World War II Navy Submarine
maritime museum based in the Baltimore Inner Harbor, have an opportunity to tour the U.S. Navy submarine that fired the final torpedoes and sank the last two Japanese ships in World War II.
The U.S.S. Torsk, commissioned in the last days of the war, now stands guard next to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. The historic [...]
Marine Wind Generators
Wind generators produce electricity when the wind spins their blades, and the harder the wind blows, the more power they produce.
Many larger sailboats and powerboats — especially those based in the Caribbean, where the wind blows hard almost continuously — mount marine wind generators to capture that wind energy and use it.
But boats in other [...]
Energy Alternatives to Coal
What is all of this energy used for? America uses oil primarily for transportation (refined to form gasoline and diesel fuel), while natural gas is used for heating, cooking, and industrial applications (Energy Information Administration). Nuclear reactors help generate electricity, but the bulk of electricity in the United States comes from power plants that burn [...]
Cruise Ship
The original Love Boat could squeeze into the top-deck dining areas; a thousand harbor seals could dwell comfortably in the five swimming pools; a blue whale could curl up in the atrium; and I personally am convinced the thing’s got wheels on the bottom so it can skip the buoyancy issue altogether and just troll [...]