Corey Malcom, director of archaeology at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, recently played the boatswain's whistle from the Santa Margarita for the first time. Seven ships from the 1622 Spanish treasure ...

Dan McHugh had never met the man in the casket at the front of the room. Although the two had defended the country in the same war, the 87-year-old McHugh, a Naval veteran of World War II, didn’t have ...

Pensacola Naval Air Station Petty Officer Cody Cooper is working to keep alive one of the oldest traditions in the U.S. Navy. Cooper is among just a handful of local sailors who know how to use the ...

From his castle at Southsea, Henry VIII enjoyed a grandstand view. Across the glittering waters of the Solent lay the Isle of Wight. The sun shone, and flags fluttered in the freshening breeze. It was ...

Boatswain's Mate David Slodysko is the boatswain's crossed anchors and Neptune, is the honor's boatswain who piped Vice Adm. Timothy Keating aboard the Lincoln recently. The tradition of pipe "calls" ...

A Royal Navy silver bosun's whistle dating back to the 16th century was discovered by a metal detectorist in a field, miles from the sea. The whistle is typical of those used on Navy ships for ...

Tim Hawkinson, a sculptor whose eccentric contraptions include kinetic sound pieces made with a funky mix of everyday materials, wires and motors, was tuning up his latest sonic creation the other day ...