These massive hollow wheels, 32.8 feet (10 meters) in diameter and 11 feet (3.6 meters) thick, provided buoyancy and, more intriguingly, served as part of the ship’s propulsion system. Driving ...

Offered at the January auction were ships’ pilot wheels, diving helmets, ships’ nameboards, lanterns, early ships’ bells and instruments, scale ship models and mounted trophy fish and a ...

And then they conduct the pilot exchange with the master of the vessel, where the master of the vessel describes where they are going, what the characteristics of the ship are, who’s on the bridge, ...

The pilot was using his cell phone for nearly half of the March 2022 voyage that ended with the ship being grounded off the coast of Anne Arundel County, according to the report.

For decades, the ships at Naval Station Norfolk have spread holiday cheer by decorating with brightly colored Christmas lights and decorations. Operation Decorama challenges ship crews to see who c… ...

Capt. Kristi Taylor watches the approaching ship from the bridge of the Pamisos, an oil tanker 750 feet long and 138 feet wide. She lets the giant vessels go bow-to-bow until they're six-tenths of ...