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Why the Titanic's third class were locked in their rooms the night the ship sank

When you think about the sinking of the Titanic, the mind probably wanders to the grand staircase or the sparkling ...
The American Spectator

‘Don’t Give Up The Ship’? Seriously?

Don’t give up what? Don’t give up the ship. Oh, sure. The ship. This is a historical reference, of course. It refers to the final words of James Lawrence, a United States Navy captain, as he was ...
Task & Purpose

Navy commissions the USS Pierre, last Independence-class littoral combat ship

The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship today. The USS Pierre officially entered service, at a time when the Navy is looking to scrap or repurpose ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Say They’ve Unearthed a Massive Medieval Cargo Ship That’s the Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever Found

Forty feet below the waves of Oresund, the strait between Denmark and Sweden, researchers have discovered the wreckage of a 600-year-old ship. Extravagantly outfitted and remarkably preserved, it’s a ...