In a sea of massive egos of the Douglas MacArthur and William “Bull” Halsey type, Clifton “Ziggy” Sprague stood out as someone who shied away from personal ..
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Your reviewer has known Bob Iversen for more than twenty years and has enjoyed many a chat with him. He is a true intellectual of the old school who also happens to have ..
This is a very important book that should be read and studied by all defence planners, politicians and, of course, naval officers. Since World War II naval mines or sea ..
We are thinking a lot about medical professionals in these virus-infected days, people have been rightly identified as heroes for their hazardous work in combating the ..
In an interesting article for the Nautical Institute journal, a young captain who had recently completed his training complained about, “how outdated the syllabus is in ..
A naval mine dating back to World War II was fished out of the waters of the North Sea by the crew of a Dutch trawler on Thursday, April 23. The crew of the 24-metre ..
This is the story of a great fisherman and seafarer, now a Hawaiian “kapuna” or elder, who in 1971 demonstrated remarkable seamanship and the ability to make a very ..
Underwater and terrestrial archaeology firm Search and marine robotics company Ocean Infinity recently discovered the wreck of USS Nevada, one of the US Navy’s ..
One winter night in 1889, the sleek new P&O mail steamer Britannia was making her way up the east coast of Australia, at a very respectable 15 knots, when the mate on ..
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