Why Did the Dive Ship “Conception” Burn So Fast? The Express Shuttle II and the Science of “The Mother of All Bombs” May Provide Clues

How could the dive ship Conception, lost off the California coast last week, burn so hot and so quickly that

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“I Cover the Waterfront” Select Non-fiction Articles of Bob Frump, 1980-2008

I COVER THE WATERFRONT A Collection of Non-Fiction Articles 1980-2008  by Maritime Writer Robert R. Frump, These articles are collected

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Coast Guard Cracks Down on Inspection in Sustained Follow-up to El Faro Tragedy

In a sign that the loss of the SS El Faro is significantly toughening US Coast Guard inspections, the Commandant

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Jacksonville Coast Guard Sector Delays Action Against Company Now Commanded by Jacksonville Sector’s Former Commander

More than a year after a Marine Board of Investigation called for civil charges against the owner of the lost

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Confirmed: Coast Guard DUKW Findings Passed on to Criminal Division of US Attorney

August 20, 2018 — The US Coast Guard today confirmed earlier reports here that its Marine Board of Investigation into

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Read Free Online: Until the Sea Shall Free Them: The Wreck of the SS Marine Electric.

 Here is the free online version of the Wreck of the SS Marine Electric.  In the wake of the tragic

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The New Book on the Sinking of the SS El Faro Will Make Some Waves

Posted: March 7, 2018 in Contemporary Commentary 0 “Into the Raging Sea” by Rachel Slade is a page turner that

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A Bernie Webber Coast Guard Father’s Day Story

(Author’s note:  Members of the Steele family contacted me after reading my book, “Two Tankers Down,” which recounts the wreck

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Ex-President of El Faro Company Headed to Record-Setting Prison Sentence or Appeal

As the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation ponders why the American flag vessel El Faro sank with its

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Bernie Webber: An Appreciation

(A reposting of my 2013 take on Bernie.) Posted: February 18, 2013 in Contemporary Commentary 0 Bernie Webber was the least

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