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  • 2
    May
    2013
    5:57pm, EDT

    Navy cruise unites families with sailors returning home

    After an eight-month deployment in the Persian Gulf, the USS John Stennis picked up the sailors' family and friends for a six-day cruise from Hawaii to San Diego. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.

    After an eight-month deployment, the USS John C. Stennis headed home from the Persian Gulf where it played a vital role providing air support to troops in Afghanistan.

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    But on its way back it had another mission -- to pick up family and friends in Hawaii so they could experience life aboard the Stennis.


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    Aaniya Dorrah tries on a fireman's suit on the John C. Stennis.

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    A "Tiger" wears a pilots helmet while getting a tutorial on the Navy's F-18 fighter jet.

    The "Tiger Cruise" is the Navy's special take on bringing your loved one to work. 

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    The Lemons family, Samantha, Michael, and Micheal Jr., watch the Navy's air power demonstration aboard the USS John C. Stennis.

    More than 1100 family members and friends gathered to join the crew for a six-day cruise. The 'Tigers' are any friend or family member of the sailor, with the exception of spouses or significant others, invited to experience life, and sailors' duties, out at sea.

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    A family of "Tigers" gathers on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis before departing Pearl Harbor.

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    All the sights and sounds that accompany the sailors' work on board made memories that will last these families a lifetime. 

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    The American flag flies off the stern of the USS John C. Stennis in Pearl Harbor with the USS Arizona Memorial just behind.

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    An F-18 fighter jet sits atop the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis.

     

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    This makes me cry.....my brother and boyfriend are on that....only 2 more weeks till I get to see them...

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  • 27
    Nov
    2012
    1:42pm, EST

    Ship navigates Arctic ice in hope of breaking open new shipping route

    Dynagas Ltd via EPA

    The liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier OB River moves through ice in the arctic on Nov. 14.

    European Pressphoto Agency -- The Ob River, a ship carrying liquefied natural gas, left Norway in November and has sailed north of Russia on its way to Japan. The specially equipped tanker is due to arrive in early December and will shave 20 days off the regular journey. If this trip is successful, it would be the first ship of its type to sail across the Arctic.

    According to the BBC, changing ice conditions and a strong increase in the use of shale gas from the United States make the route attractive.

    Editor's note: European Pressphoto Agency made these photos available to NBC News on Nov. 27.

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    The LNG carrier OB River moves through ice in the arctic on Nov. 14.

    DYNAGAS Ltd via EPA

    The LNG carrier OB River moves through ice in the arctic on Oct. 8.

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  • 1
    Sep
    2012
    12:28am, EDT

    Hurricane Isaac reveals mystery ship at Fort Morgan

    Michael Spooneybarger / Reuters

    Rhonda Hill and Scott Vanlin with his cat look at an old ship uncovered as the beach eroded during Hurricane Isaac in Fort Morgan, Alabama on Friday, August 31, 2012. The mystery vessel, which has been uncovered several times after hurricanes, is thought to be either a civil war blockade runner or a schooner used to run liquor during prohibition, according local news reports.

     

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    Cubby! You is famous!

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  • 26
    Aug
    2012
    1:31pm, EDT

    Gemunu Amarasinghe / AP

    Ship sinks off coast of Sri Lanka, creates oil spill

    Oil floats on water in the foreground as the half-sunk Cyprus-flagged carrier Thmothrmopolyseara lies in the Indian ocean off the southern suburban coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 26. Authorities mobilized coast guards and volunteers to clean beaches following an oil spill after the Thmothrmopolyseara sank off-shore because of bad weather. The ship went down Thursday after remaining in anchorage for over three years following a dispute over its cargo.

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    just in case you were sleeping in science class like most liberals have oil is biodegradable (they didn't tell you that i bet)

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  • 11
    Jun
    2012
    7:27pm, EDT

    Andy Clark / Reuters

    Robotically controlled sailboats begin their race on English Bay in Vancouver on Monday. The boats took part in the 6th International Robotic Sailboat Championships. Several teams from Canada, the U.S. and Europe designed and built two-metre boats that were required to sail robotically, making its own on-board decisions about sail trim and course direction without human assistance.

    Robot sailboats race in Vancouver's English Bay

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  • 7
    Jun
    2012
    1:53pm, EDT

    Metal workers make propellers in Bangladesh shipyard

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Workers make ship propellers at a metal workshop in a shipyard by the river Buriganga, on the outskirt of Dhaka on Thursday. Bangladesh will increase spending by nearly 19 percent in its budget for the coming year, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said on Thursday, as it aims to ramp up economic growth to 7.2 percent.

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    Workers make ship propellers at a metal workshop in a shipyard by the river Buriganga, on the outskirt of Dhaka.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Workers work in a shipyard by the river Buriganga, on the outskirt of Dhaka.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    A worker holds food during a break at a shipyard by the river Buriganga.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    A worker is seen in a shipyard by the river Buriganga.

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  • 12
    May
    2012
    3:27pm, EDT

    Fishing trawler runs aground off Cape Town beach

    Schalk Van Zuydam / AP

    Rescue workers help a crew member from a stranded trawler into a rescue boat.

    A 50-meter (164-foot) Japanese trawler with 28 fishermen ran aground off a popular beach in Cape Town, South Africa, May 12. Craig Lambinon, spokesman for the National Sea Rescue Institute, said thick fog may have contributed to the accident early Saturday at First Beach in Cape Town's upscale Clifton area. Rescuers evacuated 19 of the 28 crew aboard and are hoping to refloat the vessel at high tide.

    Mike Hutchings / Reuters

    Onlookers walk past the stranded fishing trawler.

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  • 1
    May
    2012
    10:08am, EDT

    Abandoned ships litter Nigeria coastline

    Sunday Alamba / AP

    The rusting hulk of an abandoned ship is beached on the coastline in Lagos, Nigeria. All photos taken March 15, 2012 and made available May 1, 2012.

    The Associated Press reports — The powerful waves of the Atlantic Ocean crash against rusting hulks beached along the coastline just outside of Nigeria's largest city, as lines of cargo ships waiting to come to port stretch across the western horizon.

    Government officials say they don't know how many abandoned ships choke Nigeria's waterways, but they cause tremendous environmental and navigational hazards. And as more wash ashore daily, the massive vessels cause fast-moving erosion along Nigeria's beaches that can tear away a kilometer of shoreline in a matter of days, experts say.

    Some of the ships have been there for decades, others only days. Many, abandoned after the lucrative theft of crude oil, serve as hulking metaphors for the lawlessness that plagues Nigeria. Read the full story.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Extremes of wealth and poverty in the Nigerian oil industry

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    Sunday Alamba / AP

    Last August, Nigeria's Transport Minister Yusuf Suleiman promised to remove the wrecks within weeks, but nothing was done.

    Sunday Alamba / AP

    A man climbs out of the wreckage of an abandoned ship. Groups of salvagers move along the coast, removing whatever electronics and communication gear remains inside.

     

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    One solution may be to attract the attention of large scrap mataling companies, perhaps they would be intrested in setting up some kind of deal with Nigeria to dismantel and haul away these deteriorating ships, it could perhaps provide jobs and money to the country for a temporary period of time and …

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  • 19
    Apr
    2012
    1:34pm, EDT

    100 years later 'Titanic' finally arrives in New York City

    Lefteris Pitarakis / AP

    Backdropped by the Manhatan skyline, passengers watch as the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship, approaches the New York City port, on April 19. Exactly 100 years after the Titanic went down, the cruise retraced the ship's voyage, including a visit Sunday, April 15, to the location where it sank, a stop in Halifax and final destination at New York, as of the original intended trip.

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    Backdropped by the Statue of Liberty, passengers Maurine Beechler, right, and her daughter my Marie Beechler, both from Buffalo, NY, pause as the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship, arrives at New York, on April 19.

    Chris Helgren / Reuters

    Passengers wearing period dress arrive on the aft deck for a final group photograph on board the Titanic Memorial Cruise in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod April 18. The ship had sailed from Southampton, retracing the route of the ill fated Titanic liner which sank after hitting an iceberg 100 years ago.

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    Passengers aboard the Titanic Memorial Cruise ship MS Balmoral look on as they approach the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge at dawn while arriving in New York City on April 19. The ship had sailed from Southampton, retracing the route of the ill fated Titanic liner which sank after hitting an iceberg 100 years ago.

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    Wearing period costume, relatives of passengers of the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship wave US flags as they welcome the MS Balmoral Titanic memorial cruise ship, at New York City port, on April 19.

    Chris Helgren / Reuters

    Lower Manhattan's skyline is seen at dawn from the Titanic Memorial Cruise ship MS Balmoral, as it arrives in New York City on April 19. The ship had sailed from Southampton, retracing the route of the ill fated Titanic liner which sank after hitting an iceberg 100 years ago.

    Slideshow: Titanic: 100 years later

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    A look at the memorials, museum exhibits and memorabilia that commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, including the photos from 1912 that capture the anticipation and the aftermath around this "unsinkable" ship.

    Launch slideshow

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    This cruise is part of a major cover-up by the British and American governments. Look up Titanic Memorial Cover-up Exposed ragtaggiggagon.

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  • 4
    Apr
    2012
    5:20am, EDT

    Stern of stricken container ship sinks off New Zealand

    Maritime New Zealand via Reuters

    The bow section of the stricken container ship Rena remains above water about 14 nautical miles from Tauranga on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island on April 4, 2012.

    The stern of a broken-up ship that caused New Zealand's biggest sea pollution disaster sank on Wednesday after waves of up to 12 meters pounded the wreck, according to officials from Maritime New Zealand. 

    The bow of the ship remains above water six months after it ran aground on a reef and three months after the Rena split in two.

    The sinking of the stern section is likely to result in the loss of more debris and a light sheen of oil had already been seen surrounding the wreck, Maritime New Zealand said after conducting an overflight.

    See more pictures of the Rena disaster on PhotoBlog.

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    The sinking stern of the Rena on April 4, 2012. The Rena ran aground on October 5, 2011, with 70 of the 1368 containers that were on board washing up on shore.

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    The Rena is pounded by high seas on April 4, 2012.

     

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    The ocean is an elemental force. Most people don't understand the power that resides in those waves.

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  • 14
    Mar
    2012
    4:35pm, EDT

    Large abandoned ships rust on Nigerian beach

    Jon Gambrell / AP

    A man sits near an abandoned ship that lays beached near Takwa Bay just off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday. Abandoned ships are an environmental threat to the area as the wrecks of various large rusting hulks litter the coastline of Nigeria, without the funds or incentive to clean-up the strand.

    Jon Gambrell / AP

    A group of people walk along the corniche area toward abandoned ships that lay beached near Takwa Bay just off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria.

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    Men stand by an abandoned ship that lays beached near Takwa Bay.

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    Holly ship ....

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  • 11
    Mar
    2012
    3:08pm, EDT

    Empty tanker ship runs aground off Sicilian coast

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    Waves break over an Italian oil tanker, submerged by waves, that ran aground near Syracuse, in southern Sicily on March 11. The ship ran aground in high winds and seas off Sicily, the coastguard said, adding that the 19 crew were taken off by helicopter amid worsening weather.

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    Rescuers work on an Italian oil tanker that ran aground near Syracuse, in southern Sicily on March 11.

    An empty Italian tanker ran aground on rocks in bad weather off the Sicilian coast on Saturday and all 19 crew members were rescued, the coastguard said.

    The 127-metre-long (415-feet-long) Gelso M was heading for the Sicilian port of Augusta, home of an oil refinery and chemical complex, to take on fuel.

    The coastguard said the tanker, listed as an oil/chemical tanker, was not carrying cargo at the time of the accident.

    The ship had taken on water in its engine room and plans were being made to move it from the rocks, the coastguard said.

    -- Reported by Reuters

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