The 959 foot passenger ship Carnival Spirit heads out of Mobile Bay the afternoon of OCT 28th 2025, marking the return of cruising from Mobile. The ship begins a five day cruise of the Western Caribbean with stops planned for Cozumel and Progreso, Mexico. Spirit docked in New Orleans Monday after concluding a sixteen day…
Its final time to be seen in Mobile Bay, LCS 38, or the future USS Pierre, passes Gaillard Island the morning of OCT 10th 2025, while heading to assignment with the US Navy. The 418 foot by 104 foot vessel is the last Independence class variant warship to be built for the Navy by Austal…
๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ: Itโs amazing who you can run into while taking a stroll in a Fairhope park. My interest in looking for an alligator brings me to North Beach park where a woman walks along the edge of the water, looking for the gator, too. We never see the gator but…
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฃ: The SS United States, one of its stacks now removed, sits in Mobile, while preparations continue to turn the ship into an artificial reef off the coast of Destin. The United States has been in Mobile since MAR 3rd, following a 13 day trip, having been…
MSC Tavvishi VI, a 912 foot by 131 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads into the port of Mobile MAY 7th 2025. With a draught of nearly 45 feet, the ship moves at 11 mph while finishing a 25 day voyage that began APR 12th from Busan New Port, Korea. According…
A US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon crew flies over Fairhope several times MAY 4th 2025 while practicing touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. Based out of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, the Poseidon is a maritime patrol aircraft used for anti-submarine warfare, intelligence and reconnaissance. Also available for search and rescue, Poseidons can drop and…
๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐: Its three 72 foot high eSAILs plainly visible, Ville de Bordeaux, a 505 foot by 78 foot Ro-ro cargo ship sailing under the flag of France, passes Gaillard Island on its way out of Mobile Bay Tuesday afternoon. Moving at 17 mph, the ship heads back to Europe after delivering…
APL Danube, a 984 foot by 158 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, heads out of Mobile Bay Monday evening, beginning a two day voyage to New Orleans. With a draught of 39 feet, the ship moves at 14 mph. According to ship manifests, APL Danube is loaded with tires, air conditioning…
๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ: Edelweiss, a 750 foot by 105 foot bulk carrier sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads out of Mobile Bay APR 13 2025. Moving at 11 mph, the ship reports a draught of just under 45 feet as it begins a…
๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ: USS Pierre, a Littoral Combat Ship built by Austal USA in Mobile, heads into port Wednesday afternoon after undergoing Builderโs trials. LCS 38, as itโs also known, underwent christening in May and is the last ship in the Navyโs Independence-variant LCS program. Pierre will be deployed to the Pacific fleet…