Midas sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks after crew members abandoned ship when they couldn't extinguish an onboard fire.

Old Sea Fighters.; FAMOUS FIGHTERS OF THE FLEET. Glimpes Through the Cannon Smoke in the Days of the Old Navy. By Edward Fraser, Illustrated, Cloth. Pp. 323.

The USS Dubuque went down on July 11 after being hammered by missile and cannon fire from helicopters and an AC-130J gunship.

Inside the ship’s walls are the guts — or “brains” — of the ship, the six cannons that are essentially smoke machines with PVC pipes on them and air servos that trigger screen-door ...

The blaze ignited as the ship was being loaded with about 920 mostly used vehicles enroute to West Africa. Port workers were using a Jeep Wrangler to push nonrunning vehicles into the ship when a ...

China and the Philippines clashed again in the South China Sea after a Chinese ship used water cannons on two Filipino vessels near disputed islands.

With the U.S. Brig Niagara not available in the summer of 2024, we have the opportunity to learn about the two ships, the Scorpion, a schooner, and the U.S. Brig Caledonia, which arguably may have ...

The fire began on deck 10 of the 12-deck ship, ... as dark smoke billowed into the sky. ... Firefighting boats ultimately blasted water cannons at the ship for days to extinguish the blaze.