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In Warwick and Cranston, Rhode Island, Gaspee Day commemorates the sinking of the HBMS Gaspee by Rhode Islanders in 1772. From Wikipedia: ...

Craig L. Symonds, Lincoln and his Admirals Weeks into his presidency, Abraham Lincoln was confronted with his first naval question: What to ...

Providence, Rhode Island's sunken Russian submarine will finally be raised as part of a training exercise by the US Navy. The sub, whic...

And the awards keep coming.... The Providence Journal has won an EPPY in the category of "Best Special Feature in a Web Site - Enter...

As a former merchant mariner ( KP, '91 ), I'd be remiss if I didn't take note that today is National Maritime Day . Here's t...

Christopher Hitchens has written a good piece on Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates . I've spent some time on the Barbary Pirates...

Can you find the Russian Submarine in this picture? Yup....it's under water! But it wasn't until the recent storm that hit Providen...

Medieval Boat Found Buried in Israeli Lagoon: Much of the still-submerged ship is uniquely intact, with the stump of a mast still visible. O...

...of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee.'" Today is the 31st anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, wh...

With nominations for the 2nd Annual Cliopatria Awards opening soon, I thought I'd offer up some of my best/favorite posts over the past ...