TACOMA — The old board game Battleship is taken to a new level when the captains of the Washington Cascade Column take to the water, as they did Monday in Tacoma. “All of us were guys who threw rocks ...

Testing Ships in a Miniature OceanThe US Navy maintains an indoor ocean capable of simulating some of the world’s worst weather conditions, even with waves only four feet tall. These tests rely on ...

She was the fastest vessel in the world's oceans and it seems the RMS Mauretania is still making waves - as a 12ft long model of the ship is set to sell for £50,000. The beautifully-crafted 1:64 scale ...

A seafarer training facility in France is getting lots of attention since the Ever Given jammed the Suez Canal. The facility's own miniature Suez Canal can help mariners learn lessons from the Ever ...

Allen Daffern works on a model of the HMS Leopard in his home on Thursday, April 11. Daffern estimated that if he worked every day for eight hours, it would take him between seven and nine months to ...

Inside the Navy’s test basins, ship models are dragged, flooded with waves, and even self-propelled to reveal how their full-sized counterparts will behave at sea. Freshwater is used to avoid ...

A scale model of an 18th-century ship has sailed off with some unexpected booty following an auction in Vancouver. Seventy-two-year-old Victor Jankovic hoped his 2.4-metre long, nearly two-metre tall ...

Thousands of people drive along Route 1 in Searsport every year. You've probably noticed the big red and white striped "lighthouse" with attached gift shop that says Model Ships out front. But there's ...