Edgewood's ship is expected to be about 3 feet by 4 feet and will be displayed near the mailroom. Edgewood resident Russ Hannu holds up a piece of wood to size the next cut while fellow resident Gary ...

For 30 years Mark Sutherland has fashioned New England's maritime history from blocks of wood and bits of bone. Part shipwright, part folk artist, he builds ships of all sizes from intricately ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The year was 1982 and we had just introduced our viewers to World War II veteran Tom Tragle. The renowned model shipbuilder was commissioned by the Navy to create a replica of the ...

John McElwee of Syosset with his model of a 2,000 year-old fishing boat. (Photo by Chris Boyle) The Long Island Ship Model Society has been around since 1966 and works diligently to preserve an art ...

Francois Dickman, a UW alumnus, adjunct professor and ambassador, works on a model of the schooner Wyoming. The late model shipbuilding enthusiast’s model and research materials are on permanent ...

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 that ...

A French trading ship that sank in the 17th century with treasure onboard is being brought back to life in a workshop in Madagascar with every stroke of Rafah Ralahy's small wood sander. Ralahy, eyes ...

Iranian captain Hassan Rostam has braved the Strait of Hormuz aboard his lenj for four decades but now watches with despair as the wooden ships are being replaced by cheaper, faster boats. The sturdy ...

When Kevin Graham replied to a collector's ad selling a "few" model ships, he stumbled upon a treasure trove. "We negotiated a price over the phone and I went there and had a look, and he had 150 of ...

Since the remains of a wooden ship were unearthed at the World Trade Center construction site in mid-July, a horde of researchers has been putting the vessel under the microscope — sometimes literally ...