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The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will unveil the Deepwater Diving Monument, a tribute to Santa Barbara’s heritage as the birthplace of deepwater ...

By Graham Cawthon Click here for updates on this story SAVANNAH, Georgia (WJCL) -- A U.S. Navy sailor born in Savannah and killed ...

March 10, 2025, at 8:00 a.m., the City of Santa Barbara Waterfront Department proudly welcomed Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol’s ...

A new state-of-the-art Harbor Patrol vessel has been launched in Santa Barbara. It will replaces a boat that was about 25 ...

A traditional mariner’s christening ceremony was held Monday at the Travel Hoist Pier for the M2 Catamara, a patrol, fire, ...

With a traditional mariner’s christening ceremony, the Santa Barbara Waterfront Department this morning, March 10, welcomed ...

Naval Base Kitsap would swap the Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, for its newest, the USS John F. Kennedy, ...

Gene Hackman, the two-time Oscar winner, and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their Santa Fe home last week. The ...

Their close, longtime friends, Daniel and Barbara Lenihan said the couple, who was found dead Wednesday in their New Mexico ...

Their close, longtime friends, Daniel and Barbara Lenihan ... and Arakawa were visiting Santa Fe and stopped by a diving shop, where Hackman saw a drawing of the USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor ...

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, shared a peaceful and private life, rich in adventure, art and genuine love, before their unexpected deaths, their friends fondly remember.