Educational film series
Mighty Ships reveals the secret mechanics behind the world’s most sophisticated vessels. Each episode provides unprecedented access to everything above and below deck, from the mechanics of modern sea-going to the human dramas facing seafarers. Whether it’s cargo container ships, ice-breakers or livestock carriers, Mighty Ships is as much about what happens inside the ship as the journey each vessel makes.
Titles in this series
2015 · 46m
This U.S. Navy hospital ship travels from Colombia through the Panama Canal on a mission of mercy to…
2012 · 46m
She's the "Swiss Army Knife" of the US Navy. Recovery of downed aircraft, towing of sunken vessels, or…
2011 · 46m
USNS Robert E. Peary is the supply lifeline to task force (CTF-151) in the hot pirate zone of…
2011 · 46m
She is brand-new and ready for battle. USS Gravely is the newest ship in the US Navy. Before…
2010 · 46m
In the arsenal of the world's most advanced superpower, one weapon is feared the most... the ballistic nuclear…
2012 · 46m
The World's Largest Amphibious Transport Dock. With 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the Twin…
2009 · 46m
The USS Nimitz - a nuclear powered aircraft carrier. A floating city. And the most powerful weapon on…
2013 · 46m
The Wind Surf, a sleek, five-masted luxury sailing yacht, is large enough to pamper and yet small enough…