Navy and the Military

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (210+ words) The Emerging Erie Fund is awarding a $100,000 grant to the Bayfront Maritime Center to help bring the USS Porcupine back to Erie's waterfront. The project is a partnership between the Bayfront Maritime Center and the Erie Center for Arts and…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (193+ words) Lyman-Morse Workboats has been contracted to build a new 59-foot aluminum research vessel for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Designed in collaboration with U.K.-based naval architecture firm Chartwell Marine, the vessel will support year-round scientific research and field operations…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (342+ words) Two historic schooners are resting at the bottom of the Henry Street Basin in Red Hook after sinking in July, leaving their future uncertain and raising concerns over the loss of two vessels with significant maritime histories, according to the…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (45+ words) [Image 2 of 9] DVIDS John Paul Jones Sailor Prepares Meal [Image 2 of 9] U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet /search/unit/USNF-5F /rss/unit/164 November 2025"> September 2025"> February 2024"> January 2024"> December 2023">...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (692+ words) For more than a century, the Pilot and the Victory Chimes — two historic schooners with towering sails — have between them served the country in wartime, hosted the likes of Jacques Cousteau and graced the Maine state quarter. But an inlet…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (656+ words) But an inlet just off New York City’s famously polluted Gowanus Canal could be their final port of call. The boats — now owned by a company that turns historic vessels into floating bars and restaurants — sank there in early July…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (501+ words) The New York City-based company that owns a historic Maine schooner that sank near the Gowanus Canal two months ago has not decided what to do with it yet. The 128-foot Victory Chimes was built in 1900 and is the last…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (691+ words) For more than a century, the Pilot and the Victory Chimes — two historic schooners with towering sails — have between them served the country in wartime, hosted the likes of Jacques Cousteau and graced the Maine state quarter. But an inlet…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (696+ words) For more than a century, the Pilot and the Victory Chimes — two historic schooners with towering sails — have between them served the country in wartime, hosted the likes of Jacques Cousteau and graced the Maine state quarter. But an inlet…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (228+ words) The state’s top historian decried the recent sinking of a legendary Maine schooner, expressing hopes its owner can raise it from New York harbor. “While salvaging her requires tremendous effort and expense, it would be very unfortunate to lose such…...