The Story of Bug Light — the Rise, Fall and Resurrection

The Long Beach Bar Light was built in 1871 as a “screwpile” lighthouse on the North Fork of Eastern Long Island, off Orient, New York. Because a screwpile lighthouse is a lighthouse that stands on thin piles that are screwed … Continue reading

The Last U-Boat Captain, Reinhard Hardegen, & the Tanker Coimbra

I recently saw two stories in the press that happen to overlap.  Captain Reinhard Hardegen The first story was the report of the death of Reinhard Hardegen at 105 years old. Hardegen was believed to have been the last surviving German U-boat commander from … Continue reading