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New Horizons in Offshore Energy

At the end of the nineteenth century the first offshore oil rigs were drilled in a small lake in Ohio. Today, companies have opened new offshore frontiers in shallow and deep water from Papua New Guin...

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California Pipeline Owner Receives Oil Cleanup Order

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard have issued a joint federal Clean Water Act order to ensure the cleanup of heavy crude oil leaked from a pipeline near Refugio State B...

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Honoring our Shipmates

By Annalisa Underwood, Naval History and Heritage Command Communication and Outreach Division, United States Navy Honoring the deceased is a centuries-old practice that includes many traditions acr...

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Oil Spill Reported Along California Beach

A ruptured pipeline west of Santa Barbara, California has left local beaches covered in oil.  Around noon on Tuesday visitors complained of a noxious smell in the area around Refugio Beach, about 2...

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Seattle Flotilla Protests Shell's Arctic Plans

Hundreds of activists in kayaks and small boats fanned out on a Seattle bay on Saturday to protest plans by Royal Dutch Shell to resume oil exploration in the Arctic and keep two of its drilling rigs...

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Coatings: Rust Busters

It’s really remarkable what today’s coatings can do – and at minimal risk to the environment. The marine environment may be the single toughest place on earth for man and machine to operate on a da...

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Unmanned Survey Vessel Helps Remote Area Projects

Technology developed to help Marines plan for amphibious operations is now assisting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with collecting hydrographic survey data in areas not easily accessed by a manned...

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Delta "T" Systems Welcomes Application Sales Manager

Delta "T" Systems has appointed marine industry veteran Jon Gustafson as its application sales manager. The announcement was made by company president Lynn Oien. Bringing over 15 years of broad mar...

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Fleet Week 2015 Held in Fort Lauderdale

Broward Navy Days, Inc. is hosting the 25th annual Humana FLEET WEEK PORT EVERGLADES, May 4 - 10, 2015. Hundreds of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen arrived on five visiting ships to participate i...

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The Lusitania Sinking: "Be British Boys"

On May 7, 1915, the Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,195 passengers and crew. Thomas Snowden was a 30-year-old third-class passenger on boar...