Four Years After the Loss of the SS El Faro, the Coast Guard has Forced a Reckoning Over America’s Rust Bucket Merchant Marine and Sent Shivers Through the Military “Unready Reserve”

Nearly four years after the loss of the SS El Faro and her crew of 33 on October 1, 2015,

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In a Major Military Command “Turbo Test” of Maritime Readiness, Two Old Rust Buckets Strive to Answer the Call

Two of the 28 ships called up in a critical “Turbo Test” of military sealift capabilities this month have among

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How a World Class Coast Guard Rescuer Sank a DUKW — And Still Pulled Off an Extraordinary Rescue

Bernie Webber, the famous Coast Guardsman who led the rescue of the SS Pendleton crew, and whose story was told

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Project Lighthouse: Passenger Ships with Coast Guard Boarding Priorities

Here’s a sorting of Coast Guard inspections data shows that these passenger ships have Coast Guard computer generated boarding priorities

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Project Lighthouse: All Vessels with Coast Guard Ship Boarding Priority List

Posted by Robert Frump Here is a sorting of all ships with Coast Guard computer generated boarding priorities assigned.

Is Criminally Charging the “Conception” Dive Ship Crew Justice? Or Just Papering Over the Enablement of Death Traps?

“Snoozing crew raises specter of criminal charge in boat fire” was the headline of an AP story this week and if

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Project Lighthouse: Ferry Boats and Ships and Their Coast Guard Inspection Records

p Here are the records of all available Coast Guard inspections of US ferry boats and ships into 2018. More

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Project Lighthouse: A List of Duck Boats and Other Amphibious Passenger Ships and their Coast Guard Inspection Records

Here’s a record of all available Coast Guard inspections of US amphibious ships into 2018.

Project Lighthouse: A List of All US Diving Vessels and their Coast Guard Inspection Records

Here’s a record of all available past Coast Guard inspections of US diving ships into 2018.

Coast Guard Bulletin Cautions Dive Ships and Small Passenger Vessels to Limit Charging Stations for Lithium Batteries

In the aftermath of the dive ship Conception tragedy, the US Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin

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