In the shadow of the Cold War’s race for military supremacy, this submarine of the Soviet Navy was right at the very center of a naval disaster that spoke volumes on the tremendous pressure and ...

Over 100 years ago, the U.S. Navy had its worst peace-time disaster, just south of the San Luis Obispo County line. Seven destroyers were wrecked and 23 sailors lost their lives when a squadron on a ...

The Indonesian Navy deployed at least 13 warships, five helicopters and an airplane to distribute relief for disaster victims ...

— -- Why the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing. The ...

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The Navy is preparing a number of its ships to help victims of flooding and landslides that are devastating Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, while the Air Force is deploying four heavy transport ...

Nearly all Duluthians and Northlanders are familiar with the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, taking with it all 29 crew members. Many who were around when it happened ...

There are a few stories that I often tell when the subject of leadership in disasters is discussed. I figured I’d put them down on paper so I can stop repeating myself. It was pre OPA90, a single-skin ...

Survivors of one of Hong Kong's deadliest maritime disasters and victims' families who spent 13 years in a legal and ...