Admiral Theodorus Bailey wrote of the success of the Key West-based East Gulf Blockading Squadron in stopping Confederate supply vessels: “Out of 52 vessels which have left Havana since ...

Hundreds of people were rescued from ocean waters along the California coast on the Fourth of July due to strong currents and ...

Navy ships can be massive behemoths, and that's also true of what's used to weigh down and stop these vessels. But how ...

Sophie Elmhirst’s “A Marriage at Sea” chronicles the doomed aquatic adventure of a British husband and wife in 1972.