U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urged graduating midshipmen at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New ...

Mortally wounded in battle at sea, he gasped this final order to his crew as the ship slipped into enemy hands. Lawrence didn’t live to see what his words would spark — but his friend, Commodore ...

A medievalist and cultural historian from the University of Liverpool has uncovered the history of the "mermaids of Staithes" ...

Jessop jumped into the sea and escaped death but suffered a severe skull fracture and deeply gashed leg. Later, aboard a British destroyer, she saw a pair of familiar faces: two doctors beside ...

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land Rebecca Nagle. Harper, $32 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-311204-9 ...

Ang Lee ("Life of Pi") and Robert Sennott of Mashpee produce documentary about Steven Callahan, lost at sea for 76 days, ...