When you think of shipwrecks you may think of an older time when the ocean was the only way to cross the Atlantic and radar had yet to be invented. Indeed, scientists have estimated there are over 3 ...

A special memorial service is being held in Northland today to commemorate 50 years since a tragic fire claimed the Capitaine ...

Over 100 years ago, the U.S. Navy had its worst peace-time disaster, just south of the San Luis Obispo County line. Seven destroyers were wrecked and 23 sailors lost ...

ALPENA, MI – The worst maritime tragedy in the history of Michigan’s Shipwreck Alley happened 160 years ago. The Pewabic, a twin-screw wooden passenger and freight steamer, sank below the calm surface ...

If you haven’t heard of the Sultana, it’s not because Doug Stout, and Dan Fleming, and Chris Evans, and a number of us local historians haven’t tried to let you know about it. On April 27, 1865, after ...

Discover the worst maritime disaster in United States history and learn about its local ties during a free program at 6:30 p.m. April 15, at Mentor Public Library’s Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. Local ...

Struggling to reach Germany through the raging waters and freezing gusts of wind of the Baltic Sea, the cruise liner MV ...

Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, days after delivering the components of the atomic bomb from California to the Pacific Islands in the most highly classified naval mission of the war, the USS ...

Losing his father has shaped Shane Gorman's life, inspiring him to follow him in trying to make the industry safer.