Today Brought about a Florida Aquarium Shipspotting Dolphin watching cruise. The dolphins were found playing in the bow wake of the Articulated tug/barge OSG Independence/ OSG243. (Above) Close up of the Tug (Bellow) Full view of the whole unit. More Shippspotting Posts to follow..
Year: 2014
HMCS Kingston suffered a minor electrical fire in one of her forward machinery spaces while off the Carolina coast yesterday morning. The fire was put out with hand held extinguishers and there are no reported injuries. The ship will continue her return to Halifax as scheduled. File photo
(Above) TowBoat US Tug. Towboat US, and ther competition SeaTow are the towtrucks for pleasure craft owners. Its a membership service, and should you suffer a breakdown, you call, and they will tow you to safety. (Below) Pilot boat Tampa of Egmont Key (Above) RCCL Brilliance of the Seas, outbound
The virginia class attack sub uss New Mexico arrived this afternoon and tied up at shearwater. The sub based in Grotten CT, recently spent some time under the arctic ice including surfacing through the ice at a temporary base. You can video of the surfacing at http://youtu.be/vwkKv5OAXwI These photos were provided
Marc Milner is one of Canada’s preeminent naval historians and expert on the corvette. I suggest taking look at has recent article A Night Of Furious Action at http://legionmagazine.com. This Piece looks at the work of Escort Group C3, Protecting convoy ON 115 from July 29 to Aug. 1, 1942 Marc
The Universitie de Quebec a Rimouski (UQAR) research vessel Coriolis II put in to port today, and tied up at the ECTug wharf. Coriolis II has recently returned from research work in Argentina. You can find out more about the Mission at http://coriolis.uqar.ca/ if you speak french or spanish. She
You Can find our Full Coverage of the HMCS Athabaskan Tow Here The Canadian Press was able to get the May 2013 report into the tow issues with HMCS Athabaskan. I have not seen the report, so the info below is from the CP Piece. The report, obtained under access-to-information law,
With the Rollover of the federal Budget year, and time for crew changes, The CCGS Terry Fox Sailed last night, just after 11pm. This morning Hudson moved to the basin, likely for some pre deployment workups. No Word on the Louis St. Laurent.
The Jana Desgagnes sailed earlier today for Sydney NS. She Turned and Headed back to Halifax. No Word why – though ice is an issue, she is an icebreaking Hull. UPDATE: She anchored, then moved to Imperial Oil the Next Day. Shen then Sailed for Sydney NS as intended, before
DND was fined 1$ and mandated to donate $20,000 to the Coastal Research Network and $7,500 to the Environmental Damages Fund as punishment for a March 2011 Spill, while fueling at Imperial Oil. Aprox 14,000 litres of marine diesel fuel was discharged, but caused no damage to the shore or