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Gdańsk, Poland

Crane M3

A relic of Poland's shipbuilding past, reborn as a sky-high lookout.
Port Glasgow, Scotland

Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow

A sculpture dedicated to this town’s rich shipbuilding heritage.
Pembroke Dock, Wales

Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre

This Welsh dockyard was the site of the not-so-secret construction of the Millennium Falcon for the original Star Wars trilogy.
Two Viking-style sailing ships sit in a harbor.
Tønsberg, Norway

Vikingodden

This one-of-its-kind shipyard brings the 12th-century Viking Age back to life.
Al Mubarakiah, a Kuwaiti ship built at Fairfield.
Glasgow, Scotland

Fairfield Heritage

A community museum celebrates Glasgow's mighty shipbuilding days.
Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter and the Mathilde
Norheimsund, Norway

Hardanger Fartøyvernsenter (Hardanger Maritime Museum)

A living museum working to keep the traditions of building and repairing handmade wooden boats, ropemaking, and blacksmithing alive.
Clydebank, Scotland

McMonagle's

A historic shipbuilding town is home to a sail-through fish-and-chips shop.
A worker uses a gas cutter to dismantle a disused vessel at Alang Shipbreaking Yard.
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A Unique Bric-a-Brac Market Sells Salvaged Goods From Broken Ships

At Alang on the western coast of India, you may find second-hand doors, lifebuoys, and light bulbs.
Bhavya Dore June 10, 2019
Hartlepool, England

HMS Trincomalee

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.
Exterior of the building.
Newburyport, Massachusetts

Newburyport Maritime Museum

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.
The HMAS Sydney was secretly carrying a bottle of whisky all this time.
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Found: A Bottle of Whisky Hidden in a Ship’s Mast

It spent 35 years at sea.
Sarah Laskow June 28, 2017
Historic Navy Pier
Chicago, Illinois

Aircraft Carriers of Navy Pier

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.
Container City on London's Trinity Buoy Wharf.
London, England

Container City

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.
The submarine pens in La Rochelle.
La Rochelle, France

Nazi U-Boat Pens, La Pallise

A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.
SS Nomadic
Belfast, Northern Ireland

SS Nomadic

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
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When the World’s Biggest Ships Meet the World’s Skinniest Straits

Sarah Laskow June 4, 2015
A partial view of the Davis Monthan Air Force Base via GoogleEarth.
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Where Do Objects Go When They Die?

Bess Lovejoy May 15, 2014
A seemingly busy Gdansk Shipyard.
Gdańsk, Poland

Gdańsk Shipyard

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.