Books–US Navy Patrol Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today
A new book by Ken W. Sayers provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. Navy’s small combatant vessels.
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The Mariners’ Museum and Park Turns 90
June 2, 2020 marked the 90th birthday for The Mariners’ Museum and Park. It was incorporated on June 2, 1930. Many things have changed at the Museum and Park over the years, but one thing has remained the same: The institution is here to promote public welfare by encouraging the learning of all things maritime. The Mariners’ Museum and Park
Read moreNew Norman Rockwell Museum Exhibit to Highlight SS United States
Depicting poignant stories of immigrating to America, the new exhibit “Finding Home: Four Artists’ Journeys” at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, showcases the journeys and rich family narratives of four renowned artists. For famed author-illustrator David Macaulay, that journey included a transatlantic voyage on board America’s Flagship, the SS United States. That trip, chronicled in his new book, “Crossing on Time:
Read moreNeptune’s Laboratory: Fantasy, Fear, and Science at Sea
A eyewitness to profound change affecting marine environments on the Newfoundland coast, Antony Adler argues that the history of our relationship with the ocean lies as much in what we imagine as in what we discover. We have long been fascinated with the oceans, seeking “to pierce the profundity” of their depths. In studying the history of marine science, we
Read moreFirst Hybrid-Powered Cruise Ship Traverses NW Passage
Hurtigruten’s groundbreaking expedition cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen wrote a new chapter in exploration history by being the first battery-hybrid-powered ship to traverse the legendary Northwest Passage. As it arrived in Nome, Alaska, during the evening of September 10, Captain Kai Albrigtsen made a monumental entry in the ship’s logbook: The first complete passage of the more than 3,000 nautical
Read moreSubmerged Boat Building Site Discovery Dates Back to Stone Age
The Maritime Archaeological Trust has discovered a new 8,000-year-old structure next to what is believed to be the oldest boat building site in the world on the Isle of Wight. “This new discovery is particularly important as the wooden platform is part of a site that doubles the amount of worked wood found in the U.K. from a period that lasted
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