There was a time when sea captains really did go down with the ship. Like the captain of Titanic; he did all he could do and then remained in the wheelhouse as the unsinkable ship did just that.

As a longtime dive boat captain, instructor and engine mechanic his fellow owners relied on, Frank Persico was a decades-long mainstay of the Long Island diving community... He was best known for ...

A memorial at Sea Landing at the Santa Barbara Harbor to the 34 people who died in the Conception dive boat fire. The boat's captain, Jerry Boyland, was convicted of manslaughter Monday in federal ...

A federal jury found Conception dive boat captain Jerry Boylan guilty of “seaman’s manslaughter” on Monday for his failures in the fire that killed 34 people four years ago, according to the U.S.

The Navy's top officer says that she ordered a "deep dive" into maintenance and readiness issues following the amphibious ship USS Boxer's monthslong deployment delay that finally ended last week. "I ...

The U.S. Navy fleet peaked at 568 battle-force ships (aka “big boats”) in 1987. Ever since, the Navy has been on a glideslope to a smaller fleet, according to a Congressional Research Service report ...