Steel is scarce. Wood is not an option. And you need a boat now. These wartime circumstances drove innovation in all kinds of crazy directions, and one somewhat less crazy direction — concrete boats.

FORT WALTON BEACH — Frederick G. Hodgson passed away in 1917 at what today seems a tender age of 57, having attained high honors as a U.S. Army officer and earned the undying respect of his peers. "He ...

In February, Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources partnered with TowBoatUS to sink a 52-foot cement boat in the Chesapeake Bay just north of Kent Island’s Love Point. We had some questions about ...