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She's Cleaned, Ready, and Still Waiting to SinkAs of mid-June 2026, the SS United States is sitting at the Port of Mobil...
06/18/2026

She's Cleaned, Ready, and Still Waiting to Sink

As of mid-June 2026, the SS United States is sitting at the Port of Mobile, Alabama, fully prepared for her final dive but still not sunk. Okaloosa County confirmed in early June that the roughly $13 million remediation is complete: fuel, wiring, glass, and her two funnels have all been removed, with the funnels and mast set aside for a planned land museum. The only thing left is federal paperwork. The county is awaiting final sign-offs from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA before a deployment date can be set. Target dates have already slipped from April to May to June, and no firm date has been announced.

When approval comes, she'll be sunk about 22 nautical miles off Destin-Fort Walton Beach to become the world's largest artificial reef, surpassing the USS Oriskany. Crews will cut openings through the hull and flood her tanks so she sinks fast and lands upright, with no explosives used. Opposition is still active: the SS United States Preservation Foundation continues to fight the plan over environmental concerns and the symbolism of sinking a ship named United States during the nation's 250th year. The Army Corps formally found the sinking causes an "adverse effect" to a National Register vessel, but an April Memorandum of Agreement cleared the legal path, and the county maintains the project meets all environmental standards.

06/18/2026

Titanic: 1986 vs 2023

Nearly four decades separate these two views of Titanic's bow. Time, pressure, and the deep ocean have continued to leave their mark on one of history's most famous shipwrecks.

How much longer do you think Titanic will remain recognizable on the ocean floor?

Musashi's wreck lies about 1,350 meters deep near the Philippines. Discovered in 2015 by Paul Allen’s team, she sits in ...
06/17/2026

Musashi's wreck lies about 1,350 meters deep near the Philippines. Discovered in 2015 by Paul Allen’s team, she sits in two main sections — the bow upright and the stern inverted. Her bridge, main guns, and funnel are torn apart across the seabed. The imperial chrysanthemum crest is still visible on the bow. Debris fields spread widely, showing she broke apart as she sank. The wreck is well-preserved for its age, with clear hull markings and rust blooms. The site is now protected as a war grave.

Musashi met her end on 24 October 1944 during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea. She faced repeated air attacks from U.S. Task Force 38. Waves of Helldivers, Avengers, and Hellcats struck her with bombs and torpedoes. She was hit by roughly 19 torpedoes and 17 bombs. Flooding and loss of power caused her to list to port before rolling over and sinking at 7:36 PM. Captain Toshihira Inoguchi went down with her. Out of 2,399 crew, about 1,376 survived, leaving over a thousand lost with the ship.

These Wreck images are digitally recreated.

06/17/2026

More than 80 years after it was lost in the Battle of Midway, the USS Yorktown has been seen again in astonishing detail deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. A deep-sea expedition revealed haunting images of the carrier—its guns still aimed upward, frozen in the exact moment history stopped. Alongside other wrecks from both sides, the discovery is helping piece together how one battle changed the course of World War II forever. But the deeper they go, the more unsettling it becomes—because some stories don’t feel like they ended at all.

"Berge Vinson”Bulk carrier
06/15/2026

"Berge Vinson”

Bulk carrier

⚓🧭 Course. Heading. Bearing. Three simple words that have confused sailors for generations.They may sound alike, but in ...
06/15/2026

⚓🧭 Course. Heading. Bearing. Three simple words that have confused sailors for generations.
They may sound alike, but in navigation, mixing them up can mean the difference between staying on track and losing your way.
📍 Course is the plan — the direction you intend to steer the ship.
🚢 Heading is reality — the direction the ship's bow is actually pointing at that moment.
🗼 Bearing is your reference — the direction of a fixed object, like a lighthouse, from the vessel.
Think of it this way:
✅ Course = Where you WANT to go.
✅ Heading = Where you're ACTUALLY pointed.
✅ Bearing = What you're LOOKING at.
Every safe voyage depends on understanding these three concepts. Long before GPS took over the bridge, mariners relied on them to cross oceans with confidence—and they remain just as important today.
💬 Could you explain the difference without looking at the diagram? Test your knowledge in the comments!

MARPOL 73/78 (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships), This picture summarizes the six ann...
06/15/2026

MARPOL 73/78 (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships),

This picture summarizes the six annexes of MARPOL 73/78 (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships), which aims to protect the marine environment from pollution caused by ships.

Annex I – Oil Pollution
• Prevents pollution from oil and oily mixtures.
• Covers oil discharge limits, Oil Record Books, and oily water separators.
• Applies to tankers and other ships carrying oil.

Annex II – Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk
• Controls pollution from harmful liquid chemicals carried in bulk.
• Requires proper handling, discharge procedures, and Cargo Record Books.
• Chemicals are categorized according to their environmental hazards.

Annex III – Harmful Substances in Packaged Form
• Regulates the carriage of harmful substances in packaged form.
• Requires proper packing, marking, labeling, and documentation.
• Follows the IMDG Code requirements.

Annex IV – Sewage Pollution
• Prevents pollution from sewage discharged by ships.
• Requires approved sewage treatment plants or holding tanks.
• Sets limits on where and when sewage may be discharged.

Annex V – Garbage Pollution
• Controls disposal of garbage from ships.
• Prohibits the discharge of plastics into the sea.
• Requires a Garbage Management Plan and Garbage Record Book for applicable vessels.

Annex VI – Air Pollution
• Prevents air pollution from ship emissions.
• Regulates sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and greenhouse gases.
• Includes requirements for fuel quality and energy efficiency.

MARPOL Annexes I to VI provide comprehensive regulations to prevent pollution of the sea and atmosphere from ships. Compliance with these annexes helps ensure safe, environmentally responsible, and sustainable maritime operations.

06/15/2026

Twenty battle stars, and she earned every single goddamned one of them.
The Big E, USS Enterprise (CV-6) the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II.

The list. Each number is a star. Details are listed underneath. Asterisks are times damaged.

01) Pearl Harbor
Anti-Submarine Action, Class B Assessment, December 7 to 10, 1941
For sinking I-70, though IMO having looked at this deeply this is very suspect. As her airmen engaged their Japanese counterparts over Oahu, she still earned the star.

02) Pacific Raids
Marshall-Gilbert Islands*, February 1, 1942
Wake Island, February 24, 1942
Marcus Island, March 4, 1942

03) Battle of Midway
June 4 to 6, 1942

04) Battle of Guadalcanal
Invasion by USMC 1st Division, August 7 to 9, 1942

05) Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal
August 10 to 25, 1942

06) Battle of the Eastern Solomons*
August 24, 1942

07) Battle of Santa Cruz*
October 26, 1942

08) Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
November 13 to 15, 1942

09) Battle of Rennell Island
January 29 to 30, 1943

10) Gilbert Islands Operations
Invasion of Makin Island, November 19 to December 4, 1943

11) Marshall Islands Operations
Invasion of Kwajalein, January 28 to February 8, 1944
Maloelap/Taroa Raid

12) Asiatic-Pacific Raids
Truk Islands, February 16 to 17, 1944
Palau, Yap, Ulithi, Woleai, March 30 to April 1, 1944
Truk Islands, April 29 to May 1, 1944

13) Hollandia, New Guinea Operations
April 21 to 24, 1944
Invasion, April 22, 1944

14) Mariana Islands Operations
Capture and Occupation of Saipan, June 11 to 24, 1944
Mariana Turkey Shoot, June 19, 1944
First Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 20, 1944
"The night they turned on the lights", June 20, 1944

15) Western Pacific Operations
Raids on Bonin Islands, Chichi Jima, August 31 to September 2, 1944
Raid on Caroline Islands, Yap, September 6, 1944
Raid on Palau Islands, September 10 to 16, 1944
Invasion and Capture of Peleliu, September 16, 1944
Raid on Okinawa, October 10, 1944
Raid on Formosa, October 12, 1944
Raid on Manila, October 15 to 18, 1944

16) Invasion of Leyte Island/3rd Fleet Operations
Luzon Attacks, October 15 and October 17 to 19, 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 24 to 26, 1944

17) Luzon Operations
Invasion of Luzon, January 6 to 7, 1945
Formosa Raids, January 3, 4, 9, and 15, 1945
South China Sea Attacks, January 12 to 16, 1945

18) Night Carrier Group 90/5th Fleet Raids
Tokyo and Honshu Raids, February 15 to 16, 1945

19) Assault and Occupation of Iwo Jima
February 23 to March 12, 1945

20) Okinawa Operations
Pre-Invasion Raids on Kyushu*, March 18 to 20, 1945
Invasion and Capture of Okinawa*, April 7 to May 15, 1945
Kyushu and Shikoku Raids*, May 11 to 16, 1945

She'd been sitting in mothballs for 36 years. Now they were waking her up. This is USS Wisconsin (BB-64) being reactivat...
06/15/2026

She'd been sitting in mothballs for 36 years. Now they were waking her up. This is USS Wisconsin (BB-64) being reactivated at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1987.
Tugs nudging her massive hull, cranes towering over her decks, workers swarming every inch of a ship that hadn't sailed since the Korean War.

The Reagan administration had a plan — a 600-ship Navy — and America's Iowa-class battleships were coming back to make it real. Wisconsin was getting new life: her 16-inch guns, her Tomahawk cruise missiles, her Harpoon anti-ship missiles. A WWII warrior rebuilt for the Cold War.

Three years later, she'd be in the Persian Gulf, firing those same 16-inch guns during Operation Desert Storm. The last battleship in U.S. Navy history to do so.

They said the battleship era was over. Wisconsin didn't get the memo.

06/15/2026

Deep in the South China Sea, something lost since 1944 has finally been found after 80 years in silence. The USS Harder, a legendary WWII submarine that once destroyed multiple Japanese warships, now rests intact 3,750 feet below the surface with its final crew of 79 still remembered. What makes this discovery even more haunting is how perfectly it has been preserved—as if time itself stopped the moment it sank. And now, strange new images show sea life moving across its hull… turning a war grave into something unexpectedly alive.

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