Thoma-Sea

By Ken Kolb, Special to The Waterways Journal Walter Sons has mastered the art of nearly every shipbuilding skill. From blasting and painting to welding and fitting, he’s done it all. Read More

When fans of the World War II destroyer U.S.S. Kidd hear that the ship is heading to drydock soon for about a year, they sometimes get the wrong impression… Read More

For more than three quarters of a century, the Vicksburg Engineer District’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) has deployed in low-water months anywhere from Cairo, Ill., to Head of… Read More

Somewhere south of Vicksburg, Miss., on the Mississippi River, there’s a crew numbering more than 275 working to do its part in keeping the river on its current course. Read More