The worst way to determine the position of a previously uncharted seamount is to run into it underwater. That is apparently what happened to the Seawolf-class attack submarine, USS Connecticut, when it hit an object while submerged on October 2.
“The investigation determined USS Connecticut grounded on an uncharted seamount while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region,” 7th Fleet spokesperson Cmdr. Hayley Sims told USNI News in a Monday afternoon statement following an earlier version of this post. “Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet will determine whether follow-on actions, including accountability, are appropriate.”
“Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James?” (If you do, it may be from the 
Thousands of dead crabs, lobsters, and fish washed up recently along Teesside beaches on the UK’s North East coast. Waist deep piles of seaweed and dead and dying crustaceans and fish have been reported. Variously described as the “worst case ever seen” and “
On Halloween, Sunday, October 31, at 2:30 Pacific Time (5:30 Eastern TIme), 
For years, 
In one of the stranger maritime stories of late, the 
One of the traditions of US icebreakers operating in the Arctic is “ice liberty.” When an icebreaker encounters a thick ice floe, the crew is allowed liberty to get off the vessel to walk about or play games from touch football to hockey. 
In 1960, the archaeological remains of Norse buildings were discovered at 
The 
On Thursday, 
Following an 
While under tow in the Guayas River, near Guayaquil, Ecuador, the 250′ long Brazilian sail training ship 
In early October, a crack in a pipeline off the coast of Huntington Beach, California spilled some 3,000 barrels (126,000 gallons) of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean. On Saturday, the 
For several years, the 
The wreck of the legendary cutter