrier Kitty Hawk Arrives at Scrap Yard
17. 11 JunAntarctica: Southern Ocean floor mapped in greatest ever detail
18. 10 JunWreck of HMS Gloucester, Lost in 1682, Identified Off Norfolk, UK Coast
19. 9 JunNorfolk Harborfest® America’s Largest, Longest-Running, Free Maritime Festival
20. 8 JunFire on the Dinner/Cruise Ship Spirit of Norfolk, 108 Safely Evacuated Including 89 Kindergarteners
21. 8 JunVideo on UN World Oceans Day — “Oceans Give, Oceans Take”: Their Role in Climate Change
22. 7 JunCaptain Bill Pinkney To Be Honored as “Hero of the Game” by White Sox
23. 7 JunPinnace Virginia, Maine’s First Ship, Launched in Kennebec River
24. 5 JunRemembering the Battle of Midway, 80 Years Ago This Week
25. 3 JunClonal Neptune Grass — the Oldest Living Thing on Earth
26. 2 JunThe World’s Largest Plant, Poseidon’s Ribbon Weed, Discovered Off Australia
27. 1 JunCongratulations to Admiral Linda Fagan, First Woman Coast Guard Commandant

May 2022

1. 30 MayOn Memorial Day : Last Mission of the USS Olympia — Carrying the Unknown Soldier Home
2. 29 MayMark Sinclair Finishes 2018 Golden Globe Race
3. 27 MayWhat Did the Navy Pilots See? UFOs, UAPs, or Drones?
4. 26 MayFleet Week Returns to New York Harbor After 2 Year COVID Break
5. 25 MayRussian Naval Blockade of Ukraine Called Attack on Global Food Supply
6. 24 MayReport: USS Connecticut Seamount Grounding was Preventable
7. 23 MayCetacean Morbillivirus : Like Covid For Dolphins
8. 22 May“Jaws” Child Actor Appointed Police Chief on Martha’s Vineyard, Island Where Movie was Shot
9. 21 MaySolo Sailor on Tiny Big C Hopes to Set Record For Smallest Boat to Cross the Atlantic
10. 20 MayUS Navy to Name Destroyer For Telesforo Trinidad, Only Filipino Medal of Honor Recipient
11. 17 MayUpdate: Good and Bad News From Flooded Museum Ship USS The Sullivans
12. 16 MayOverboat Personal Foiler — Silent Alternative to Jetskis?
13. 15 MayAutonomous Cargo Ship Completes 500-Mile Voyage in Congested Tokyo Bay
14. 14 MaySuper Flower Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse This Sunday Night
15. 13 MayEndangered Whale Sharks Threatened by Ship Strikes
16. 12 MayWorld’s Largest Oyster Restoration Project Completed on Piankatank River
17. 11 MayUpdate: Superyacht Scheherazade Impounded By Italian Authorities, Ties to Putin Suspected
18. 8 MayRepost: Sailors’ Tattoos on Mother’s Day
19. 7 MayThe War in the Black Sea — Ukrainians Hit Russian Patrol Boats, Landing Craft, and Possibly a Frigate
20. 6 MayDentist Visit Helps Locate Site of Punic War Naval Battle of 241 BC
21. 5 MayCarnival Spirit Personnel Overwhelmed by COVID-19 Cases
22. 4 MayTexas Oysters Devastated by Floods, Droughts, and Hurricanes
23. 3 MayMore Than 200 Sailors Moved Off Carrier USS George Washington Following Multiple Suicides
24. 2 MayFirst New Polar Icebreaker Delivery Delayed Until 2025
25. 1 MayRussia Using Trained Dolphins to Patrol Protect Black Sea Naval Base

April 2022

1. 29 AprSV Kwai — Low Carbon Sea Transport Project in the Marshall Islands
2. 28 AprAussie Archeologists Claim To Locate Cook’s Endeavour in Newport Harbor, Local Experts Unconvinced
3. 27 AprClimbing Up the Rigging on the Cutty Sark & Zip-Lining Down
4. 26 AprUpdate: Attempt to Refloat Museum Ship USS The Sullivans Underway
5. 25 AprRemains of 4,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Boat Discovered
6. 24 AprAdolph Hitler’s Yachts — Part 2 : Ostwind and the Offshore Reef
7. 23 AprAdolph Hitler’s Yachts — Part 1: Aviso Grille & the New Jersey Repair Shop Toilet
8. 22 AprRepost: Swimming with Sea Lions in the Galapagos
9. 21 AprRepost: Swimming with Galápagos Green Sea Turtles
10. 20 AprNautical Coincidence & Lifeboat Morality – Richard Parker and the Mignonette
11. 19 AprRepost: The Unsinkable Hugh Williams – Truth Behind the Legend?
12. 18 AprAfter Unloading 500 Containers & Additional Dredging Ever Forward is Finally Free
13. 17 AprGötheborg of Sweden: Climbing the Rig
14. 16 AprGötheborg of Sweden: Life Onboard as a Deckhand
15. 15 AprMuseum Ship USS The Sullivans Floods at Dock in Lake Erie
16. 14 AprMoscow Burning — Explosions & Fire Engulf Russian Flagship Moskva
17. 13 AprRepost: The Zong Massacre, General Average and Abolition
18. 12 AprThe What, How, & Why of the Ancient Principle of General Average
19. 11 AprUpdate: Floating Cranes Begin to Unload Containers from Stranded Ever Forward
20. 10 AprRepost: Snorkeling With Manatees in a Murky Crystal River
21. 9 AprUpdate: Florida Manatees Are Starving, 10 Tons of Lettuce May Be Too Little, Too Late
22. 9 AprVirginia, Maine’s First Ship, Scheduled For Early June Launch
23. 8 AprNavy Seeks To Dispose of All Freedom-Class Littoral Combat Ships Now in Service
24. 7 AprChanges at the Helm of the Historic Maine Schooner Lewis R. French
25. 6 AprCongratulations to Glaciologist Dr. Heïdi Sevestre on Winning Inaugural Shackleton Medal
26. 5 AprUpdate: Containers to be Unloaded From Seriously Stuck Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay
27. 4 AprBack From the Dead: Snake Island Border Guards & the Russian Warship
28. 3 AprUS Navy Naming Replenishment Oiler for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
29. 2 AprHolland America Cruise Ship Volendam to Provide Housing For Ukrainian Refugees
30. 1 AprApril 1st Repost — Whale Breaches, Delays Basketball Game

March 2022

1. 31 MarMore Than a Decade of Women Serving on US Navy Submarines
2. 30 MarToronto’s 161st Annual Top Hat Ceremony Celebrates the First Ship of Spring
3. 29 MarChina and Solomon Islands Draft Secret Security Pact, Raising Concerns in the Pacific
4. 28 MarGreat Barrier Reef Suffers Unprecedented Sixth Mass Coral Bleaching Event
5. 27 MarConger Ice Shelf in Eastern Antarctica Collapses in Extreme Heat Wave
6. 26 MarJapanese Singlehander Kenichi Horie, Setting Sail to Cross the Pacific at 83
7. 25 MarThe Dual Discovery of the Whaling Brig Industry and Her Crew’s Fate Link to US Racial History
8. 24 MarRussian Landing Ship Destroyed by Ukrainian Attack in Occupied Port of Berdyansk
9. 23 MarEver Given : The Inside Story of the Ship That Broke Global Trade
10. 22 MarRediscovered Fossil of 10 Armed Vampire Squid Named after President Biden
11. 21 MarUpdate: Submarine USS Clamagore to be Scrapped
12. 20 MarJanet MacPherson, Pioneering Female Surfer, Dies at 84
13. 19 MarAftermath of Norwegian Escape Grounding — ‘a Freaking Madhouse’
14. 18 MarMischarted Pacific Islands: Henderson & Pitcairn
15. 17 MarTim Severin and the Voyage of St. Brendan
16. 16 MarUpdate: Russian Superyacht, Nearly Sunk by Ukrainian Engineer, Seized by Spain Along With Two Others
17. 15 MarContainer Ship Ever Forward Aground in Chesapeake Bay
18. 14 MarWomen’s History Month Repost — Eleanor Creesy, Navigator of the Clipper Ship Flying Cloud
19. 13 MarItaly Seizes Russian Billionaire Melnichenko’s Sailing Yacht A
20. 12 MarRussian Warship Vasily Bykov (Go F*** Yourself) Reported Sunk by Ukrainian Missile
21. 11 MarDestroyer Can’t Deploy After Judge Blocks Removal of Unvaxed CO
22. 10 MarHow Shackleton’s Endurance Endured for 107 Years on the Bottom of the Weddell Sea
23. 9 MarUpdate: Shackleton’s Lost Ship Endurance Located After 107 Years
24. 8 MarThe Mystery of the Superyacht Scheherazade — Who is the Owner?
25. 7 MarWomen’s History Month: Remembering Raye Montague, Barrier-Shattering Navy Ship Designer
26. 6 MarWomen’s History Month — Honoring Winnie Breegle, WWII WAVE and Code Talker at 100
27. 5 MarEnd Plastic Pollution — UN Agreement to Draft Treaty to Limit Plastics on Land and Sea
28. 4 MarStuck in the Ice, Searching for Shackleton’s Endurance
29. 3 MarFrance & Germany Seize Oligarchs’ Yachts, Others Flee Sanctions
30. 2 MarUpdate: After Burning For Two Weeks, Car Carrier Felicity Ace Sinks Off Azores
31. 1 MarUK and Major Container Ship Lines Ban Russian Cargo and Ships Over Ukrainian Invasion

February 2022

1. 28 FebUkrainian Engineer Attempts to Sink Oligarch’s Yacht — “My Boss is a Criminal”
2. 27 FebBlack History Month: Whaling Ship Captain William Thomas Shorey, the Black Ahab
3. 26 FebFrance Seizes Russian Ro/Ro Baltic Leader in English Channel Over Sanctions
4. 25 FebThree Merchant Ships Hit by Russian Bombs & Missiles Near Ukrainian Port of Odessa
5. 24 FebBlack History Month Repost: Paul Cuffe — African-American Captain, Ship Owner & Shipbuilder
6. 23 FebBlack History Month — John Henry Turpin : Pioneer, Survivor, and Overlooked Hero
7. 22 FebBlack History Month — Remembering the Golden Thirteen
8. 21 FebUpdate: Fire on Car Carrier Felicity Ace, Adrift Off Azores, Burning Out
9. 20 FebBlack History Month — First Black Liberty Ship Captain, Hugh Mulzac, Says No To Jim Crow
10. 19 FebTwelve Missing After Euroferry Olympia Catches Fire Near Corfu
11. 18 FebBlack History Month Repost — William Tillman and the Privateer Jefferson Davis
12. 17 FebCar Carrier Felicity Ace on Fire and Adrift in the Atlantic
13. 16 FebHybrid Cruise Ship Le Commandant Charcot Assists RRS Sir David Attenborough in Antarctic Ice
14. 15 FebBlack History Month Repost — Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid
15. 14 FebRepost: Celebrating Frederick Douglass on Valentine’s Day — “I Will Take to the Water”
16. 13 FebUpdate: The Weather Window That Never Opened, Sails of Change Postpones Jules Verne Attempt
17. 12 FebPutin’s Yacht Graceful Makes Hasty Departure from Germany
18. 11 FebBlack History Month: Remembering Jesse L. Brown, First African-American Naval Pilot
19. 10 FebDescendants of the Clotilda, the Last Slave Ship, Commemorate Discovery of the Wreck
20. 9 FebFlagship Niagara to Sail Again in 2022
21. 8 FebUpdate: Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony Arrested in the Bahamas
22. 7 FebIceland to End Whaling by 2024 Citing Falling Demand & Continued Controversy
23. 6 FebMore Than 100,000 Dead Fish Dumped Off The Coast Of France After Trawler Spill
24. 5 FebBillionaire Bezos’ Really Big Boat and the Rotterdam Railroad Bridge
25. 4 FebEndurance22 Expedition, Search for Shackleton’s Lost Ship Beneath the Ice, Gets Underway
26. 3 FebTwo Novice Female Rowers Smash Transatlantic Record in Talisker Race
27. 2 FebRemembering Robert Smalls – Former Slave, Pilot of the Planter, First Black Captain in the US Navy & US Congressman
28. 1 FebSpaceX Launch Scrubbed Due to Cruise Ship in Exclusion Zone

January 2022

1. 31 JanIrish Fishermen Threaten To Disrupt Russian Naval Exercises, Russia Backs Down
2. 30 JanStudy Shows Bottom Trawling Releases As Much Carbon As Air Travel
3. 29 JanUpdate: Iceberg A68a, Gone But Not Forgotten
4. 28 JanResearchers Discover Vast Icefish Colony with 60 Million Nests Beneath Antarctica’s Weddell Sea
5. 27 JanIceboat Vixen, 1886, Still Sailing on Hudson River Ice
6. 26 JanNippon Foundation’s MEGURI 2040 Project Demonstrates Autonomous Car Ferry
7. 25 JanKat Cordiner, British Rower With Incurable Cancer, Sets New World Record With Two Teammates in Atlantic Crossing
8. 24 JanCruise Ship Crystal Symphony Diverted to Bahamas to Avoid Arrest
9. 23 JanJean-Jacques Savin’s “Last Challenge at Sea” Ends in Tragedy
10. 22 JanNo Joke — SNL Comedians Buy Staten Island Ferry
11. 21 Jan100 Female Admirals in the US Navy in 50 Years
12. 20 JanPristine Coral Reef Discovered in “Twilight Zone” Off Tahiti
13. 19 JanIn Aftermath of Volcanic Eruption, Tonga Plunged Into Digital Darkness
14. 18 JanRecord Cargo Shipped Through Suez Canal in 2021
15. 17 JanCongratulations to Admiral Jude Terry, First Female Royal Navy Admiral
16. 16 JanFlight 1549, NY Harbor Ferries, & the Two “Miracles on the Hudson”
17. 15 JanUnderwater Volcanic Eruption Near Tonga Triggers Tsunami
18. 14 JanHMS Victory & the Ship of Theseus, Thoughts on Varied Lives of A Ship
19. 13 JanEcoClipper Raising Capital to Fund Sailing Cargo Fleet
20. 12 JanOn 100th Year Anniversary of Drydocking: £35m Committed to Ongoing Restoration of HMS Victory
21. 11 JanSkeletal Remains Of At Least 6 Pirates Found At 1717 Whydah Shipwreck Off Cape Cod
22. 11 JanIchthyosaur: Huge Fossilized ‘Sea Dragon’ Found in UK Reservoir
23. 9 JanNew York City Seeks To Revitalize “Blue Highways” To Reduce Pollution & Congestion
24. 8 JanNight Sky Timelapse Of Hatteras Island NC, Outer Banks
25. 7 JanCongratulations to Cmdr. Billie J. Farrell, First Woman to Command USS Constitution
26. 6 JanOn 100th Anniversary of Shackleton’s Death, Two Memorial Expeditions in His Honor
27. 5 JanEx-Queen Mary Operators in Alleged $2.4 Million PPP Loan Fraud
28. 4 JanWill Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford be Ready to Deploy in 2022?
29. 3 JanCDC : Avoid Cruise Ship Travel Due to COVID-19 Omicron Variant
30. 2 JanMurdoch McGregor, UK Sailor of the Year for 2021 at Age 82
31. 1 JanHappy New Year! A Ballad by Cicely Fox Smith Sung by Larry Kaplan

2021 365

December 2021

1. 31 DecNew Year’s Repost: Watching the Ball Drop — the Nautical Origins of a New Year’s Tradition
2. 30 DecHawaii Deputy AG: Pearl Harbor Leaking Fuel Tanks a “Ticking Time Bomb”
3. 29 DecCDC Investigating 86 Cruise Ships With Covid-19 Cases
4. 28 DecLargest Kite Sail Wind-Assisted Propulsion Being Tested on Ro/Ro Ville de Bordeaux
5. 27 DecDriller Liquidated to Help Clean Up Long Running Gulf Oil Spill
6. 26 DecWreck of “Last Slave Ship” Clotilda Remarkably Well Preserved
7. 25 DecHome For Christmas — Old Style, A Poem by Cicely Fox Smith, Sung by Daniel Kelly
8. 24 DecOver the Holidays & in the New Year, May St. Nicholas Hold the Tiller
9. 23 DecDramatic SailGP Collision Caught on Video From All Angles
10. 23 DecSailGP Woman’s Pathway Program — the New Female Faces of Foiling
11. 21 DecFor the Holidays or the New Year, the Latest Books from Old Salt Press Authors
12. 20 DecPaddling Across America By Canoe Over 22 Months, 22 States, & On 22 Rivers
13. 19 DecNavy Tests High Energy Laser on USS Portland in Gulf of Aden
14. 18 DecTragic Launching of HMS Albion, 1898, Caught on Film
15. 17 DecUpdate: Dept. of Transportation Issues Rules to Protect Cadets from Sexual Assaults at Sea
16. 16 Dec16th Century Books with Rare Map of the World Sells at Auction for £365,000
17. 15 DecBoaty McBoatface to Dive Under Thwaites Ice Shelf
18. 14 DecThe Threat from Thwaites, Antarctica’s Riskiest Glacier
19. 13 DecNorwegian Tall Ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl Visiting New York Next Week on One Ocean Circumnavigation
20. 12 Dec11 Million New Oysters in New York Harbor & the Sewage Bomb
21. 11 DecClydebank Declaration for Green Shipping Corridors, Progress Toward Limiting Climate Change
22. 10 DecMaersk Unveils Design of Carbon Neutral Methanol Container Ships
23. 9 DecFlorida’s Manatees Are Starving, Wildlife Officials to Begin Feeding Program
24. 8 DecContaminated Water at Pearl Harbor Forces Over 1,000 Military Families from Their Homes
25. 7 DecOne Year After Pearl Harbor — Launching of the Battleship USS New Jersey, December 7, 1942
26. 6 DecScientists Find Vast Habitat in Pacific Garbage Patch
27. 5 DecCaptain of MV Vantage Wave Died at Sea. Six Months Later, His Body Was Still in the Freezer
28. 4 DecSuiso Frontier, World’s First Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier Readies to Sail From Japanese Shipyard
29. 3 DecFreight Expectations — 60 Minutes Looks at America’s Supply Chain Crunch
30. 2 DecMBARI Finds Mammoth Tusk on a Pacific Seamount
31. 1 DecCoral Spawning on the Great Barrier Reef & Hope of Recovery From Climate Change

November 2021

1. 30 NovCitizen Scientist Volunteers Survey Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
2. 29 NovU of Maine Prints World’s Largest 3D Printed Boat on World’s Largest 3D Printer
3. 28 NovVoyage to the Titanic or to the Edge of Space — the Costs Are Astronomical
4. 27 NovGrain de Sail to Deliver Medical Supplies to Dominican Republic by Sail
5. 26 NovReport: US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point Has “Lost Its Way”
6. 25 NovThanksgiving Repost — Whaling Ships, Sarah Josepha Hale, Mary’s Lamb & a Liberty Ship
7. 24 NovVaquita Porpoises on the Brink of Extinction
8. 23 NovYara Birkeland — Electric, Not-Yet-Autonomous, Container Ship Makes Maiden Voyage
9. 22 NovLightSail 2 in Space for 30 Months & Still Sailing on Sunbeams
10. 21 NovConstruction Halted at Secret Chinese Facility in UAE Container Port
11. 20 NovVolcanic Activity on Iwo Jima Lifts Sunken WWII Ghost Ships
12. 19 Nov50 Million Red Crabs Swarm to the Sea on Australia’s Christmas Island
13. 18 NovSails of Change Set to Begin Fossil Fuel-Free Attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy
14. 17 NovA Lobster Rainbow — Yellow, Blue, Red, White, Calico, & Cotton Candy
15. 16 NovHawaii Accepts Falls of Clyde International’s Bid to Remove Historic Ship From Honolulu
16. 15 NovLongest (Partial) Lunar Eclipse in Centuries Later This Week
17. 14 NovEarly Freeze in Arctic Northern Sea Route Traps Ships, Icebreakers Dispatched
18. 13 Nov100 Years Ago, Harrowing Voyage of the USS Olympia Carrying the Unknown Soldier Home From France
19. 12 NovRepost: Swimming with Galápagos Green Sea Turtles
20. 11 NovUSS Enterprise & the Long Goodbye: Scrapping Could Cost $1.5 Billion &Take More Than a Decade
21. 10 NovSwimming with Sea Lions in the Galapagos
22. 9 NovChinese Build US Navy Carrier Group Targets in Desert
23. 8 NovFlying on a Candela C7 Electric Hydrofoil Boat
24. 7 NovSunday Repost : A Sail on the Draken Harald Hårfagre in New York Harbor
25. 6 NovBastø Electric, World’s Largest Electric Ferry in Service in Norway
26. 5 NovAfter Suez Damage, Container Ship Ever Given’s Bow Looks like a Dropped Pumpkin
27. 4 NovUS Merchant Marine Academy Pauses Sea Year Over Sexual Assault Allegations
28. 3 NovUpdate: USS Connecticut Hit Uncharted Underwater Seamount
29. 2 NovDerelict Solent Fort Sold for £715,000, Two Refurbished Forts Still on the Market
30. 1 NovThe Sinking of the USS Rueben James, 80 Years Ago Yesterday

October 2021

1. 31 OctPiles of Dead Crabs and Fish Wash up on Teesside Beaches in NE UK
2. 30 OctPint & Dale’s Spooky Songs of the Sea Halloween Live Stream Concert
3. 29 OctUpdate: USS Texas Drydocking & Repairs Scheduled
4. 28 OctGolden Ray Salvage Finally Completed, Massive, But Not Necessarily The Largest Wreck Removal
5. 27 OctEcuadorian Sail Training Ship Guayas Interdicts Narco Sub
6. 26 OctNo “Ice Liberty” on Icebreaker USCGC Healy in the Northwest Passage
7. 25 OctCarbon Dating Pinpoints Year of Norse L’Anse aux Meadows Newfoundland Settlement
8. 24 OctUSS Constitution, Oldest Commissioned Vessel Afloat, Sets Topsails in Boston Harbor Cruise
9. 23 OctWater’s Soul — A Serene, New Face on New York Harbor
10. 22 Oct‘Good Luck’ Coin Found Under HMS Victory’s Mast
11. 21 OctUSS Bonhomme Richard’s Destruction by Fire ‘Completely Preventable,’ Navy Finds
12. 20 OctAmazon, Ikea, and Other Cargo Owners Pledge to Use Zero Carbon Ocean Shipping by 2040
13. 19 OctBrazilian Sail Training Ship Cisne Branco Strikes Bridge Off Guayaquil, Ecuador
14. 18 OctUpdate: US Coast Guard Identifies Container Ship MSC Danit in California Pipeline Dragging
15. 17 OctThe Nasty, Beautiful, Yet Rarely Deadly Portuguese Man o’ War
16. 16 OctFSO Safer — Environmental Disaster Waiting to Happen in the Red Sea off Yemen
17. 15 OctWreck of Legendary Cutter USS Bear Identified Off Cape Sable
18. 14 OctThe Cost of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the Most Advanced & Most Expensive Aircraft Carrier
19. 13 OctLast Conventionally Powered Carriers, Kitty Hawk & John F. Kennedy, Sold For a Penny Each
20. 12 OctScientists Identify New Type of Transient Orca Off Pacific West Coast
21. 11 OctSub Secrets in a Peanut Butter Sandwich — FBI Arrests Navy Engineer for Espionage
22. 10 OctSwedish East Indiaman Götheborg : A New Journey Begins – Asia Expedition
23. 9 OctBristol Holds First Sea Shanty Festival in Brunel Square
24. 8 OctSubmarine USS Connecticut Collides With Underwater Object in South China Sea
25. 7 OctSan Diego’s Foxtrot-Class Sub B-39 Heading to Scrap Yard
26. 6 OctCalifornia Oil Spill — Possibly a Ship’s Anchor & an Ignored Oil Low-Pressure Alarm
27. 5 OctEchoes of Fat Leonard — Navy Hit by New Contractor Bribery Scandal
28. 4 OctCoca Cola Charters Handysized Bulkers to Keep Production Running
29. 3 OctSchooner Bowdoin, Arctic Veteran Turns 100
30. 2 OctMaersk Bets on Methanol — Orders One Feeder and Eight Large Dual Fuel Containerships
31. 1 OctSaildrone Captures Video from Inside Category 4 Hurricane Sam

September 2021

1. 30 SepNorth Pole Race in the Northwest Passage to Highlight Climate Change
2. 29 SepNew York City Investing in Offshore Wind
3. 28 Sep‘Dinger’ Bell Completes 119 Day Unsupported Solo Transatlantic Row
4. 27 SepPort Congestion Spreads to East Coast & Major Shippers Charter Ships Independently
5. 26 SepNoah’s Violin Serenades Venice as it Sails the Grand Canal
6. 25 SepWorld’s Largest Floating Wind Farm Goes Online Off Scotland
7. 24 SepMaersk Invests in Prometheus, Start-up Electrofuels Company
8. 23 SepTrawling For Plastic — Ocean Cleanup Boom Yields Meager Results
9. 22 SepSailing on Bubbles of Air — MSC Orders 30 Silverstream Hull Air Lubrication Systems
10. 21 SepA Look at Venetian Gondolas — Designs New and Old
11. 20 SepRecord Slaughter of 1,400 Dolphins in Faroe Islands Triggers Anger and Review
12. 19 SepHumpback Whale Megapod Feeding Frenzy Off Australia’s NSW Coast
13. 18 SepGolden Ray & the Billion Dollar Blunder — Tallying the Cost
14. 17 SepUK Startup Wins Funding for Unmanned “Green Submarine”
15. 16 SepAustralia to Build Nuclear Subs Under New Strategic Partnership with US & UK
16. 15 SepNTSB Determines Inaccurate Stability Calculations Caused Capsizing of Golden Ray
17. 14 SepContainer Ship Port Backlog Breaking Both Ends of the Supply Chain
18. 13 SepMS Satoshi, Attempt to “Seastead” on a Bitcoin Cruise Ship Fails, Not Surprisingly
19. 12 SepEver Ace, World’s Newest Largest Container Ship Transits Suez Canal
20. 11 SepRemembering the Great New York Boatlift on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
21. 10 SepAll Available Boats — Captain Michael Day’s Radio Call On 9/11/01
22. 9 Sep9/11 Maritime Videos, Photos, & Oral History on the Tanker Mary Whalen Through 9/26
23. 9 SepCommemorating 9/11 Boatlift After 20 Years — Flotilla on the Hudson & Anniversary Tribute Ashore
24. 8 SepRetired Marine Corps Colonel Pleads Guilty in ‘Fat Leonard’ Scandal
25. 7 SepLarge Rubber Duck, Named Joy, Mysteriously Appears in Belfast Harbor, Maine
26. 6 SepRoyal Navy Pays Tribute to Last Surviving World War 2 Bomb Disposal Diver
27. 5 SepCommemorating the Great 9/11 Boatlift
28. 4 SepGötheborg & Expedition 2022 — Sailing for Asia in April
29. 3 SepTidal Turbines Impact on Seals, Fish and Other Sea Life
30. 2 SepPoseidon — Russia Continues Development of Autonomous Nuclear “Doomsday” Torpedo
31. 1 SepUS Navy “Fat Leonard” Bribery Scandal Grinds On — New Guilty Plea

August 2021

1. 31 AugArthur John Priest — the Unsinkable Stoker
2. 30 AugTidal Power — Trials in East River on New Recyclable Blade Design
3. 29 AugScientists Accidentally Discover the World’s Northernmost Island off Greenland
4. 28 AugScientists in Egypt Discover Fossil of an Amphibious, Four-legged Whale
5. 27 AugCongratulations to Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, First Woman to Command a Nuclear-Powered Carrier
6. 26 AugUpdate: Yara Birkeland, Crewless Electric Container Ship, First Voyage by Year’s End
7. 25 AugMost Powerful Tidal Turbine Goes On-Line Off Scotland
8. 24 AugCarnival Passenger Dies of Covid, CDC Recommends Vulnerable Avoid Cruises Even if Vaccinated
9. 23 AugMaine’s “Lobster Lady” Still Lobstering at 101 Years Old
10. 22 AugNavy Sinks USS Ingraham, Last Oliver Hazard Perry Destroyer Built, in Live-Fire Exercise
11. 21 AugAs Hurricane Henri Approaches, Looking Back at the Great New England Hurricane of 1938
12. 20 AugTHE REAL COAST GUARD || Life on an 87’ Patrol Boat
13. 19 AugUpdate: Ocean Revival Adventures, First to Row From NYC to London
14. 18 AugExhibits Return to Historic Lighthouse Tender Lilac With Work By Melissa Godoy Niet
15. 17 AugWWII Submarine USS Cod Returns to Cleveland After $1.4 Million Drydocking and Repairs
16. 16 AugOrca Encounters Continue on Spanish Coast, New Restrictions on Smaller Sailboats Issued
17. 15 AugThe Slinky — Created by a Naval Engineer Experimenting with Shipboard Torsion Sprigs
18. 14 AugThird Replica Maryland Dove Under Construction
19. 13 AugFriday the 13th Repost, the Unlikely Story of HMS Friday
20. 12 AugFull Sized Titanic Replica Under Construction at Theme Park in China
21. 11 AugTwo White Orcas Sighted Off Japan
22. 10 AugJudge Allows Norwegian Cruise Line to Require Proof of Vaccination in Florida
23. 9 AugWall of Ice Collapses at Tennessee Titanic Museum, Injuring Three
24. 8 AugNavy to Decommission Two LCS, with Four More on Chopping Block
25. 7 AugJon Lindbergh, Son of Famous Pilot Who Turned to the Sea, Dies at 88
26. 6 AugRepost: The Battle of Stonington, CT 1814 — Rocket’s Red Glare, Bombs Bursting in Air
27. 5 AugAlfa Laval and Wallenius Form Joint Venture to Promote Oceanbird Wind Propulsion
28. 4 Aug88 Lilac — Art Installation on Historic Lighthouse Tender Lilac
29. 3 AugSchooner Mary E Suffers Knockdown in Kennebec River, 18 Rescued
30. 2 AugBlock Island: From Windmills to the First US Offshore Wind Farm
31. 1 AugA River, a Family, and a Shipyard: The History of the Howard Family of Steamboat Builders

July 2021

1. 31 JulNavy Christens New Virginia Class Submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover
2. 30 JulNavy Charges Sailor With Arson in Fire That Destroyed USS Bonhomme Richard
3. 29 Jul“Bubble Man” Reza Baluchi Tries One More Time, Quits After 25 Miles
4. 28 JulRemembering Bruce Kirby — Designer, Three Time Olympian Sailor & Journalist
5. 27 JulUpdate: Bids to Dispose of 142-Year-Old Falls of Clyde Due By August 2nd
6. 26 JulFighting Red Tide By Spraying a Clay Slurry
7. 25 JulFive-Masted Barque Golden Horizon Sailing at Night
8. 24 JulThe Loneliest Whale — Search for 52 : A Review
9. 23 JulBermuda to Celebrate Sea Venture Landing Day July 28th
10. 22 JulGrays Harbor Announces Hawaiian Chieftain Sold, to Return to Hawaii
11. 21 JulQueen Mary Update: Long Beach Weighs Expensive Alternatives
12. 20 JulTradewind Voyages Golden Horizon Sails From Dover After Brief Delay
13. 19 JulUSNS John Lewis Christened in San Diego
14. 18 JulThe Moon’s Wobble Likely to Worsen Coastal Flooding
15. 17 JulGray Whale Swims Over Half Way Around the World
16. 16 JulCrowley’s eWolf — First Fully Electric US Tugboat
17. 15 JulRed Tide Hits Florida Gulf Coast Again
18. 14 JulUnder Pressure, Italy Bans Large Cruise Ships from Venice Lagoon
19. 13 JulAmerican Cruise Lines Cancels Cruise After 3 Test Positive for COVID-19
20. 12 JulRowing Records Shattered in the Great Pacific Race
21. 11 JulLa Merced — 104 Year Old Four-Masted Schooner Now Forested Breakwater
22. 10 JulThe Rail Gun is Dead, Hypersonic Missiles Latest High Tech Weapon For Navy Ships
23. 9 JulHeat Wave Devastates Shellfish & Sea Life on Pacific Northwest
24. 8 JulLittle Enthusiasm for Proposed UK Flagship, Even the Royals Don’t Like It
25. 7 JulCaptain Bill Pinkney Inducted Into National Sailing Hall of Fame
26. 6 JulUpdate: Container Ship Ever Given Cleared to Sail From Suez Canal
27. 5 JulSS Great Britain Returns to Bristol, 51 Years Ago Today
28. 4 JulHappy 4th of July – A Toast to Madeira, the Wine of the Declaration of Independence and the Liberty Riots
29. 3 JulFire on the Water — “Eye of Fire” Erupts in Gulf of Mexico
30. 2 JulHMS Diamond Rock, the First “Stone Frigate”
31. 1 JulThe Summer of the Shark, Jersey Shore 1916 — the Birth of “Jaws”

June 2021

1. 30 JunUpdate: Golden Ray Salvors Consider Using Explosives to Cut Steel
2. 29 JunOld Salt Blog by Email — Change in Service
3. 28 JunDon & Alex Peacock, Father and Son Captains, at Boothbay Windjammer Days
4. 27 JunGreece’s Corinth Canal Blocked Since January, Closed for Summer
5. 26 JunMayflower Autonomous Ship Towed Back to Port, Readying For Next Transatlantic Attempt
6. 25 JunCommodore David Hughes, Royal Navy’s Oldest Veteran, Dies at 106
7. 24 JunBrinkmanship in the Black Sea: Russian Ships & Jets Shadow British Warship
8. 23 JunVirginia Class Subs Swapping Parts Wearing Out Prematurely
9. 22 JunThe Mighty Dhow Obaid & Memories of the World’s Longest Schooner Wyoming
10. 21 JunScuttling the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow, 102 Years Ago Today
11. 20 JunThe Swedish Ship Götheborg Demonstrates Making Pine Tar
12. 19 JunHappy Juneteenth, Newest National Holiday — When Emancipation Arrived by Steamship
13. 18 JunMaine Schooners Stephen Taber & Lewis R. French 150 Years Old & Still Sailing
14. 17 JunJames Bartley, Swallowed By A Sperm Whale, & the Nature Of A Good Sea Story
15. 16 JunFull Scholarships for Picton Castle’s Bosun School
16. 15 JunRemembering the General Slocum Disaster of June 15, 1904
17. 14 JunDiver Gulped Up Then Spat Out By Humpback Whale Off Cape Cod
18. 13 JunWhales Flying Over Delray Beach, Florida
19. 12 JunSea Snot Fouling Sea of Marmara, Turkey Attempts Clean Up
20. 11 JunTwo Test Positive for Covid-19 on 100% Vaccinated Celebrity Millennium
21. 10 JunFlue Whale: Rare Blue-Fin Whale Hybrid Sighted Off Dana Point, CA
22. 9 JunUrgent Repairs Needed to Queen Mary, Potential Flooding & Capsize Risk
23. 8 JunNew Nannie Dee Figurehead for the Cutty Sark
24. 7 JunMichelin’s Wing Sail Mobility (WISAMO) Project Features Inflatable Wing Sails
25. 6 JunOn the 77th Anniversary of D-Day, Remembering Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Higgins Boat
26. 5 JunVideo of Navy Ship Being Swarmed by UFOs/UAPs
27. 4 JunSri Lanka and the Environmental Aftermath of the X-Press Pearl Fire and Sinking
28. 3 JunFree Tickets to South Street’s Windjammer Wavertree, Fri-Sun Through October 2021
29. 2 JunIranian Navy’s Largest Ship Catches Fire and Sinks in Gulf of Oman
30. 1 JunBritain to Build National Flagship to Promote Trade

May 2021

1. 31 MayA Virtual New York Fleet Week 2021
2. 30 MayDestroyer Escort USS Slater Reopening on Memorial Day
3. 29 MayCelebrating Lighthouse Tender Lilac’s 88th Birthday in Audio and Visual Arts
4. 28 MayTall Ship Falls of Clyde Gets Brief Reprieve
5. 27 MayZoom Presentation — Tanker Mary A. Whalen’s Game Changing Supreme Court Case
6. 26 May80 Years Ago Today, Wavy Navy Pilots Flying Stringbags Cripple the Mighty Bismarck
7. 25 MayUpdate: Tall Ship Zebu Declared a Wreck
8. 24 MayFrom a Sea of Troubles, Navy Charts New Course Ahead
9. 23 MayHope Reef, Start of the World’s Largest Coral Reef Restoration Program
10. 22 MayOcean Revival Adventures – the World’s Most Dangerous Row
11. 21 MayUpdate: Golden Ray Salvage Delayed by Fire
12. 20 MayLast Ditch Appeal to Save the Tall Ship Falls of Clyde from Scrapping or Scuttling
13. 19 MayArthur Beale: London Chandlery Closing after 500 Years, Victim of the Pandemic and High Rents
14. 18 MayMaster Hawaiian Navigator Chad Kalepa Baybayan Dies at 65
15. 17 MayHistoric Tall Ship Zebu Aground, Flooded, on Holyhead Breakwater
16. 16 MayDutch Shipyard to Build Canopée, French “Rocket Ship” with Wing Sails
17. 15 MayNew Study Reveals Multi-Ethnic Crew on the Mary Rose
18. 14 MayNew Global Craze — Shipwreck Wine Without the Shipwreck
19. 13 MayRemembering Susan Ahn Cuddy, First Female Asian American Officer, Gunnery Officer in US Navy
20. 12 MayCaptain Henry Every – The Pirate Who Got Away
21. 12 MayFin Whales Found Dead Beneath HMAS Sydney at US Naval Base
22. 11 MayCruise Line Threatens to Pull Out of Florida — When Politics and Policy Collide
23. 10 MayBillionaire Jeff Bezos Spending $500 Million on Three Masted Superyacht
24. 8 MayMysterious Gray Whale Die-Off On West Coast Continues
25. 7 MayHMS Victory Safely Berthed
26. 6 MayRoyal Marines Test Jet Suit With Royal Navy
27. 5 MayMigaloo, “Rockstar” White Whale, Sighted Off New South Wales
28. 4 MayUpdate: Marine Corps Suspends General Over Deadly AAV Accident
29. 3 MayLarge Pods of North Atlantic Right Whales Sighted in Cape Cod Bay
30. 2 MayMermaiding — Freediving with a Tail Goes Global
31. 1 MayVindØ – The World’s First Energy Island To Be Built Off Denmark

April 2021

1. 30 AprSailor Finally Released From Abandoned Ship After Four Years
2. 29 AprBob Bartlett and His “Little Morrissey” — Voyage to Greenland
3. 28 AprWood From a 17th Century Shipwreck Gives Guitars a Unique Sound
4. 27 AprComparing Carbon Footprints — Ships, Planes, Trucks & Germany
5. 26 AprFaux Fish — Fighting Seafood Fraud
6. 25 AprNo, 15 Large Ships Do Not Pollute More Than All the Cars in the World
7. 24 AprUpdate: Debris From Missing Indonesian Submarine Located
8. 23 AprFrantic Search For Missing Indonesian Submarine KRI Nanggala-402
9. 22 AprEarth Day Repost — What Dame Ellen MacArthur Learned Sailing Solo Around the World
10. 21 AprHistoric Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey To Begin New Chapter With Mass. Maritime
11. 20 AprVice Adm. Linda Fagan Nominated as U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant
12. 19 AprSaildrones in the Gulf Stream
13. 18 AprUpdate: Iceberg A68, Once World’s Biggest & Social Media Star, Has Broken Up
14. 17 AprSCA Arrests Ever Given, Claims $916 MM, Including $300 MM for “Lost Reputation”
15. 16 AprFrench Cuts Two Submarines in Half to Create One Functioning Sub
16. 15 AprSearching For And Discovering the Titanic as a Cover for Surveying the Submarines Thresher and Scorpion
17. 14 AprLift Boat SEACOR Power Capsizes in Gulf — a Dozen Missing
18. 13 AprEver Given — No Longer Blocking Traffic, But Still Stuck in the Canal
19. 12 AprTall Ship Elissa Still Sailing at 144 Years Old
20. 11 AprHydrogen-Powered Cargo Vessel to Operate on River Seine
21. 10 AprPrince Philip’s Legacy — Saving the Clipper Ship Cutty Sark
22. 9 Apr11,000 Year Old Glass Sponge a Living Ocean Climate Archive
23. 8 AprWorld’s First Zero-Emission Bulker Expected in 2024
24. 7 AprHeritage Desks From USS Constitution For Veep & SecNav
25. 6 AprIn 1800s, Sperm Whales Learned to Avoid Whalers
26. 4 AprThe Northern Sea Route as an Alternative to the Suez Canal
27. 3 AprRemembering the USS Johnston & Cmdr. Ernest Evans at the Battle off Samar
28. 2 AprCaptain Brett Crozier — A Hero Villainized By The Navy, Praised By His Colleagues
29. 1 AprLubec’s Gold from Sea Water Hoax of 1898

March 2021

1. 31 MarWomen’s History Month — Eleanor Creesy, Navigator of the Clipper Ship Flying Cloud
2. 30 MarWomen’s History Month — Honoring Winnie Breegle, WWII WAVE and Code Talker
3. 29 MarEver Given in the Suez Canal — Free At Last!
4. 28 MarCranes Ordered to Help Refloat Container Ship Ever Given Blocking Suez Canal
5. 27 MarEver Given Still Blocking the Suez Canal — Tides, Dredging & Detours
6. 26 MarEver Given — Was Suez-Max Simply Suez Too Much?
7. 25 MarSuez Canal Still Blocked by Ultra-Large Container Ship Ever Given
8. 24 MarUltra-Large Container Ship, Ever Given, Blocks Suez Canal
9. 23 MarScandal-Plagued German Sail Training Ship Gorch Fock Back in the Water
10. 22 MarVineyard Wind & South Fork Wind Projects Receive Regulatory Green Lights
11. 21 MarNorway’s $325 Million Stadt Ship Tunnel Gets Go-Ahead
12. 20 MarGeorge Bass, Father of Underwater Archaeology, Dies at 88
13. 19 MarRoyal Navy Training Under Sail Again on TS Tenacious
14. 18 MarUpdate: Golden Ray Salvage Drags On, 3rd Block Removed
15. 17 MarTeam New Zealand Wins America’s Cup Again
16. 16 MarCannons and Anchor from HMS Rose Believed Found in Savannah River
17. 15 MarAlbatross, Amazing Flyers, Not So Great at Landing
18. 14 MarWisdom, World’s Oldest Breeding Bird at 70, Hatches a New Chick
19. 13 MarPolish Adventurer, Aleksander Doba, Who Kayaked Across the Atlantic Three Times, Dies at 74
20. 12 MarAmerica’s Cup — Team New Zealand & Luna Rossa Remain Tied After 4 Races
21. 11 MarDocumentary: 12 Metres — An Enduring Legacy
22. 10 MarAmerica’s Cup 36, Day 1 — Team New Zealand & Luna Rossa Tie 1-1
23. 9 MarOn International Women’s Day +1, Honoring Admiral “Amazing Grace” Hopper
24. 8 MarKitefin Shark, World’s Largest Bioluminescent Vertebrate, Photographed Off New Zealand
25. 7 MarGood Ship Fata Morgana Hovering Above the Horizon
26. 6 Mar9th Vendee Globe Ends: Ari Huusela Crosses the Finish Line
27. 5 MarThe Shipbreaking Paradox — Persistent Need, Toxic Problem
28. 4 MarSailing the Schooner Denis Sullivan — A Proud Heritage and Uncertain Future
29. 3 MarScottish Built Tidal Turbine Producing Energy in Japan
30. 2 MarSpanish Navy’s Juan Sebastián de Elcano Retraces First Circumnavigation
31. 1 MarMaine Start-up Using Kelp to Fish For Carbon

February 2021

1. 28 FebFirst Black Liberty Ship Captain, Hugh Mulzac, Says No To Jim Crow
2. 27 FebIceberg Larger Than New York City Calves from Brunt Ice Shelf
3. 26 FebGulf Stream and Atlantic Ocean Circulation Weakest in Last Millennium
4. 25 FebBlack History Month: Gladys West — Pioneer of GPS Technology
5. 24 FebMystery Oil Spill Tars Israel’s Mediterranean Shoreline
6. 23 FebThomas Slade, Naval Architect & Mast Shipwright
7. 22 FebLuna Rossa Preps for Two Decades Old Rematch with Team New Zealand in the America’s Cup
8. 21 FebThe Hanging of Captain Nathaniel Gordon of the Slave Ship Erie — February 21, 1862
9. 20 FebVaccinations at the USS Juneau Center, Remembering Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock
10. 19 Feb“An Apocalypse of Turtles” — Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Rescues Cold-Stunned Turtles
11. 18 FebNavy Continues to Battle Covid-19, New Outbreak on USS Theodore Roosevelt
12. 17 FebMaersk To Operate First Carbon-Neutral Containership By 2023
13. 16 FebAdmiral Nelson’s Letter Urged Mistress To Give Their Daughter New Smallpox Vaccine
14. 15 FebHappy Presidents’ Day – Lincoln’s Improved Camel Patent
15. 14 FebCelebrating Frederick Douglass on Valentine’s Day — “I Will Take to the Water”
16. 13 Feb“Colossal” Deepwater Fish Found Off Japan, Named After Sumo Wrestlers
17. 12 FebOn Chinese New Year — A Virtual Prayer to Mazu, Goddess of the Sea
18. 11 FebBlack History Month: Paul Cuffee — African-American Captain, Ship Owner & Shipbuilder
19. 10 FebSailors on Japanese Submarine Soryu Use Cell Phones to Call For Help After Collision With Bulk Carrier
20. 9 FebBlack History Month: Absalom Boston, Whaling Ship Captain & Merchant
21. 8 FebMystic Seaport in the Solitude of Winter
22. 7 FebBlack History Month: Remembering Raye Montague, Barrier-Shattering Navy Ship Designer
23. 6 FebThe Wellerman & the Cross Cultural Whaling History of New Zealand
24. 5 FebVendee Globe: Clarisse Cremer Finishes 12th, First Woman to Finish, Breaks Solo Female Record
25. 4 FebBlack History Month — William Tillman and the Privateer Jefferson Davis
26. 3 FebBlack History Month Repost — Harriet Tubman & the Great Combahee Ferry Raid
27. 2 FebFree Online Sail Training Course Presented by the Flagship Niagara League
28. 1 FebSometimes the Magic Doesn’t Happen — American Magic Eliminated From America’s Cup

January 2021

1. 31 Jan“The Dig” & Recreating the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship
2. 30 JanSurfing Ducks From Around the World
3. 29 JanShark and Ray Populations Crashed by 71% Over Past 50 Years, Nearing Point of No Return
4. 28 JanVendee Globe: Incredibly Close Finish to a Non-Record-Breaking Race
5. 27 JanOn Holocaust Remembrance Day — MS St. Louis and the “Voyage of the Damned”
6. 26 JanSingapore Among First to Prioritize Covid-19 Vaccination of Seafarers
7. 25 JanManager of Converted Ex-Cunarder Queen Mary Files for Bankruptcy
8. 24 JanShocker : Electric Eels Hunting in Packs
9. 23 JanSC Connector — Norway´s Largest Sailing Vessel
10. 22 JanMaersk Essen Diverted to Mexico Due to California Container Port Congestion
11. 21 JanMaersk Essen Loses 750 Boxes Overboard in North Pacific
12. 20 JanVolkswagen to Operate Two Car Carriers on Biofuel
13. 19 JanSea Lions Surfing Huge Waves Off Santa Barbara
14. 18 JanAmerica’s Cup Update: American Magic Capsizes & Floods — the Race to Repair a Crippled Yacht
15. 17 JanGuest Post by Joan Druett — Tim Severin, Seaman, Adventurer, Author
16. 16 JanSaildrone Launches 72′ Surveyor for High-Resolution Ocean Seabed Mapping
17. 15 JanFlight 1549, NY Harbor Ferries, & the Two “Miracles on the Hudson”
18. 14 JanShantyTok : The Wellerman and the Sea Shanty Boom on TikTok
19. 13 JanCNO on Navy Shipbuilding Mistakes : May Not Be Able To Recover In This Century
20. 12 JanThe Berthing Barge and the Lightning Carriers
21. 11 JanAmerica’s Cup: Team New Zealand AC75 Te Rehutai Capsizes at 35 knots
22. 11 JanGE’s Mega Offshore Wind Turbine, When Bigger May Be Better
23. 9 JanBritish Shipbuilding 1940s — Steel Goes to Sea
24. 9 JanRemembering the USS Narwhal, Once the Navy’s Stealthiest Submarine
25. 7 JanCovid-19 Vaccines, Horseshoe Crab Blood, and Big Pharma Vampires
26. 6 JanGolden Ray Salvage Update: Stern Cut Completed, Block Hauled Away
27. 5 JanThe Unsinkable Molly Brown and the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse
28. 4 JanRoyal Navy Bomb Disposal Expert Lt Cmdr Sean “Central” Heaton Awarded MBE
29. 3 JanBoarding a Fast Attack Nuclear Sub in the Arctic During ICEX 2020
30. 2 JanCruise Ships : Out With the Old, Will There Be Employment For the New?
31. 1 JanNew Year’s Repost: Watching the Ball Drop — the Nautical Origins of a New Year’s Tradition