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Anclote Key, Florida

Anclote Key Lighthouse

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.
Aboard the ship <em>Gobustan</em>, which spent months abandoned in Ravenna, Italy.
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When Ships Are Abandoned, Stuck Sailors Struggle to Get By—and Get Paid

“We are satisfied with little, but even that little is impossible today.”
Federico Formica November 17, 2020
The Patsy Green was built around 1906. A married couple, Henry A. Wise Wood and Elizabeth Ogden, once paddled and sailed the canoe from New York City to Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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This Museum's Broom Closet Is Actually Full of Historic Boats

A room meant for mops and buckets is now the best-kept secret at Mystic Seaport Museum.
John Boudreau August 10, 2020
The Sacramento Cannon Memorial
Gqeberha, South Africa

The Sacramento Cannon Monument

Artillery recovered from the sea floor marks the spot of an extraordinary shipwreck.
Roche Caiman, Seychelles

Isle of Farquhar

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.
A test trench was dug at the site, some 50 miles south of Oslo, to inspect the find before it's further excavated.
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A Viking Burial Barge Is Being Swallowed By Fungus

The maritime tomb in Norway is the first of its kind to be excavated in a century.
Isaac Schultz May 18, 2020
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History Tour: The Golden Age of Piracy

The brief era of adventure and chaos still enthralls the imagination.
Jonathan Carey May 5, 2020
The Hospital Ship Gil Eannes
Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Gil Eannes

This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.
Ostend, Belgium

Amandine Museum Ship

The last Oostende trawler to fish off Iceland is now a museum.
Yokosuka, Japan

Mikasa Memorial Warship

The last remaining pre-dreadnought battleship in the world has been a museum for nearly a century.
Cañonero Guanajuato
Boca del Río, Mexico

Buque Cañonero C-07 Guanajuato (C-07 Guanajuato Gunship)

This flagship of the Mexican Navy has had a bumpy second life after being retired from service.
A relatively quiet moment in a standard dormitory room.
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The 30-Hour Ferry Rides That Keep Indonesia Connected

With more than 6,000 inhabited islands, the country can’t rely on air travel alone.
Alex Pflaum February 24, 2020
The Naval Museum of Santa Cruz de La Palma
La Palma, Spain

The Naval Museum of Santa Cruz de La Palma

This replica of Columbus's famous ship houses the history of La Palma's maritime importance during the Age of Exploration.
Cemitério de navios - The Ship Cemetery
Panguila, Angola

Cemitério de Navios (The Ship Cemetery)

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.
The SS Clyde Memorial with the Chaine Memorial Tower beyond it.
Larne, Northern Ireland

SS Clyde Valley Memorial

A tribute to a vessel involved in the notorious Larne gun-running.
On the move again!
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Some Ships Keep Sailing Even After They're Wrecked

A century-old iron scow is inching closer to the brink of Niagara Falls.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 8, 2019
The spectral ship has a curious, centuries-old history.
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The World's Most Famous Ghost Ship Is an Enduring Symbol of Empire

The Flying Dutchman's long afterlife began with a British power trip.
Isaac Schultz October 24, 2019
One of Carla Jenkins’s towboats, the “Bettye M. Jenkins,” sits at her dock in Vidalia, Louisiana on Oct. 6, 2019. Jenkins’s father, who built the boat, named it after Jenkins’s mother.
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The Triumphs and Tribulations of Towboats on the Mississippi River

“You ride the river and just hope you’re in the right spot when you need to be.”
Kerry Graning October 14, 2019