Month: July 2014

American Tall Ship USS North Carolina

USS North Carolina   American Tall Ship USS North Carolina The first USS North Carolina was a sailing frigate commissioned for duty in 1824. The ship usually carried 74 cannons but was designed to handle as many as 102 guns. USS North Carolina was considered the most powerful naval vessel afloat at the time of her commissioning. The...

Ship Collision

Sunday, April 13, 2008 - Ship Collision Off Kyushu Island Leaves 3 Chinese Dead, 13 Missing.A collision between two Chinese vessels has left three people dead and 13 others missing, said reports from the southern port city of Kagoshima on Japan's Kyushu island.Freighter Shinyo Sawako, a vessel from China's Hong Kong Special Administration Region, and...