21.   At the launch of a vessel, he says, superstitions as old as the maritime history abound.

22.   Earlier this fall, a group of maritime history buffs approached the Mackinaw about retracing the route.

23.   His next project is a maritime history aimed at young adult readers.

24.   The former oyster dredge these days is a floating ecology and maritime history classroom.

25.   The shipwrecks offer a virtual encyclopedia of maritime history, ranging from wooden sailboats to steel-hulled steamers.

26.   Members of the enquiry commission now have a good idea of the sequence of events which led up to one of the worst accidents in maritime history.