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The Genius Move That Sent U-Boats to the Scrap Heap

Commander Pierre de Morsier is living a sailor's worst nightmare. His lone corvette, the Free French FFL Lobelia, stands as the sole shield between a rabid wolfpack of U-boats and Convoy SC-118. Two ...
The New York Times

‘The Boat,’ Despised Floating Jail Near Rikers, Heads for the Scrap Heap

The jail barge, officially called the Vernon C. Bain Center, was a relic of the crack cocaine era. It was notorious even among Rikers Island’s many troubled lockups. On Monday, former detainees and ...