Pauline's Pirates & Privateers

I would never call myself a "gamer." We don't own an XboX and, although I did become insanely addicted to "Pocket Frogs...

On August 30, 1812, Captain Isaac Hull brought his now famous frigate, USS Constitution , into the port of Boston with what was then aston...

Fog can be one of the most deadly atmospheric developments that a ship can meet. This is particularly true along coastlines, which - it sh...

Alexis de Tocqueville, who was born in Paris in 1805, was a brilliant observer of his fellow human beings. He traveled extensively in the ...

August 26, 1865: The Civil War ends with the U.S. Navy at its highest numbers to the day: 600 ships and 58,500 sailors. Header: Ba...

I was inspired to pick today’s words by U.S. Navy pikes. Trust me, that insane sentence will make sense by the end of this post. I...

As the Brethren are well aware, I am currently spending a good bit of my time kicking cancer's ugly ass in true piratical fashion.  Th...