There are many ships of all sizes on display in the Great Lakes, as well as a number of shipwrecks. Here is what we are writing about lately.
- USS Landing Ship Tank 393Matt VanDenBergThe LST, or Landing Ship Tank, is a seafaring vessel designed, developed and manufactured during World War 2, after England requested that the Americans create a vessel that could transport ...
- Exploits of the USS MichiganLuke GrossmannThe USS Michigan was the first iron hulled ship of the U.S. Navy. The ship never fired a shot in battle but was a source of strength to the navy in the ...
- ELF Station Republic, MIBradley VilleneuveThe ELF transmitter site in Republic, MI was a cold-war era installation designed for ultra-covert submarine communications at speed and depth. Any short coded message could be transmitted one-way to ...
- USS Freedom (LCS-1)Cody KovarThe USS Freedom was the first littoral, or close to shore, combat ship built by The Marinette Marine Corporation. Mission adaptability is what makes this ship class so unique. Instead ...