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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
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Photos Released of 150 Year Old British Navy Ship

  A British navy ship abandoned and lost in Canadian Arctic waters since the mid-19th century has been found in relatively good shape at the bottom of a bay. Parks Canada has released images of the HMS Investigator, found late last month at the bottom of Mercy Bay. The bay is located in the Northwest Territories' Aulavik National Park. The discovery is part of two Canadian archaeological missions to locate the Investigator and two other ships. The HMS Investigator was the first ship to sail the last leg of the Northwest Passage, the Arctic sea route connecting the ... < Read More >
A National Disgrace: The Failure to Compensate the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II

  OPED by Tony Munoz, Editor-in-Chief of the Maritime Executive Magazine and the MarEx Newsletter To: The Honorable Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Dear Senator Akaka: A great travesty of forgotten valor has beleaguered the U.S. Merchant Marine since the end of World War II. Today, recognition and compensation for these veterans languishes in the Veterans Affairs Committee and, as in the past, will soon be forgotten. Senate Bill 663 will amend Title 38, U.S. Code, and direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Marine Equity Compensation Fund ... < Read More >
Navy Ship Collides with Civilian Vessel off Southern California

  The Navy destroyer Shoup (pictured) collided with a civilian craft in the waters off Southern California late Sunday night, causing minor damage to both vessel. No one was injured and both vessels remained at sea under their own power with minor damage. The civilian boat, a 21-foot passenger craft, was escorted to the harbor at Oceanside, California. The collision happened about 56 miles northwest of Point Loma. Shoup was participating in an at-sea training exercise with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group in the Southern California Operating Area, a large offshore training and weapons range. Along with ... < Read More >
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