Maritime Musings > April 2010
Twilight
Weather permitting, the ideal time for celestial navigation.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/2/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


Turkish Straits
A narrow and busy waterway with a complex legal status

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/20/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


Sextant
A precision navigational instrument falling rapidly into disuse

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/9/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 1 comments


USCG Districts
Have they outlived their usefulness?

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/6/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


US Army Vessels
The invisible fleet

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/16/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 4 comments


International Ice Patrol
USCG-operated reconnaissance mission to prevent repetition of RMS Titanic disaster

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/13/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Red Sea Lights
A now-expired international funding agreement for ATON

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/27/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)
Originator of the concept of freedom of the seas

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/23/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Quasi-War with France (1796-1800)
The United States’ first undeclared war caused establishment of the US Navy

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/30/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


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