When the USS John S. McCain crashed in the Pacific, the Navy blamed the destroyer’s crew for the loss of ten sailors. The truth is the Navy’s flawed technology set the McCain up for disaster. ~humanities.history Article 5696 words 9 votes
Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered two wrecks believed to be 17th-century warships – one of which is likely to be the sister ship of the Vasa ~humanities.history Article 359 words, published Nov 8 2019 5 votes
How skeletons of WWI ships came to rest in the Potomac ~humanities.history Article 2163 words, published Oct 18 2019 4 votes
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber crashes at Hartford airport; at least seven reported dead ~transport Article 869 words 17 votes
Inside America’s dysfunctional trillion-dollar fighter-jet program ~transport Article 4600 words, published Aug 21 2019 8 votes
Sixty years since rising from the deep – Swedish warship Vasa's preservation still a major challenge ~humanities.history Link 4 votes
The US Navy will replace its touchscreen controls with mechanical ones on its destroyers ~tech Article 646 words 16 votes
Norway reportedly detects radioactive leakage from Soviet submarine ‘Komsomolets’ in Arctic ~humanities.history Article 422 words 7 votes
Death and valor on a warship doomed by its own Navy - an investigation into the crash of the USS Fitzgerald ~humanities.history Article 6 votes