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Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Erik Sofge |
Behind the Scenes With a Special Ops Gunboat Crew When the US Special Forces need safe passage along a river, they call on the best-trained boatmen in the world. The author tags along on a live-fire exercise with the elite gunboat crews of Special Boat Team 22.   |
National Defense
November 2014
Valerie Insinna |
Navy Receives First New Patrol Boat The Navy is moving forward to refresh its patrol boat fleet, which hasn't been updated since the 1980s. Safe Boats International in August delivered the first of 10 new MK VI boats to the service. |
National Defense
June 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Gas Tankers Prompt Tight Security Escorting LNG tankers in and out of America's harbors is serious business. The Coast Guard provides security to Boston Harbor, among others, for ships carrying fuel from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean amid fear of a USS Cole-type terrorist attack. |
National Defense
May 2004
Harold Kennedy |
Patrols Keeping Watchful Eye on Potomac The Coast Guard began patrols along the Potomac in the wake of 9/11. The goal was to improve waterborne protection for the nation's capital, said Lt. Frank Del Rosso, the station's commander. |
National Defense
September 2010
Magnuson & Fugate |
Monitoring Small Vessels Still a Challenge for Coast Guard, Says GAO The Government Accountability Office has found that few resources are being devoted to the small vessel threat. |
National Defense
November 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Government Lacks Clear Plans to ID Small Vessels Used as Terrorist Weapons In order to decrease the risk of an attack, the government is proposing new security plans. Some suggestions have been met with stiff resistance. |
National Defense
April 2013
Dan Parsons |
Small Boats Mean Big Business for Shipbuilders Big ships -- aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines -- get all the glory, but it is the Navy's smallest vessels that could prove pivotal in future conflicts. |
National Defense
June 2006
David Axe |
Navy's Smallest Fighting Ships Prove Littoral Warfare Concepts The Navy's smallest fighting ships -- 180-ft Cyclone-class patrol boats -- are blazing the way for a future fleet of littoral combat ships. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2006
Rich Smith |
Boat Makers See Shoals Recent results should have torpedoed the stock, but Marine Products is floating higher than expected today. |
Popular Mechanics
June 28, 2005 |
The Wettest Roller Coaster on Earth Two veteran crew members of the Volvo Ocean Races, Peter Merrington and Katie Pettibone, share their experiences on the fastest open-ocean single-hull class of sailboats ever built: the brand-new Volvo Open 70. |
National Defense
June 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Small U.S. Boatyards Take on Competitive Export Market While major U.S. ship manufacturers have seen a steady decline in exports over the last few decades, some small boatyards are unwilling to give up on foreign defense markets. |
National Defense
March 2009
Matthew Rusling |
No Silver Bullet for Thwarting Terrorists Aboard Small Boats Experts agree they will remain a weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given their low cost, ease of deployment and success record. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2, 2009 |
Ports and Ships: Photo Exhibit Preview According to the International Maritime Organization, world shipping is dominated by only a handful of countries, at least in number of boat registries. Panama, Liberia, the Bahamas, Greece and the Marshall Islands account for 48 percent of the world fleet between them. |
