On July 19th, 2018, a duck boat capsized and sank in high winds during a storm on Table Rock Lake, near Branson, MO. Seventeen passengers and crew lost their lives. Now, a federal grand jury has charged the captain of the duck boat, Kenneth Scott McKee, with 17 counts of seaman’s manslaughter in the deaths.
The Seaman’s Manslaughter Statute makes it a crime if anyone dies on a ship or boat in US jurisdiction due to the misconduct or negligence of the officers, crew, or anyone else involved with the vessel. Conviction under the statute includes a fine and/or imprisonment of up to 10 years.
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As a naval architect in commercial shipping for several decades, I will admit to that I really do not understand the way the US Navy designs and builds ships. In the world of commercial shipping, the process is to design the ship and to specify the equipment before placing an order or starting construction. The Navy seems to prefer to sign contracts and begin construction before the designs are completed. It seems to be the most inefficient and costly way to build ships.
Adventurer Ross Edgley, 33, has become the 
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Italian boatbuilders Fincantieri and Dutch firm Van Geest Designs have developed a design of a 106 meter
In the dark and oxygenless waters of the Black Sea two miles below the surface, a team of maritime archaeologists, scientists and surveyors has discovered what it believes to be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck. Carbon dating suggests that the wreck is more than 2,400 years ago. A remote-controlled submarine piloted by British scientists spotted the 75 foot Greek trading lying on its side about 50 miles off the coast of Bulgaria. The vessel was found lying whole with its mast, rudders and rowing benches in place.