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One-hundred years ago the U.S. Navy experienced its largest peacetime disaster when the lives of 23 sailors were lost after seven naval destroyers ran aground on Sept. 8, 1923 at
One-hundred years ago the U.S. Navy experienced its largest peacetime disaster when the lives of 23 sailors were lost after seven naval destroyers ran aground on Sept. 8, 1923 at
Park officials say there may have been a collision between the two vessels before the grounding.
Crisis Group Libya Update #1 Format Negotiations Run Aground, Threatening Political and Economic Stalemate A fragile ceasefire signed in October is holding in Libya, and thus far renewed conflict has been averted. But tensions remain high, especially as the year is about to end with no substantial progress in political and economic negotiations that were supposed to pave the way for reunifying a country that has been divided in two, with rival governments and parallel financial and military institutions, since 2014. UN-mediated talks to appoint a unity government are faltering, as delegates h...
After getting the permits to start drilling, shell just made a hash of it. these are the two rigs they sent up there to start drilling. the one on of the left is called the "discoverer", the one on the right called the "kulic." last summer, the discoverer ran aground. four months after that, it had a fire break out in its engine room. then the u.s. coast guard found more than a dozen violations involving the rig's safety and pollution equipment. for example, the main engine pistons cooling water was contaminated with sludge and oil. the crew was skimming off the oil with a ladle in a bucket. t...