Ships of the line were built specifically for war and boasted heavy armor as well as overwhelming firepower, while galleons ...

IT’S SAFE TO ASSUME that Seattle is the only American city with a nearly forgotten sailing ship buried below its downtown streets. At 5:45 p.m. on Dec. 30, 1876, the Windward ran aground at ...

In the two decades following the American Revolution, Salem’s sailing ships ... sight of so many Salem ships riding at anchor off the Sumatran coast sometime around 1800, observed, “Salem ...