My yarn of forty years of naval life is spun." So ends this well-told tale of life at sea by Robley D. Evans, whose naval career is legendary. Evans served in t

A firsthand account of life aboard the ships of the Great Lakes.

Frederick T. Wilson was an engineer who carried the rank of first-class petty officer and served in one of the US Navy's first modern battleships, the USS Orego

The ship's logbook has been a maritime tradition since ancient times. It is used to document the voyages and movement of the vessel and events that take place o