As tensions rise to grab Arctic resources, the U.S. is racing to construct a new icebreaker vessel that can secure a foothold ...

A ketch’s mainmast is forward and its smaller mizzenmast is aft. “In the old days, when they were sailing cargo, the schooner ...

There are several classes of Coast Guard ships that are called cutters. Learn where the name came from and why it's used so ...

To compensate for a dearth of existing icebreakers, the service in December purchased a commercially available light polar ...

Superyacht Bayesian - which sank with the loss of seven lives including Mike Lynch of Suffolk - is 10 to 12 days from being lifted from the seabed ...

Coast Guard Cutter 'Alert' WMEC 630 crew returned to home port in Cape Canaveral, following a 55-day deployment in the Gulf of America.

Originally named De Vrouw Maria, she changed her name in 1959 and was sold out of fishing in 1970. With a hull designed for sail, she was re-rigged with two masts, both carrying square sails. She made ...