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Lou Killen, British Folk Song and Shanty Singer, Dies at 79 27 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
I was saddened to learn that the singer that I knew as Lou Killen died early this month after a six year battle with cancer. Killen was an influential voice in the British folk song revival of the 50...
“We Have Met the Enemy and They Are Ours” – Commemorating the Battle of Lake Erie 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
Oliver Hazard Perry‘s message to his superiors was brief: “We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.” Perry’s victory at the Battle of Lake Erie on Se...
Composite Clipper City of Adelaide Soon on her Way to Australia, or Not 25 Aug 2013 | 04:31 pm
The two headlines in the BBC are from the same day and posted only an hour apart. The first reads “World’s oldest clipper ship transported to Australia.” The second – “City of Adelaide clipper ship ex...
Strange Carcass Washes up on Villaricos Beach – Spanish “Sea Monster” a Giant Oar Fish? 24 Aug 2013 | 05:52 pm
It is around 13 feet long, appears to have horns and stinks to high heaven. A carcass washed ashore on Luis Siret Beach in Villaricos, Spain which is being widely referred to a “sea monster.” Perhap...
Oliver Hazard Perry, “Hero of Lake Erie” – Born and Died on August 23rd 24 Aug 2013 | 01:58 am
Oliver Hazard Perry was born near Newport, Rhode Island on August 23,1785. He died of yellow fever on his 34th birthday in 1819. Perry went sea as a midshipman at the age of 13. He was given his fir...
Celebrity Millennium Out for Rest of Season – More Pod Propulsion Problems 23 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
Is pod propulsion the best or worse thing to ever happen to cruise ships? Celebrity Cruise Line just cancelled the cruises for the rest of season in Alaska on the Celebrity Millennium due to failures ...
Forget the Sharks, Watch out for the Hovercraft – a Surprise Visitor to a Russian Beach 22 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
A Russian military Zubr-type hovercraft made a surprise arrival at a crowded beach recently in what the Russian defense ministry described as a “tactical mission in a military owned area.” Navy hover...
The Ecology and Economics of Lobster – Will The Maine Lobster Boom End in a Bust? 22 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
Maine has been experiencing a lobster boom. After catching an average of 20 million pounds of lobster per year for decades, Maine’s 5,500 lobster-men landed a record 125 million pounds of lobsters las...
USS Iowa & the Howell Torpedo No 24 21 Aug 2013 | 06:51 pm
Battleship Iowa In May, we posted about the discovery of a rare Howell torpedo by Navy dolphins in the Pacific off San Diego. The Howell torpedo was the first self-propelled torpedo in United States ...
Americas Cup Demolition Derby Continues – Three Races, Three Breakdowns; Investigation on Oracle Cheating 20 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
Photo: Guilain Grenier/FFV In each of the first three races of the the Louis Vuitton finals to determine which challenger will compete for the America’s Cup, the race has been decided by mechanical f...
