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One of the youngest Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarines will be inactivated after waiting more than a decade for an ...

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AMESBURY — Lowell’s Boat Shop staff are roughly halfway through completing their biggest project yet, a replica Bantry Bay gig. The boat, which will be 38 feet long and 7 feet wide with 10 rowing ...

Yamaha’s U.S. Marine Business Unit earned multiple top honors during the 2026 Miami International Boat Show®, reinforcing the company’s leadership in innovation, design and customer satisfaction ...

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KNIGHTSEN — Hot-wiring a crane in an attempt to drag a sunken boat out of the Dutch Slough might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but police say it went horribly wrong for an East Contra ...

Louise J. Slater is professor of hydroclimatology in the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. By contrast, academic consulting work, one of the most direct and ...