On Aug. 9, 1790, the American ship Columbia returned to Boston Harbor after a three-year voyage during which it became the first vessel to carry the American flag around the world.In 1812 the Ft ...

Davenport, WA -- The 1790-1795 ship's log kept by British Royal Navy officer Peter Rainier – after whom Mount Rainier in Washington state was n ...

1794: Congress authorizes the establishment of the United States Navy. Although the fledgling nation relied on its Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War, that force was disbanded in 1790.

A Severn class lifeboat berths in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England. Photo: Adrian Pingstone 1790: The first shore-based boat designed specifically for use as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne ...

There are several classes of Coast Guard ships that are called cutters. Learn where the name came from and why it's used so widely in today's service.

The first ten armed revenue cutters built for the United States Revenue Cutter Service (now the U.S. Coast Guard) in 1790 were stationed along the Eastern Seaboard (New Hampshire, Massachusetts ...

When the first ships from the Second Fleet arrived at Port Jackson, NSW, in June 1790, those excitedly waiting on shore for the new arrivals were greeted with a horrifying sight – dead and dying ...