For almost the entirety of human civilization, large structures like buildings and ships have been constructed primarily out of wood. This makes sense, seeing as it's a relatively common material ...

We have container ships, oil tankers, old-timey wooden sailing ships ... their construction for a given application. The roller ship, on the other hand, has not justified its own repeat construction.

Yantic, an 1864 wooden hull gunboat, was based at Hancock, Michigan, from 1907 to 1917, on loan from the U.S. Navy for use as a training ship for the second battalion of the Michigan Naval ... These ...

"You also saw a move from sailing ships to steam-powered ships," he said. "When you have a have a boiler that's burning coal, it made a lot more sense to have a steel ship than a wooden ship if in ...

In 1954, an Egyptian archeologist discovered an immense, beautifully crafted ship buried in pieces right ... well-preserved wooden planks and oars, draped with the remains of matting and ropes ...

AIDAdiva has returned to service following a seven-week drydock refurbishment project at the Chantier Naval Shipyard in ...

Ex-Cyclone Alfred is stirring up the past with stormy seas at Ballina uncovering a ship from the 1890s ... a single screw wooden steamship, which was wrecked on the Richmond River spit in March ...