Topic & Content Published in 2009, this is yet another history of the Fort Mercer and Pendleton disasters, which were two T2 tankers that split
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Book Review: Two Tankers Down by Robert Frump
Topic & Content Published in 2008, this is a history of the T2 tankers Fort Mercer and Pendleton, which split in half off the coast
Book Review: Battle At Sea by R.G. Grant
R.G. Grant has authored a number of books on similar subjects, such as Battle, Warrior, Commanders, and Flight. All of these are large-format, coffee table-style
Book Review: The Atlas of Ship Wrecks & Treasure by Nigel Pickford
While I’ve reviewed atlases and other reference books from cover to cover before, I don’t do it often given the fairly dry nature of reading
Shipboard Snipe Hunts
Sailors love to play practical jokes on each other. This includes sending green sailors off on “snipe hunts” for non-existent items. I suspect that some
Book Review: Ships by Enzo Angelucci & Attilio Cucari
A single-volume world history focusing on the development of vessels from prehistoric times to the 1970s. The majority of the book is surprisingly readable and
Fair Winds & Following Seas 