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Tekmar Trial Proves Successful at The Underwater Center

Tekmar Energy, which supplies cable protection systems (CPS) to the offshore windfarm industry, has successfully carried out a full-scale demonstration of its products at The Underwater Centre, the su...

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Ringing in the New Year with Rhyme

By LTJG Katie Braynard, U.S. Coast Guard On New Year’s Eve the midnight log entry at a U.S. Coast Guard unit takes on a life of its own and is traditionally written as a poem.  Here are some of...

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Captain Mike Healy: Tamer of America's Western Sea Frontier

By William Thiesen, Atlantic Area Historian for the U.S. Coast Guard The colorful Captain “Hell Roaring” Mike Healy, famed skipper of the Bear. U.S. Coast Guard photo.  “When I am in charge...

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Ex-Navy Pilot Treads Water for 20 Hours and Survives

An ex-Navy pilot spent 20 hours treading water off Florida without a life jacket after he fell from his fishing boat – and survived. 61-year-old William Durden of Reno, Nevada went out in his boat...

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Underwater Memorial for World War II Airmen

On Memorial Day, May 30, after nearly 74 years, six WWII Army Air Corps airmen who died in a B-26 Marauder training crash will be formally honored for the first time. The men died on November 16, 1...

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Noble Group CEO Resigns

Embattled commodity trader Noble Group announced the surprise resignation of CEO Yusuf Alireza on Monday and said it planned to sell a U.S. unit to bolster its balance sheet as it seeks to regain inve...

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This Summer, New Conference for Service Academy Grads

There will be many career development opportunities for maritime professionals this summer – but for graduates of the federal military and merchant marine service academies, one special event stands o...

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Sea Shepherd Sets Sail for Anti-Drilling Campaign

Environmental organization Sea Shepherd has launched Operation Jeedara in response to BP's plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. The Great Australian Bight is rich in beauty and bio...

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Armed Forces Day: "The Navy has Both a Tradition and a Future"

The U.S. armed services will be honored on Saturday for serving both domestically and overseas as a part of Armed Forces Day. Former President Harry S. Truman, who served during World War One, helped...

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El Faro Received Out-of-Date Storm Track Data

On Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation continued its hearings into the loss of the El Faro with testimony from Jerry Hale and Rich Brown of Applied Weather Technology (AWT),...