Have you ever had fantasies of sailing with Jason and the Argonauts across the myths of the Mediterranean? Well, you're never going to be able to do that, but you might be able to get a whiff of it come spring 2012, when the Hellenic Navy vessel Olympias makes its first visit to the U.S. more ›

Hello, sailor, it's Fleet Week 2010! Ships have been making their way into the New York Harbor this morning and will be docked in Manhattan and Staten Island for the next few days. Events include flyovers (like the ones this morning over the Hudson River and at tonight's Mets game), demonstrations (a Coast Guard search & rescue demo at the Intrepid; Marine helicopter raids in parks), and public visitation of ships, like the USS Iwo Jima and the HMCS Athabaskan. more ›

Remember in the 1987 classic Can't Buy Me Love when Ronald Miller took Cindy Mancini to the airplane graveyard? Well we have our very own sunken ship graveyard right here in New York, which is way cooler. Tugster paddled out there on a kayak yesterday and returned with some amazing photos. In this old NY Times article, dating back 20 years, the paper takes a look at Staten Island's Rossville, where ships go to die. At the time, Norman Brouwer, curator of the South Street Seaport Museum, told them it "is a tableau of the history of shipping in New York." more ›

Here are some more photographs of the wonderfully chaotic public art event, Those About to Die Salute You, at the Queens Museum of Art. Conceived by artist Duke Riley, we noted yesterday that the event was a Roman-themed naval battle that also involved tomato throwing, baguette battles, watermelon cannon balls, warriors in togas and other museums—the Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del Barrio and the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Oh, and the madness did make the Queens Museum's director a little nervous. more ›

Yesterday's Parade of Ships help begin the 22nd annual Fleet Week celebrations. Today's events include viewing of ships at Pier 45 in Manhattan and the Stapleton Pier in Staten Island, USMC/Air Ground airborne insertion/extraction of helicopters with combat Marines in Coney Island and Marine Day—with martial arts demonstrations and military working dogs (!)—in Central Park. Plus, at the Intrepid, it's the reopening of the Growler! More details here. more ›

Thousands of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen will be descending on New York City as Fleet Week 2008 starts tomorrow. This year's flotilla includes five American warships and three Canadian ships, and there will be opportunities for the public to tour ships and see public demonstrations. more ›

Shortly before 2 this afternoon, three ships collided in Newark Bay, closing the bay to marine traffic. The three-way collision was between two dredging vessels, the 117-foot Melvin Lemmerhirt and the New York, and the 669-Foot Liberian tanker Orange Sun. The Orange Sun is reported to be carrying orange juice as its cargo. Reports also say the New York is taking on water, that there is a fluid leaking from one of the ships (presumably, not orange juice), and there's hydraulic fluid leaving a sheen on the waters nearby. The juice-filled Orange Sun is being brought back to harbor via tugboat. more ›