In the past few months, the Navy experienced the worst peacetime surface ship collisions in over 41 years. When the USS McCain and the USS Fitzgerald collided with commercial vessels, it claimed the ...

A junior officer looks through binoculars while standing watch on the bridge aboard the destroyer Carney. (MC2 James Turner/Navy) WASHINGTON — A three-month internal review conducted by senior U.S.

To the editor: There was yet another collision recently involving a guided-missile destroyer and a commercial vessel. The collision reported in The Times emphasizes the poor seamanship of our U.S.

More than a dozen navies around the world already employ tall sailing ships in order to train sailors in basic seamanship. The Royal Navy was not among them—until now. It was during the "Age of Sail," ...

The Michigan Maritime Museum is offering Basic Seamanship Classes to individuals interested in learning how to sail the museum’s traditionally rigged sailing vessel Friends Good Will. Students will ...

The Michigan Maritime Museum is offering basic seamanship classes to those interested in learning how to sail the Museum’s traditionally-rigged sailing vessel Friends Good Will. Students will learn ...

Collisions between U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels have cost 17 sailors their lives in June and August of this year, aboard the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), on June 17, and the USS John S. McCain ...

PARKERSBURG -Bob Fish of Parkersburg has been awarded the United States Power Squadrons’ highest educational certification, senior navigator. Obtaining the grade of senior navigator requires the ...

A group of new intakes of the Namibian Navy started their basic seamanship training at the Naval Training School (NTS) at the Wilbard Tashiya Nakada barracks at Walvis Bay. The NTS commandant, captain ...

Recruits at the USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill.,Trayer, more commonly referred to as ‘Battle Stations,’ is the crucible event that recruits must pass prior to graduation, ...

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — Michigan Maritime Museum opened registration for their 2023 Basic Seamanship Course Monday. Training, which is scheduled to take place April 22-23 and May 20-21 in South Haven, is ...