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USS Ward Wreck Found in Philippines

By The Maritime Executive
December 6, 2017
USS Ward, the U.S. Navy destroyer that fired the first American shot in World War II, has been discovered in Ormoc Bay in the Philippines. On December 1, 2017, the expedition crew of Microsoft co-f...
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Chinese Shipbuilders Spearhead the Return to Water

By The Maritime Executive
December 5, 2017
Thordon Bearings has received another order from a Chinese shipyard for its COMPAC system, in a development that indicates more and more of the country’s shipbuilders are specifying water lubricated p...
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FMC Commissioner to Exit in January

By The Maritime Executive
November 28, 2017
Commissioner William P. Doyle of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has notified U.S. President Donald Trump that he intends to leave the Federal Maritime Commission effective January 3, 2018.  ...
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Transport Canada Issues Three More Speeding Fines

By The Maritime Executive
November 24, 2017
Transport Canada said it continues to take action to help ensure navigational safety and to protect the marine environment after issuing three speeding fines. In August, Transport Canada implemente...
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NOAA Shuts Down 22 Fishing Boats over "Codfather" Scandal

By The Maritime Executive
November 21, 2017
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is shuttering one of 19 groundfish quota sectors in  New England over concerns that its managers are not enforcing conservation goals. It is an unpr...
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The U.S. Coast Guard's History in the Arctic

By The Maritime Executive
November 7, 2017
[By William H. Thiesen, Ph.D., Coast Guard Atlantic Area Historian] “. . . to stand for 40 hours on the bridge of the [cutter] Bear, wet, cold and hungry, hemmed in by impenetrable masses of fog, t...
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Could the USCG be an Asset in the South China Sea?

November 6, 2017
[By Michael D. Armour, Ph.D.] Recently there has been discussions at the highest level of the U.S. military concerning the deployment of U.S. Coast Guard assets to the South China sea and integrati...
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New Research Looks at Oxygen Toxicity in Divers

By The Maritime Executive
October 29, 2017
Special Operations divers like Navy SEALs take on life-threatening risks such as enemy combatants and harsh environments. But another hazard is silent and unseen - oxygen toxicity, the result of breat...
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Billy Irving's Fianc?e Tells Her Story

By The Maritime Executive
October 22, 2017
It has been four years since 35 men (including the Chennai 6 – all ex-U.K. servicemen) on the Seaman Guard Ohio, were detained in India (October 12, 2013). The men, whose job was to protect commerc...
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The Missions That Made Coast Guard Cutter Seneca Famous

By The Maritime Executive
October 20, 2017
[By William H. Thiesen, PhD, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Historian] The modern Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC-906) is part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s “Famous”- Class of medium-endurance cutters. Many...

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