Whalebacks were invented and designed by Capt. Alexander McDougall (1845-1923), a Scottish immigrant and industrialist.

With coral reefs and sinkholes, shipwrecks and submerged hotels, the sea is brimming with scenery that even landlubbers will appreciate. And these beautiful underwater ocean sights are worth a ...

Today we continue our maritime disasters mini series with the SS Waratah, or the ship that disappeared. It’s one hell of a story. What we have here is a passenger and cargo steamship, built in 1908 ...

All aboard: S.S. Badger Lake Michigan car ferry kicks off its 2025 sailing season May 16 Reservations are now open for the Badger's 2025 sailing season which begins May 16 and runs through Oct. 12.

The operators of the last Great Lakes coal-powered car ferry that transports passengers from Michigan to Wisconsin has new food offerings on ship. Schedule Draft Fantasy Odds Betting Newsletter LIFE ...

All aboard: S.S. Badger Lake Michigan car ferry kicks off its 2025 sailing season May 16 Reservations are now open for the Badger's 2025 sailing season which begins May 16 and runs through Oct. 12.

Once the largest car ferry port on the Great Lakes, the lakeside Michigan city is home to the SS Badger, the last coal-fired passenger steamship in operation in the U.S.

Operating daily, the ship departs Ludington, Michigan at 9 a.m. Eastern Time, crosses into another time zone, and arrives in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, at noon Central Time.

But the SS United States is a steamship — and as time went on, transatlantic passengers increasingly turned to other modes of travel like airplanes. The SS United States soon retired. It spent 27 ...