PortandTerminal.com, June 12, 2020 For years there have been rumors that the wreck of a patrol boat commanded by JFK lay in New York’s Harlem River. It turns out that the rumors were right all along. NEW YORK – The wreck of a high-speed patrol boat commanded by John F. Kennedy during World War II has been discovered in New York’s Harlem …
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USNI News, May 11, 2020 USS Nevada (BB-36) – dubbed the “unsinkable battleship” that served in two world wars – was found nearly three miles below the water’s surface about 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor, a team of researchers announced Monday. On Dec. 7, 1941, Nevada was the only battleship to get underway during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in …
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PortandTerminal.com, April 27, 2020 HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA – This chilling photo shows the burial at sea for sailors of the USS Intrepid killed in a kamikaze attack in 1944. It has been colorized from the original black and white photo. Crewmen aboard New Jersey watch as a Japanese plane prepares to strike Intrepid 25 November 1944 USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World …
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PortandTerminal.com, February 28, 2020 In 1945, the HMS Sussex was struck by a kamikaze near the Dutch East Indies. The Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-51 ‘Sonia’ failed to penetrate the ships 4.5″ (115 mm) armor, leaving only a distinct imprint on the hull LONDON – As WWII came to its final months the forces of Imperial Japan became increasingly desperate to stop …
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PortandTerminal.com, February 21, 2020 The wreck of an American fighter plane that crashed during World War 2 off the coast of Wales occasionally emerges like a ghost from the seabed CARDIFF, WALES – Buried in the sand on the coast of Wales, UK is the wreck of a rare Lockheed P-38 Lightning World War 2 fighter jet. The fighter, which …
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PortandTerminal.com, January 10, 2020 HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA – Today’s “Maritime Image of the Day” is a WW2 photo of the Royal Netherlands Navy warship HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen heavily camouflaged with foliage. After the Dutch navy suffered major losses at the hands of the Japanese, the Crijnssen found itself alone and vulnerable in enemy-controlled waters. Safety was in Australia but to get …
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PortandTerminal.com, November 11, 2019 Editor’s note: “Image of the Day” is a new feature that we have recently launched. We work in an amazing industry. Let’s celebrate its beauty together by sharing the incredible imagery taken by our colleagues of what we do. Have a photo/video to share? Please send it to info@portandterminal.com along with the name of the photographer who took it …
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PortandTerminal.com, October 12, 2019 Editor’s note: “Image of the Day” is a new feature that we have recently launched. We work in an amazing industry. Let’s celebrate its beauty together by sharing the incredible imagery taken by our colleagues of what we do. Have a photo/video to share? Please send it to info@portandterminal.com along with the name of the photographer who took it …
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PortandTerminal.com, August 23, 2019 At the beginning of the Second World War, the island nation of Britain faced the grim possibility that it might be starved into defeat because of the German naval blockade of the country. Food and fuel were strictly rationed in Great Britain in WW2 as there was a real chance that the Nazi’s blockade of the …
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