NOTE: This video is from Battleship Wisconsin’s 80th anniversary NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Battleship Wisconsin, one of the ...

“I wanted a change. I went to Germany and decided I liked it,” he said. He served on the USS Wisconsin where he was a storekeeper and firefighter for Turret #2. While he was onboard during ...

A recent study conducted by Johns Hopkins University corroborates the National Transportation Safety Board’s recent call for increased risk assessment on bridges. Conducted in the wake of the ...

"To keep our bridges safe and operational, we want the chances of a collision strong enough to take down the bridge to be less than one in 10,000 in a given year, not one in a 100. One in 100 is ...

They found the risk of a ship collision for many bridges is a lot higher than anyone would want it to be. "We can confirm now with these numbers that this was not a rare event. This is something ...

They found the risk of a ship collision for many bridges is a lot higher than anyone would want it to be. "We can confirm now with these numbers that this was not a rare event. This is something that ...

It was 46 years old at the time of the collision, according to the university. In the D.C. area, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge made the list, with Shields’ team suggesting a significant collision ...

TO DISCUSS HIS NEW RESEARCH ON SHIP COLLISIONS. THE PROBABILITY OF A COLLAPSE DUE TO A SHIP COLLISION SHOULD BE LESS THAN 1 IN 10,000 EACH YEAR. THAT’S THE GUIDANCE ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ...

The group says the annual chances of a bridge collapse stemming from a ship collision “should be less than 1 in 10,000.” However, the unsettling report finds that “some of the busiest ...

Golden Gate Bridge, California. Collision expected once every 481 years. • John A. Blatnik Bridge, Minnesota/Wisconsin. Collision expected once every 634 years. The engineers noted that ...