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Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Jeff Wise |
World's Largest Cruise Ship Pulls 360s with Joystick Royal Caribbean is set to raise the stakes of the cruise-ship slugfest yet again with the 220,000-ton Genesis, slated to launch in 2009 from a shipyard in Finland... A comparison of the biggest boats.   |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008
Dan Koeppel |
World's Fastest Superliner Awaits Rebirth--or the Scrap Yard Although she has not sailed under her own power for nearly four decades, the SS United States has survived. Will the ship be restored, or scrapped? |
National Defense
January 2004
Geoff S. Fein |
Fast Cargo Ships Could Halve Trans-Atlantic Trips FastShip Inc., a Philadelphia-based ship design firm, plans to build a high-speed cargo vessel that can cut trans-Atlantic travel time in half. FastShip is a partner with Lockheed Martin in the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2008
Jeff Wise |
Building the World's Biggest Ship: Behind-the-Scenes First Look How do you construct the most massive boat ever? One piece at a time. Read about the world's next generation of mega cruise liners taking shape in a Finnish shipyard. |
Fast Company
March 2000
Charles Fishman |
Fantastic Voyage "Voyager of the Seas" is a big boat -- the largest cruise ship ever. And the story of its creation offers powerful lessons -- in strategic daring, relentless execution, and devotion to design. |
Popular Mechanics
February 1998
Jim Wilson |
City at Sea Nearly a mile long and 25 stories high, Freedom will be the largest vessel ever to sail the seven seas... |
CIO
June 15, 2004
Todd Datz |
All Hands on Tech Designing an IT system from scratch can be both daunting and thrilling. Now imagine building IT remotely for the world's newest, biggest ship. The story of how IT supports the Queen Mary 2, a veritable floating city. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2005 |
Dale Gardener: The Modern Mariner As electrical superintendent of Cunard, Gardener oversees the electrical engineers on both the Queen Mary 2, the largest and most technically complex ocean liner ever built, and the Queen Elizabeth 2, the longest-serving ocean liner in Cunard's history. |
National Defense
March 2011
Grace V. Jean |
Aluminum 'Truck' Joint High Speed Vessel: Great Potential, But Questions Remain The Defense Department this decade will build a fleet of new high-speed aluminum ships specifically designed to shuttle hundreds of troops and tons of cargo around a theater of operations. Analysts say the joint high speed vessel would alleviate pressures on an overtaxed fleet. |
Fast Company
July 2001
Fara Warner |
Hull of an Idea What would you do with the world's largest non-floating ship's hull when it's sailing above the lobby of your corporate headquarters? |
National Defense
March 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Builders of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Pull Out All the Stops When the Navy later this year picks a winner to build its littoral combat ship, no matter which contractor is selected, the decision will be seen as a turning point for the troubled program. |
Popular Mechanics
November 11, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
4 High-Tech Surprises From the USS New York Invisible Invasions... Stealth Crane... Smart Layout... Decoys... |
Wired
June 2002
Richard Martin |
The New Supertanker Plague Blame it on super-rust, a virulent form of corrosion that has destroyed hundreds of ships and could sink the oil industry... |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Ship Finance International Shares Sank: What You Need to Know Shares of Ship Finance International fell as much as 19% today after fellow oil shipper Frontline said it may run out of cash next year. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2011
Shubh Datta |
Another Shipper Declines on Lower Rates Ship Finance's profits sink 21% on account of lower spot rates. |
Real Travel Adventures
August 2009
May Georgina DeLory |
Royal Experience Aboard Queen Mary 2 Cunard Ocean Liner Get fit, polished, pampered and delightfully oiled at the only Canyon Ranch SpaClub at sea |
National Defense
February 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Navy's Shipbuilding Strategy Remains Under Fire A fleet of 278 ships today -- less than half of what it was two decades ago -- is likely to continue to shrink unless the Navy can contain the soaring costs of building new ships. |
National Defense
March 2011
Grace V. Jean |
Commercial Ferries Paving Way For Joint High Speed Vessel For insight into how a forthcoming joint high speed vessel might be employed by the Marine Corps, one can look at how leathernecks in Third Marine Expeditionary Force are operating the leased High Speed Vessel WestPac Express. |
National Defense
July 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Navy Gradually Embracing Composite Materials in Ships The Navy claims that its next generation destroyer, the DD(X), will be the service's first major commitment to composite construction. |
Wired
January 2002
Jeff Howe |
The Next Wave Taller, sleeker, and much, much faster, it was the finest invention ever to issue from America's shores. Welcome to the "new economy" of the clipper ship... |
Vietnam
August 24, 2004
G.W. Frederickson |
Mined in the Mekong Delta When VC frogmen struck USS Westchester County, they inflicted the Navy's greatest single-incident combat loss of the war. |
National Defense
April 2011
Grace V. Jean |
Shipbuilder Wrings Out Savings Through Yard Improvements, Partnerships Navy officials have come down hard on shipbuilding companies to cut out the fat where they can on soaring construction costs. One U.S. shipyard is embracing the ultra-efficient business practices of South Korean builders. |
Popular Mechanics
March 12, 2007
Erin McCarthy |
Ice Queens 5 high-powered icebreaker ships that rock the arctic, antarctic and an ice sheet near you |
National Defense
June 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Shipbuilders Should Worry About Second-Hand Ship Supply, Study Says As more nations continue to downsize their navies, experts predict that surplus ships will inundate the world market, likely at the expense of new ship construction. |
National Defense
May 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Smarter Shipbuilding Could Help Ease Navy's Budget Troubles The 374-foot USS Freedom, which was delivered to the Navy last fall, was Marinette Marine Corp.'s largest and most complex ship construction project |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2006 |
Navy Picks Fluent Software Navy engineers will use Fluent software to simulate water flow on proposed concept designs for the high-speed sealift (HSSL) ship. |
Military History Quarterly
August 4, 2004
John M. Taylor |
Fateful Voyage of Lusitania The Cunard liner's captain expected a safe Atlantic crossing, but a German U-boat would bring Lusitania's journey to a devastating end. |
National Defense
December 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Marines to Build Mock Container Ship for Counter-Piracy Training The Marine Corps is planning to build a three-story mock container ship on a plot of land at Camp Lejeune, N.C., so special operators can practice clearing out pirates from hijacked vessels. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2008 |
Lockheed, Aussies Fight for Navy's Beachhead Brawler Ship Contract The Navy is considering the Australia-based Austal and Lockheed LCS for its Littoral Combat Ship. |
National Defense
January 2007
Grace Jean |
Fleet Expansion Hinges On Littoral Combat Ship The Navy took its new warship, the littoral combat ship, from concept to reality in record speed. The service, however, may take years to define the vessel's future missions and develop its various weapon systems. |
Science News
September 25, 2004 |
From the September 22, 1934, Issue Cunard Ocean Giant Ready to Take to the Water... Synthetic Vitamin Produces Striking Unexpected Cures... Chimpanzee Uses System in Solving Problems... |
National Defense
April 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Carrier Overhaul The USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the Navy's oldest nuclear aircraft carrier -- just back from the war in Iraq -- is undergoing a $200 million overhaul that will help her last at least another decade. The work is being done at the Northrop Grumman Newport News, Va., shipyard. |
AskMen.com
Aaron Broverman |
Top 10: Warships The warships on our top 10 list either helped define a country's naval superiority over another or they meant a technological milestone in the very way modern wars are fought. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2009 |
Supercarrier 2015: How to Build the World's Most Powerful Warship Ship architects in Virginia step into virtual-reality blueprints to perfect the design of the U.S. Navy's first new carrier class in 40 years. |
National Defense
April 2014
Valerie Insinna |
Littoral Combat Ship Faces Uncertain Future On Feb. 24, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed rumors that had been swirling around the littoral combat ship program for months -- instead of going forward with its planned 52 ship buy, purchases would be limited to 32. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2011
Evan Niu |
Ship Finance International Shares Sank: What You Need to Know Is this meaningful or just another movement for Ship Finance International? |
America's Civil War
Glenn F. Williams |
Uncle Sam's Webfeet Organization and training were essential to coordinate the activities of the hundreds of men who crewed a Union man-of-war. |
Wired
February 25, 2008
Joshua Davis |
High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace An attempt to prevent a ship containing 4,703 new Mazdas, estimated total worth of $103 million, from sinking to the bottom of the ocean. |
National Defense
November 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Carrier Flight Decks Will Have `Pit Stops' for Navy Fighter Jets A new aircraft carrier that is scheduled to enter service during the next decade will offer a radically different approach to servicing and prepping fighter jets. |
National Defense
April 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Navy Seeks to Simplify Ship Maintenance To keep ships ready to deploy, the U.S. Navy is working to reduce the time that its ships spend in maintenance. |
National Defense
August 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control. |
National Defense
September 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Duty Aboard the Littoral Combat Ship: 'Grueling but Manageable' The Navy will soon decide which version of the Littoral Combat Ship it will buy. Selecting the ship model, however, is only the beginning of what could be a long, arduous adjustment for sailors who will be serving aboard these new vessels. |
National Defense
August 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Navy Downsizing Could Weaken Marine Corps Expeditionary Posture As the U.S. Navy's investments and planning point towards a shrinking fleet, it remains unclear how the downsizing will affect the Marine Corps and its ability to carry out expeditionary warfare missions. |
National Defense
August 2009
Jason Jacks |
What's Good For An Ice Rink is Good For a Ship's Deck A Zamboni for ship decks? Odd as it sounds, it's quickly becoming reality. |
National Defense
September 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Navy Rethinks How It Maintains Surface Combatants Facing readiness problems in surface combatants, the Navy is redoubling its efforts to improve fleet maintenance. |
National Defense
November 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Navy's High-Speed Vessel Aids Relief Effort The HSV-2 Swift may be a forerunner of a next-generation fleet of fast, shallow-draft American-built transports capable of operating close along the shorelines of the world's hot spots. |
National Defense
May 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Jury Still Out on Future of Littoral Combat Ship The Navy's littoral combat ship is under fire by lawmakers who are threatening to pull the plug at a time when the Obama administration is prepared to commit long-term funding to the program. |
National Defense
August 2007
Grace Jean |
Littoral Combat Ship Could Slip Behind Schedule as Price Tag Nears $500 Million In the midst of a contentious debate about the Navy's embattled littoral combat ship program, the service's coveted warship has come under fire by its own supporters on Capitol Hill. |
Chemistry World
March 21, 2014 |
Preserving the Mary Rose The Tudor battleship has been stabilized and is now on display in a new museum. Jon Evans explores the chemistry stopping those timbers shivering |
InternetNews
September 22, 2005
David Needle |
SeaMobile Brings Voice, Data to the High Seas SeaMobile will enable cruise ships to offer customers access using their own notebooks and cell phones. |
