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The Q-ship attacked at Batfish with 4-inch (102 mm) guns and depth charges. Batfish dived and steadied up somewhere between her test depth and her crush depth to hide. After several hours, she began to withdraw from the area and slowly rose to the surface, where she found herself alone.
The deep water Brownsville Ship Channel, to/from the Gulf of Mexico, passes between Padre Island and Brazos Island, Barrier islands of the Gulf Coast. The channel also passes the old harbor of Los Brazos de Santiago, the landing place of the Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519 and subsequent colonizers from the Viceroyalty of New ...
List of current U.S. flagged cruise ships and river boats in the United States. Due to the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886 , these are the only overnight passenger ships currently eligible to sail solely between U.S. ports without the need for a foreign port stopover.
MSC Cruises is headed to Texas.. The cruise line’s MSC Seascape ship will offer sailings from Galveston beginning next year. The new homeport marks a continued investment in the American market ...
The Port of Galveston has a new resident. Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Jubilee ship will begin sailing from the Texas city on Saturday, marking the debut of the line’s third Excel class ...
Cruise lines are increasingly sailing out of Texas' only cruise port, the Port of Galveston. Galveston saw a record 384 cruises and 1.7 million guests in 2024 — half a million more than in 2023.
As of 2019, Galveston is the fourth-busiest cruise ship homeport in North America [18] and one of the top 10 homeports in the world. [24] Over the years, the port has welcomed ships from major cruise lines including Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Disney Cruise Lines, and Norwegian Cruise Lines. [20]
The Matagorda Ship Channel is a channel constructed between 1962 and 1966 that allows ocean-going vessels to travel between the Gulf of America and Matagorda Bay. [1] The channel is part of the Port of Port Lavaca – Point Comfort , a major sea port in the U.S. state of Texas .