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Paul Thompson photograph of Staten Island Shipbuilding Company interior view, early 1900s, PK 4119, Staten Island Museum Photo Collection, Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, New York.

Crisis, Disease, Shortage, And Strike: Shipbuilding On Staten Island In World War I

How an industry responded to the needs of workers and of the federal government during a time of rapid mobilization for wartime production.

by Faith D'Alessandro via The Gotham Center on April 19, 2022

Painting of a ship in stormy waters, Thomas Buttersworth, A Topsail Schooner in a Heavy Swell

Insurance For (and Against) the Empire

Marine insurance itself was a business that flourished during periods of war and uncertainty. It had a complex relationship with the British state.

by Hannah Farber via Commonplace on April 5, 2022

Illustration of the Earth pierced through by a cargo ship of freight containers.

The Hidden Costs of Containerization

How the unsustainable growth of the container ship industry led to the supply chain crisis.

by Amir Khafagy via The American Prospect on February 2, 2022

Lithograph of the waterfront in Alexandria, Virginia 1836.

The Life and Death of an All-American Slave Ship

How 19th century slave traders used, and reused, the brig named Uncas.

by Joshua D. Rothman, Benjamin Skolnik via Slate on December 4, 2021

Manila Village general store.

The Challenges of Reclaiming Filipino Louisiana's Centuries-Old History

Members of what is perhaps the oldest Asian community in the United States are committed to preserving—and sharing—their story.

by Ethan Sandweiss via Atlas Obscura on September 10, 2021

Red binder pulled from row of blue binders

Serendipity in the Archives

Or, a lost freedom story I found while looking for something else.

by Marcus Rediker via Public Seminar on August 25, 2021

Victorian women waving from ship

The Glamour and the Terror: Why Women in the Victorian Era Jumped at the Chance to Go to Sea

The daring women whose transatlantic journeys challenged gender roles.

by Siân Evans via Literary Hub on August 12, 2021

Mochitsura Hashimoto, center, former Japanese sub commander, testifies at the Dec. 13, 1945, session of the Navy court-martial in Washington, trying Capt. Charles B. McVay III.

How a WWII Japanese Sub Commander Helped Exonerate a U.S. Navy Captain

After the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945, Mochitsura Hashimoto, a Japanese sub commander, pushed to exonerate Navy Capt. Charles McVay.

by Daryl Austin via Retropolis on June 6, 2021

Le Marron Incconu, a statue of an enslaved man with a conch shell, dedicated to the abolishment of slavery.

Slave Rebellions and Mutinies Shaped the Age of Revolution

Several recent books offer a more complete, bottom-up picture of the role sailors and Black political actors played in making the Atlantic world.

by Steven Hahn via Boston Review on April 22, 2021

Arabian silver coin from Yemen in 1693, found in Rhode Island

Arabian Coins Found in U.S. May Unlock 17th-Century Pirate Mystery

The discovery may explain the escape of Captain Henry Every after his murderous raid on an Indian emperor’s ship.

via The Guardian on April 1, 2021

The ship, Jose Gaspar, in Tampa Bay during the Gasparilla Festival

The True History and Swashbuckling Myth Behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Namesake

Pirates did roam the Gulf Coast, but more myths than facts have inspired the regional folklore.

by Nora McGreevy via Smithsonian on February 4, 2021

Whale illustrations.

The Art of Whaling: Illustrations from the Logbooks of Nantucket Whaleships

The 19th-century whale hunt was a brutal business. But between the frantic calls of “there she blows!”, there was plenty of time for creation too.

by Jessica Boyall via The Public Domain Review on January 13, 2021

A Military 1st: A Supercarrier is Named After an African-American Sailor

USS Doris Miller will honor a Black Pearl Harbor hero and key figure in the rise of the Civil Rights Movement.

by Jay Price via NPR on September 29, 2020

Buffalo’s Vanished Maritime Past

The city was once a bustling and infamous Great Lakes port. How should it be remembered?

by Jeff Z. Klein via Belt Magazine on July 9, 2020

Illustration of a nineteenth century prison ship offshore.

The Gay Marriages of a Nineteenth-Century Prison Ship

What seemed to enrage a former inmate most was the mutual consent of the men he lived with.

by Jim Downs via The New Yorker on July 2, 2020

Dredging Vessel in the water

Dredging Up the Past

A shoreline expert writes about dredging vessels, Louisiana, neoliberalism, and her lifelong quest to save her hometown from the sea.

by Megan Milliken Biven via Current Affairs on May 25, 2020

A Motley Crew for our Times?

A conversation with historian Marcus Rediker about multiracial mobs, history from below and the memory of struggle.

by Marcus Rediker, Martina Tazzioli via Radical Philosophy on May 1, 2020

Infection Hot Spot

Watching disease spread and kill on slave ships.

by Manuel Barcia via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 22, 2020

Jubilee Jim Fisk and the Great Civil War Score

In 1865, a failed stockbroker tries to pull off one of the boldest financial schemes in American history: the original big short.

by David K. Thomson via Boston Globe Magazine on April 22, 2020

How American Samoa Kept a Pandemic at Bay

A story of quarantine.

by James Stout via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 2, 2020

Sign noting that spitting spreads the Spanish flu.

Trapped on a Ship During a Pandemic

“Either they’ve got no conscience, or they’re not awake to the gravity of the situation.”

by Willa Cather via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 31, 2020

Herman Melville at Home

The novelist drew on far-flung voyages to create his masterpiece. But he could finish it only at his beloved Berkshire farm.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on July 22, 2019

Black sailors among the crew of a Union Naval vessel.

Slaves and Sailors in the Civil War

The enlistment of black soldiers in the Union Army is well-known, but their Navy counterparts played an integral role, too.

by Dwight Hughes via Emerging Civil War on February 28, 2018

The Stowaway Craze

The "celebrity stowaways" of the Jazz Age reached levels of virality similar to today's social media stars.

by Laurie Gwen Shapiro via The New Yorker on January 8, 2018

Otis Redding

Inside Otis Redding's Final Masterpiece '(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay'

Co-writer Steve Cropper and other collaborators take a new look back at the legendary song, recorded just weeks before the singer’s tragic 1967 death.

by Stuart Miller via Rolling Stone on December 10, 2017

Virginia Woolf and others dressed in blackface and Ethiopian clothing.

The Time Virginia Woolf Wore Blackface

Why did future members of the modernist literary movement darken their skin, speak fake Swahili, and board a British battleship?

by Kevin Young via The New Yorker on October 27, 2017

A photograph of the New Bedford whaleship Plantina.

The American Whaling Industry

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

by Kerry Dunne via Digital Public Library of America on September 19, 2017

The North Carolina Trucker Who Brought the World to America in a Box

How Malcolm McClean's shipping containers conquered the global economy by land and sea.

by Marc Levinson via What It Means to Be American on June 15, 2017

The Dramatic Life and Mysterious Death of Theodosia Burr

The fate of Aaron Burr's daughter remains a topic of contention.

by Hadley Meares via Atlas Obscura on October 7, 2016

Workers on the wreck of the General Slocum, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

Witness to Tragedy: The Sinking of the General Slocum

“Terrible, terrible! A thousand casualties. And heartrending scenes. Men trampling down women and children. Most brutal thing…” — James Joyce, Ulysses

by Ted Houghtaling via New-York Historical Society on February 24, 2016

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