Some wooden ships, like the USS Constitution, have an incredible history, but that's also true of the largest ever constructed, the SS Wyoming. The Wyoming was a schooner built in 1909 ...

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Before the hulking shapes of the ships were lost to history, there was Capt. James Davidson, who started the Davidson Shipyard in 1873. By 1900, he was building some of the largest wooden ships ...

How did the Chinese shipbuilders construct and operate wooden ships that were 40 percent longer and 65 percent wider than the largest wooden ships known to have been built at any time anywhere else?

M ELAKA: The world's largest traditional Chinese wooden sailing ship, "Fu Ning" will make a second trip to Melaka during the height of the 50th anniversary celebration of diplomatic ties between ...