Pyrate's Life for Me ☠️

⚓ On course with today's nautical privateers, roving seafarers & pirate enthusiasts...in the wake of ancient mariners & history's bravest rogues! @cfkTidewriter

[Pyrate's Life for Me ☠️ @APyratesLife]

Brothers of the High Seas

"It’s one a.m.
The reflection of a silver moon dances like a ghost on the water. Cool night breezes stir the rigging of a forty-five foot ketch anchored near the harbor of Santa Marta Bay. The family on board is fast asleep..."
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[Fox News @FoxNews]

You don't see a ship like this every day.

The USCGC Eagle, roughly the size of a football field, is set to lead the America 250 Parade of Sail, with her massive square sails and three towering masts turning heads before the celebration even begins.

Built in Germany in 1936 and brought to the United States after World War II, the Eagle has spent decades training future Coast Guard officers and remains America's only active square-rigger in government service.

[neeha @neeha7777]

https://t.co/cJzCqShM0d Tall ships arriving

[igluemodels @igluemodels]

What incredible sights these Tall Ships make against NYC’s skyline!

#Sail4th250

[USS Constitution Museum @USSConstMuseum]

On July 3, 1954, Congress made it official: Boston would be the home port of “Old Ironsides” forever. USS CONSTITUTION was built here. But it belongs to all of us. And tomorrow it sets out in the Harbor. A tradition carried forward and a nation's story still underway. #America250

[MarineTraffic @MarineTraffic]

Hormuz traffic data signals

#MarineTraffic data show 38 confirmed crossings through the monitored Strait of #Hormuz zone on 2 July, a 10% day on day decline. Commercial vessels continued to account for most movements, including 14 laden cargo transits led by crude, CPP and dry bulk, alongside LPG and DPP cargoes. Iranian flagged activity rose sharply to 11 crossings from two the previous day, while nine sanctioned crossings were also observed. Route selection shifted towards the Iranian and Dark or Unknown corridors, as Omani route use weakened.

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

USS Nimitz: An Aircraft Carrier’s Final Journey — USNI News
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[Pyrate's Life for Me ☠️ @APyratesLife]

Anchors Aweigh (1991 Remastered)

Robert Shaw

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[U.S. Pacific Fleet @USPacificFleet]

Back in the water! ⚓️🇺🇸

Bravo zulu to the crew of USS Illinois & the dedicated workers at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for a successful undocking. Keeping our submarines mission-ready requires incredible teamwork, and our Fleet is stronger for it.

📍 Pearl Harbor
📸 Mike Wilson

[Jason H (AU) 🇦🇺 @OreboundImages]

All eyes are on the Marianas Island chain and rightfully so but it's hard to miss the extraordinarily low pressures the ECM is depicting for #Typhoon #Bavi as it approaches the #Ryuku Islands and #Taiwan next week. This is rare air for a model known to be conservative with intensity 🌀

#90W #Japan

[Navy Times @NavyTimes]

Naval Air Systems Command is asking industry whether it is capable of supplying up to 600 Advanced Emission Suppression Missiles per year. https://t.co/phb0c4tICc

[Department of War 🇺🇸 @DeptofWar]

The foundation of American freedom is built on absolute resolve.

This week, we honor the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the turning tide at Gettysburg and the birth of American airpower.

We defend the republic.

[U.S. Navy @USNavy]

Old Glory 🇺🇸

Sailors raise the battle ensign aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Philippine Sea.

📸 MC2 Jack D. Barnell

#Navy250 #Freedom250

[U.S. Marines @USMC]

#Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit load supplies on MV-22B Osprey with supporting supplies at Hato Airport, Curacao.

At the direction of @Southcom, assigned U.S. military forces are supporting @StateDept-led U.S. disaster assistance to the people of Venezuela in the aftermath of the June 24, 2026, earthquakes.

#MarineCorps #USMC #SemperFi #Support

[EarthSky @earthskyscience]

It's confirmed: solar material released during Tuesday's powerful X1.1 #solarflare is on its way to Earth. That could provide some #auroras to go with any early Independence Day fireworks! Read today's #sun news at: https://t.co/dVTIcoTvEg

📸 NOAA/ GOES.

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

Today is World UFO Day. When Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met at the Geneva Summit in 1985, they discussed the potential threat UFOs posed to global security. They agreed that the U.S. and Soviet Union would unite to fight against UFOs that became hostile.
#WorldUFODay

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

This is real footage from 120 years ago.

None of the people in it knew that the city around them had four days left...

What you are watching is a cable car gliding down Market Street in San Francisco, filmed on the 14th of April, 1906.

The camera was mounted on the front of the car, so you see the city exactly as it was: the crowds, the horse-drawn carriages, the early automobiles weaving through traffic, the men in hats, the great buildings rising on either side. An ordinary spring afternoon in a thriving American city.

Four days later, on the morning of the 18th of April, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck. The shaking lasted under a minute, but it ignited fires that burned through the city for days...

By the time it was over, more than 3,000 people were dead and roughly 80 percent of San Francisco had been destroyed. Almost every building you see in this footage was gone.

And the film itself nearly went with it.

The negative was placed on a train bound for New York on the 17th of April, the day before the earthquake. Had it left a single day later, it would have burned in the fire along with the studio that made it.

This entire moving record of a lost city survives because of one day...

[SPACE.com @SPACEdotcom]

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has released four stunning images of cosmic wonders, depicted in red, white and blue for the America 250 anniversary on July 4. https://t.co/GESvS2hB7M

[MarineTraffic @MarineTraffic]

Strait of Hormuz traffic holds steady amid fragmented routing

The Strait of Hormuz remained open and active on 30 June, with 34 verified crossings recorded, according to #MarineTraffic data. Traffic was evenly split by direction, with 17 crossings each way, and included a broad mix of commercial, energy-linked and support vessels. Route visibility, however, remained fragmented, with vessels using Iranian, Omani, IMO and Dark or Unknown routes.

The pattern points to continued operational flow through the chokepoint, but not yet a settled return to normal routing. Maritime-security concerns also remain elevated, with the IMO incident tracker now listing 49 confirmed regional incidents, including a newly confirmed physical attack on Bochem Marengo.

[National Weather Service @NWS]

“It’s Summer, it’s Hot.” We hear ya, but this is no ordinary heat. Several all-time heat records are likely to be broken across the Eastern U.S. this weekend, with triple-digit heat up and down the East Coast. Stay hydrated, have a cooling plan and #StayCoolforthe4th