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Maritime Maunder: December 2014
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014. ANOTHER YEAR IN THE BOOK! Where does it go? Seems like only last week the weather was warm and sunny (those of you who know where I am, be still! And my boat was carrying me around the waters of New Jersey. It's the last day of the year. And perhaps time for a little review. Yes, like every TV station, magazine, and newspaper does! Of the year just ending. First and foremost, the introduction of Maritime Maunder. Some of the things we wrote about included:. Of more significa...
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Maritime Maunder: MORE FROM UNDERWATER
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Saturday, August 15, 2015. And speaking of things recovered from watery graves. My friends at Mystic Seaport. CT) tell me that divers in Sweden have salvaged a figure head from a 15th century Danish warship,. I am told that is Swedish for "Griffon-dog, but since I have no knowledge of Swedish, I can not confirm it! The 660 pound figurehead is carved into am 11 foot long beam and shows a crocodile mouth with lion ears. So far, it appears to be the only one in existence. Here's a. Amazingly, the wreck is q...
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Maritime Maunder: IN HOSTILE WATERS
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Saturday, July 25, 2015. A couple of weeks ago, I announced the release. Of my new book, IN HOSTILE WATERS,. In digital format, i.e. KINDLE. The story is that of the brig of war USS Argus. On her cruise in the summer of 1813 to take the war to the British. An early review by George Jepson, editor of Quarterdeck Magazine stated:. I recall I also mentioned it would be out in physical form, i.e. paper, soon. Well, folks, for you traditionalists, that day has come! Front and back covers of IN HOSTILE WATERS.
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Maritime Maunder: April 2015
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. NEWPORT BERMUDA RECORD SHATTERED. In 2000, the late Steve Fossett. Set a record for the fastest passage in a sailing craft to from Newport Rhode Island to Bermuda. On April 20 of this year, that record fell when L ENDING CLUB. Made the same ru. N, clocking an average. Speed of 27 kts. Now, in fairness, Lending Club. Is not your everyday sail boat - or even a participant in the bi-annual Newport Bermuda race; nope, not even a little bit. She is a 105' maxi-trimaran. That comment ...
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Maritime Maunder: January 2015
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Saturday, January 31, 2015. Some years ago, maybe 15? A working submarine created by H.L Hunley. For the Confederates was raised from the depths of Charleston SC harbor where it had lain for some 130 years (2000). Clive Cussler's exploration group NUMA. Found the wreck a few years before that (1995) but a lot of wrangling over who owned it and who would pay to raise this relic of the Civil War delayed its trip to daylight for years. In April of 2005, I had the privilege of seeing the. On the bow of the s...
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Maritime Maunder: May 2015
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Friday, May 29, 2015. About 10 days ago, America's Ship of State, USS. Entered the dry dock at Charlestown Naval Shipyard for a 3 year overhaul and rehabilitation. I posted a couple of before and after pictures but could not lay my hands on a time lapse of the whole event. Finally, courtesy of USS Constitution Museum. Located in the Navy Yard, I have got it! It is short, but quite educational. You can see the dock filling, the ship moving in (really fast! USS Constitution enters Drydock. Crossing the sil...
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Maritime Maunder: November 2014
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Saturday, November 29, 2014. Ok - this is not what I had planned on for the next posting, but given that yesterday. Was "Black Friday," today is "Small Business Saturday," and Monday is "Cyber Monday,". I could not resist this one. Way too timely! If I heard it once on the television or radio, I must have heard it a hundred times: " beat the rush. And through a twitter post from the U.S. Coast Guard. OK, then, here you go:. In the mid and late 19th century. In Sitka AK 1901. Words to live by. The food, f...
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Maritime Maunder: September 2014
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014. USS NAUTILUS SS(N) 571. This date, 60 years ago (wow! First Lady Mamie Eisenhower christened the world's first nuclear powered. Submarine, USS NAUTILUS. The US. Navy launched the ship at Groton, CT and she ran for the first time under nucler power on the morning of 17th January, 1955. The ship was built under the auspices of Admiral Hyman Rickover,. Likely one of the most controversial officers in the navy, before or since! Eet and displacing 3,180 tons. For some reason, this...
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Maritime Maunder: March 2015
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Saturday, March 28, 2015. USS ESSEX CAPTURED IN NEUTRAL WATERS. On this date, in 1814. Surrendered his severely damaged ship, USS. In Valparaiso Harbor, Chile. His antagonists, the British ships HMS. Had chased his ship to sea from the main harbor in neutral Chile. But a lost topmast forced Porter to seek shelter in a bay right next door and the Brits followed him in, taking him under fire after he had anchored. More on that in a moment, but first, a bit about. She was built in Salem MA in 1799. On 31 De...
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Maritime Maunder: HMS HOOD'S BELL RECOVERED
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015. HMS HOOD'S BELL RECOVERED. Microsoft founder and zillionaire Paul Allen. Has successfully recovered the bell from the sunken remains of the British battlecruiser HMS Hood. The ship was sunk in an engagement with the German battleship Bismark. In the Denmark Straits in 1941. She sank with shocking loss of life: 1,415 of 1,418 men died when she exploded and went down. Allen, using his expedition ship. But Allen got special permission to get the bell as a memorial to those who los ...
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