US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has confirmed that a future US Navy Constellation-class guided-missile frigate (FFG) will be named USS Galvez. The ship honours Conde Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, who provided supplies, intelligence, and military support to the American colonists during the...
The Russian Ministry of Defence has confirmed that an expedition has been launched to attempt to locate a Soviet Navy submarine that was lost off the northern coast of Japan in the closing weeks of World War II. Russian Navy hydrographic ships will begin combing the waters of La Perouse Strait...
The United Kingdom has ceremoniously returned the bell from the USS Jacob Jones, the first American destroyer lost to enemy attack during World War I, to the United States.
Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral Martin Connell handed the bell to Admiral James W. Kilby, the U.S. Vice Chief of Naval Operations, during the first Sea Lord’s annual seapower conference at Lancaster House in London.
In December 1917, a German U-boat sank the USS Jacob Jones, resulting in...
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The US Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the wreck site of the World War II submarine USS Harder in the waters off Luzon island in the Philippines. Using data collected and provided by Tim Taylor, CEO of Tiburon Subsea and the Lost 52 Project, NHHC’s Underwater Archaeology...
The remains of a shipwreck off Wilson’s Promontory in Victoria, Australia, have been revealed following a recently completed marine archaeological survey. Maritime archaeologists filmed the vessel identified by the name Cheviot in Waterloo Bay as part of a land and sea archaeological survey of by...
Fifty years ago, the shipping “establishment” was plunged into angst and indignation by the publication of a book that opened up many of the mysteries of the modern maritime industry to critical public scrutiny. Noel Mostert’s “Supership” was the account of a voyage he had taken from North Europe...
In the 1960s, divers discovered the Maderö wreck in the Stockholm Archipelago, revealing a large, partly disintegrated wooden hull laden with bricks from a medieval vessel, reports News Week.
Limited Documentation and Unanswered QuestionsAlthough initially dated in the 2000s, the archaeological...
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FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.
In this week’s edition from the November 1984 issue, we take a look at the tumultuous industry of marine salvage.
Marine salvage
You are informed of the emergency late on a Friday night when the rest of the...
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