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Example of what a weather page might look like when transcribing the last line of data:
Page link (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol021of055/vol021of055_006_0.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img199/1433/823d.JPG)
Example of what an events page might look like after the data has been transcribed:
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(http://imageshack.us/a/img534/4817/0xpn.jpg)
The date is required.
You may transcribe more or less other information than is shown here.
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Looks like an easy standard log and looks like it will be fun.
I tested the first 5 pages I did for testing so far have had :
One in double irons for smuggling liqour on board.
One discharge bad conduct.
One deserter
and twice sent out a search party for men drowned.
Short comments on Misc page should be an easy ship to do.
Back to Concord now with its long comments. %^(
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Albatross 1890.
They really look out for their crew.
Everyday between 1 Jan 1890 and up to at least 5 Jan 1890 where I finished with the ship.
"Party with steam launch left ship to search for bodied of men lost on Dec 23rd."
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Mare Island area maps:
Modern map with Mare Island pinpointed. (http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/usaname.php?uni=2512427&fid=usageo_2089)
Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection: Detailed map of Mare Island and Vallejo. 1886 (http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/T01825-00-1886)
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: San Francisco and vicinity.
1915
(http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~31108~1150461:San-Francisco-and-vicinity,-Califor?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=w4s:/when/1915;q:alameda;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=0&trs=1)
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Oh no - it's another one of those laughter comments! You know -
sounds innocent, but viewed in a humorous way it's very funny indeed.
Here's the page:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol021of055/vol021of055_183_1.jpg
And here we go:
"A
large school of Walrus on and near the beach." So I picture a bunch of
sensible walrus sitting nicely at their desks learning their times
table, and a few surly troublesome walrus teenagers sat near the beach
refusing to do anything.
Wonderful! ;D ;D
It's a Thursday and, interestingly, I note that they put out fishing lines and nets later on - fish for Friday? :D
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mborgb, Ladyinred, and mjhale
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:D
Oh
no - it's another one of those laughter comments! You know -
sounds innocent, but viewed in a humorous way it's very funny indeed.
Here's the page:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol021of055/vol021of055_183_1.jpg
And here we go:
"A
large school of Walrus on and near the beach." So I picture a bunch of
sensible walrus sitting nicely at their desks learning their times
table, and a few surly troublesome walrus teenagers sat near the beach
refusing to do anything.
Wonderful! ;D ;D
It's a Thursday and, interestingly, I note that they put out fishing lines and nets later on - fish for Friday? :D
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol022of055/vol022of055_009_1.jpg
July 4'th 1890
"At 8:00 dressed ship with masthead flags."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well to quote the famous song of the day...
'And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea! '
:) ;) :) ;)
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:D
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Found a coalmine!
and stood into the anchorage of the coalmine
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol022of055/vol022of055_028_1.jpg
after a quick google search, I found this:
from: Bulletin : United States Geological Survey, Volumes 467-469
Herendeen
Bay coal field. - The presence of coal in the Herendeen Bay region has
been known for a number of years. Several attempts have been made
toward its development, but little coal has yet been minded. The
first exploitation of the field was undertaken in 1880 by a corporation
known as the Alaska Mining and Development Co. Two drifts were
run, one about 200 feet, the other about 300 feet in length, on a coal
bed of 4 feet average thickness. The coal was brought to the water
front by a steam motor on a small tramway, and several hundred tones
were taken out in 1890, of which amount the U.S.S. Albatross
used between 200 and 300 tons. At the time there was no immediate
market for the coal, as the Western States and Territories were fully
supplied from the Washington and Vancouver mines. The field was
therefore abandoned...
http://books.google.com/books?id=4BolAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP12&lpg=PP12&dq=herendeen+bay+coal+mine&source=bl&ots=VpEdQm_7Zl&sig=tLTk5Nr9JHVfY6dczdH6vn37vug&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XEJhUtT3EeT52AWSrYFQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=herendeen%20bay%20coal%20mine&f=false
The area is now part of the Alaska Peninsula Wildlife Refuge.
;D
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Jamoni and Punx
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P.S. Are you a Mercedes Lackey fan?
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Nice to see some friendly competition for the Captains position. ;D
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Twice. ;D
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Oops! ;D
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* Piping aboard Captain A.Sky *
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Hi everyone,
My log pages ended up skipping right over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and I had been/still am curious---
what did the logbook say about how they noted or celebrated?
Many Thanks ( and congrats to the new captains!)
-holly
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Can you give me the jpeg link for the page close to Christmas?
It is possible to cheat and walk your way to see neighboring pages in
the same book. ;)
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3489.msg62863#msg62863
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24 Dec.
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25 Dec.
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I've noted before, the official logs of holidays tend to be like the
official records of Christmas parties on a factory floor.
Everyone keeps the party civilized enough to do no damage, and the
management intentionally ignores the invasion of sweets and lack of
production. A quiet log with nothing at all noted on Christmas day
means they were having a quiet holiday, maintaining only those duties
necessary to safety.
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p3nguin53
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Thanks! I worked thru a bunch of pages today . Wanted to
see if my name would show on the top 12 page right away or if it
happened thru an overnight process. Glad to see it happens
immediately.
I'm getting better at interpreting the handwriting
so that speeds things up. Plus my keyboard has a separate numeric
keypad. That helps a lot with the weather pages.
Karen
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sshelson
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I am working on this page from Feb 13, 1894. At 8 am to Mer.
it mentions 2 sailors that were left in Alaska on Sept 18, 1893.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_049_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_049_1.jpg)
I
tried to look back at that log date to see why they left them in Alaska
but vol022 covers 1890. Are the Albatross logs from 1891-1893
available for us to look at? If so, what's the correct URL for
them?
Also, I'm not sure what the word is following Sitka,
Alaska. It looks like Terry. Ferry makes more sense but it
doesn't look like an F to me. Any idea what it is?
Karen
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Apparently, no they are not there.
There are 2
problems with the book order: First, we can't see what is where
for sure until someone starts transcribing it and gives us an url for
that year. Second, the scanners are not just scanning for us, they
are making archive-quality scans for NARA (National Archives and
Records Admin.) They start with the books all in order, but when
they find a book that is deteriorating, they pull it out and sent it to
conservationists for repair - who send it back for scanning when it is
safe to handle. The book number is counting scanning order, not
content order.
So I don't know if those years were skipped, but I
suspect they are just out of order. Part of the pain of handling
150 year old paper that started out subject to the conditions of sea
voyages.
The good news is, scans and transcriptions (edited and cleaned up) will eventually by online to the public together. :)
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Thanks for the info.
I looked all the way thru vol040 and
couldn't find 1891-1893. I also found that vol038 covers the
beginning of 1901 and then vol039 jumps to 1904. So more missing
years.
An ideas on my mystery word - Terry vs Ferry (or is it something else)?
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Ferry. "From" and that "Ferry" start the same shape.
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OK, thanks. Moving on to more pages!
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Any time. :)
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24 Dec.
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25 Dec.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol022of055/vol022of055_184_0.jpg
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol022of055/vol022of055_184_1.jpg
Thanks so very much for these and for Janet's explanations.
I also wondered at the missing years...glad to see it being talked about.
You all are amazing.
:)
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Our transcribers are amazing ;D
Keep asking questions, and if you find something interesting don't hesitate to post it here!
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I came across an odd 25 degree temperature spike between 2pm and 3
pm on Jan 26, 1894 while the ship was anchored in San Diego. Temp
jumped from 57 to 82 then 81, and then down to 61. Wind had
changed from W to NW when it got hotter.
There were no comments
about the jump on the Misc. Events page but there were check marks next
to the 82 and 81 temps. So I guess they thought it seemed odd
too. I haven't seen a big temp spike like that on any of my other
pages. Is it normal for the temp to jump that much in San Diego
during winter?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_031_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_031_0.jpg)
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I'd of thought that never happened, except two
thermometers made the jump up and back - dry bulb and wet bulb.
It will definitely catch the eye of the analyst team. ;)
But then I've never lived anywhere on the west coast. We need to hear from a native.
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I wonder if it were the Santa Ana winds
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Aren't those always coming from the mountains in the east? and
strong? while these are from the NW at strength 1. ???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_wind
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FYI. I came across a log page with an incorrect year - 1893
should be 1894. Transcribed it as written: 09/03/1893
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_073_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_073_1.jpg)
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An unusual mistake for that late in the year, that usually happens
in January. Makes you wonder what the log keeper was thinking
about.
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I remember one with the wrong year in the middle of the year --- the location was "At Sea".
I guess the log keeper was too ;)
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I am about to transcribe my first refueling.
On March 20th there is refueling info on the Misc. Events page.
On March 21st the same refueling numbers also show on the Weather page as a plus amount in the coal section.
Do I transcribe this info onto a Refueling tab for both pages? Or should I just transcribe it once but for which page?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_084_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_084_1.jpg)
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_085_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_085_0.jpg)
Karen
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It came in after the noon readings had been filled in - all of those
usages of all kinds are always calculated noon to noon (a.k.a. a naval
day). I'd treat it as an event in the comments, and a number in
the refueling tab in the noon readings.
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So I will transcribe the right-hand page info for the 20th as an
Event. And then transcribe the left-hand page info for the 21st as
a Refueling. Then the Refueling numbers will not be duplicated.
Let me know if I misunderstood your instructions.
Another
question - I was looking ahead and noticed mentions of seagulls.
Are they supposed to be transcribed on to the Animals tab or do we
ignore mentions of birds?
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You have the fuel understood perfectly.
Birds are definitely
included - Kevin is using animals in the environment to interpret more
about the climate, and birds are wonderful way-signs.
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OK. Thanks for the replies.
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I had a Misc. Events page with Animal mentions in several time
slots. I only transcribed the 1st occurrence for each unique
animal as shown in bold below.
A few porpoises and numerous gulls about ship.
Noticed ducks and gulls.
Numerous gulls about ship.
Noticed gulls flying about the ship.
Large schools of fish about the ship and water very phosphorescent. (I also transcribed this sentence as an Event)
Is that correct or should I transcribe a separate Animal tab for each occurrence even if they are duplicates?
I
assume if a specific animal mention is repeated but the counts are
different that I should create separate entries in that case.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_092_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_092_1.jpg)
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This more of follow your intuition. I don't know for sure. I will ask Kevin, if he has preferences.
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Aside from the prime directive - transcribe what interests you - I would suggest the following rules of thumb for animals:
- try to get the number of entries for the day down (as in gulls, three times, at times 1, 2, 3...)
- if the person writing seems to have special knowledge - as in writes "Ross's Gull" or "Snowy Owl"
- is it described as unusual?
- if the ship is in the Arctic, more detail is good especially seals, walrus, bears & whales
By
the way, it is not unusual for both land and sea birds to get on board
ship to rest. I've been on ship's with entire avian ecosystems - small
finches hiding under deck boxes while peregrines peer down from the
masts. Once an entire flock of cattle egrets living in the engine room
(chief engineer was a softy even though he was a 6'4 Viking).
That
struck-out comment of Kevin violates the TWYS rule, so I'm fine with
not recording detailed contexts every time but they should be individual
entries.
If the same comment on gulls or whatever seems to be
repeated with minor changes, don't be afraid to use Windows notepad to
copy/paste comments from. Does this answer your question?
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I do quite a bit of copy/paste with Notepad. ;D
Firefox is also helpful for this sort of thing. ;)
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Creating separate entries for each mention is fine. Should I
include the time spotted in the Number of Animals field as Kevin is
suggesting?
For example:
Type of Animal: porpoises Number of Animals: a few at time 4-8am
Type of Animal: gulls Number of Animals: numerous at time 4-8am
Type of Animal: ducks Number of Animals: at time 8-Mer
Type of Animal: gulls Number of Animals: at time 8-Mer
Type of Animal: gulls Number of Animals: numerous at time 4-6pm
Type of Animal: gulls Number of Animals: at time 6-8pm
Type of Animal: fish Number of Animals: large schools at time 8pm-Mid
Or should I transcribe as shown above but omit the 'at time...' info?
Edited on 12/12 to indicate PTB decided the 'at time ...' should not be included. TWYS :)
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He seems to value the time, so he knows when they are out and about. I'd include it.
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OK. Thanks for the feedback.
Karen
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I had asked Philip about adding times to the text for people and
ships earlier. He had some reservations about that where it violated our
Type What You See policy.
Your
question about whether or not to add the time to an entry is tricky. We
should be able to infer it from the page position, but having an
explicit time would certainly be a gain. Lets stick to TWYS for the
moment (no general times, but if it says "Keelhauled seaman Jones at
11:06 a.m." by all means put in that exact phrase).
In the Number of Animals field, the time might be incorrectly processed as the number of animals.
We need an additional info field ;)
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Janet/Randi,
You have given me conflicting instructions
(based on feedback from Kevin and Philip) regarding including the time
for animal sitings. Should I include the time in Number of Animals
or omit it?
Karen
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We know we (and they) are conflicted, and have written both Kevin
and Philip asking for a joint answer. The soonest we expect an
answer would be tomorrow - morning in Seattle, US, (Kevin) and afternoon
in Oxford, UK, (Philip). The timing we have to live with when
working on a global project. ;)
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Thanks for checking on this for me. I've only encountered 2
pages so far with animal mentions. So it will be easy to fix
depending on what they decide. I'll check back tomorrow. :)
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I came across the following statement squeezed in at the end of the April 12, 1894 From 8am to Meridian entry:
"By
order of the President of the United States, this vessel was
temporarily transferred from the Fish Commission to the Navy
Department."
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_107_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_107_1.jpg)
I couldn't figure out why they were transferred because there was no mention of it on these history pages:
http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-USNShipsList.htm#Albatross
(http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-USNShipsList.htm#Albatross)
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a5/albatross-ii.htm (http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a5/albatross-ii.htm)
They
dropped the 'F.C.' designation in the ship name in the heading starting
on that date. Is there another resource that would explain the
reason for the transfer?
Janet/Randi:
Have you heard anything
back from Keven and Philip on including the time for Animal
Mentions? The Albatross is getting ready to go back to sea so I
expect to encounter more animals soon. If there is no decision I
plan to revert back to TWYS and omit the time.
Thanks,
Karen
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Janet repeated the question this morning ;)
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To clarify (and unless Philip has a different idea) I would not
change what has been longstanding practice regarding time that is not
otherwise part of the entry itself.
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To
clarify (and unless Philip has a different idea) I would not change
what has been longstanding practice regarding time that is not otherwise
part of the entry itself.
Understood; so list the animals and numbers, without further comment, and repeat if seen more than once.
Thanks.
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So I will continue transcribing each animal mention but omit the 'at
time ...' info. I only have 2 pages to correct so that's
OK. :)
I will go back and edit my earlier post
about this so someone only reading part of our conversation isn't
misled on what to do with multiple animal mentions.
Do you have
any ideas on where to find more info regarding the transfer of the
Albatross to the Navy on April 12, 1894 that I noted above?
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I can only suspect that the connection between the Fisheries
Commission and the Navy is somewhat fluid. Earlier in her career,
the histories agree she was on a naval mission that had nothing to do
with fish, and then for the Revenue Cutter Service (aka Coast Guard).
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a5/albatross-ii.htm
Over
the next few months, Albatross operated out of San Francisco. Placed
under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, she plied the Pacific
between the west coast of the United States and the Hawaiian Islands,
working towards determining "a practicable route for a telegraphic
cable" between San Francisco and Honolulu. During the course of this
hydrographic work (which took place between 9 October 1891 and 16
January 1892), Albatross also made a few dredge hauls and took some
plankton samples.
Next, temporarily assigned to the Revenue
Marine Division of the Secretary of the Treasury, Albatross departed
San Francisco on 19 March 1892, bound for Unalaska, Alaska, the Bering
Sea and the Aleutian Islands, to conduct fur seal investigations and
gather ". . . information on questions at issue between the United
States and Great Britain." Among her special passengers on this cruise
were a resident naturalist, a fishery expert, a special agent of the
United States Treasury, and two seal hunters, one of whom was an
"interpreter of Chinook jargon." In July 1892, however, leaky boilers
compelled the steamer to transfer the fishery expert and one seal hunter
to the revenue cutter Corurin, and the resident naturalist and the
other hunter to the revenue cutter Rush, to carry out what remained of
Albatross' assignment as she began her return to San Francisco for
repairs. En route, despite being hampered by steaming on one hastily
repaired boiler, she brought in a confiscated sailing schooner to Sitka,
Alaska, on 11 August and, while there, steamed out to sea and rescued
the drifting whaling bark Lydia.
In
April 1894, no record is anywhere I can find that indicated another
agency shift. Maybe I should inform the Navy that we found new
historic info in her logs? ;)
Albatross
sailed from her home port on 14 April, bound for the Pacific northwest
and, from 19 April to 5 May, assisted in the investigation of seal and
salmon fisheries in the Puget Sound region. During this period, on 1
May, Lt. Cpmdr. F. J. Drake relieved Lt. Comdr. Tanner, who had been in
continuous command of the research vessel since she had been first
commissioned.
Into the autumn of 1894, the marine research
vessel alternately patrolled the Bering Sea and operated in the western
Aleutians, as her embarked resident naturalist, fishery expert, and
scientific assistant studied the fishing grounds of that region and the
"pelagic habits of the fur seals and their rookeries on the Pribilof
Islands." Then, her mission completed, she returned to San Francisco on
17 October 1894.
For sure, both Tanner and F.J.Drake are on the list of Naval officers: http://www.history.navy.mil/books/callahan/index.htm
Drake, Franklin J.
Midshipman,
23 February, 1863. Graduated 2 June, 1868. Ensign, 19 April, 1869.
Master, 12 July, 1870. Lieutenant, 15 November, 1872. Lieutenant
Commander, 1 October, 1893. Commander, 3 March, 1899.
Tanner, Zera L.
Acting
Ensign, 18 August, 1862. Acting Master, 29 September, 1864. Ensign, 12
March, 1868. Master, 18 December, 1868. Lieutenant, 21 March, 1870.
Lieutenant Commander, 22 February, 1883. Commander, 7 February, 1893.
Retired List, 5 December, 1897.
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I looked ahead in the logs and found that on Oct 20, 1894 they added
the 'F.C.' designation back in the ship name in the heading. It
was inserted above the line for a few days like a correction and then
written on the line as usual after that. But there was no mention
in the surrounding days about being transferred back to the Fish
Commission.
That was shortly after they returned to
San Francisco. So the reason for the transfer is still a mystery
but it lasted from April 12th til Oct 20th.
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Unlike the earlier stay with the navy, this time she kept on
counting fish and wildlife. Just maybe someone thought the navy
should expand their list of duties, but trying it proved them
wrong. ???
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Karen, do you have the jpeg links for the April 12, 1894 and Oct.
20, 1894? I'd like to inform the US Navy they had a ship they
apparently don't know about. ;)
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Here is the April 12th page that showed they transferred to the Navy. See note at end of the 8am to Mer. entry.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_107_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_107_1.jpg)
And
here is the 1st page that has the 'F.C.' designation back in the
heading. The corresponding Misc. Events page is dated Oct 20.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol024of055/vol024of055_117_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol024of055/vol024of055_117_0.jpg)
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Thanks. :)
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I transcribed this transfer as a Ship Mention:
Type of Mention: Ship
Name: Albatross
Context:
By order of the President of the United States, this vessel was
temporarily transferred from the Fish Commission to the Navy Department.
I
debated between 'Albatross' and 'this vessel' for the Name field.
I know 'this vessel' is TWYS but I thought 'Albatross' made more sense
in case the transcription entry is looked at or used outside of the
context of the page.
Is this OK or should I transcribe this differently?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_107_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_107_1.jpg)
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Albtross is the name, from the heading. The full statement would be the context.
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OK, thanks.
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As far as naval officers: Albatross "is a Navy-manned vessel assigned to the United States Fish Commission."
I don't know if this could be it:
Following
yard work at Mare Island which lasted into the spring of 1893,
Albatross returned to Aleutian waters and resumed her duties in
connection with the Alaskan fur seal and fishery investigations. In
addition, she carried out patrols as part of the United States naval
force in the Bering Sea. Returning to San Francisco at the end of
September 1893, the ship departed that port on 2 January 1894, and
conducted a biological survey of San Diego Bay before returning to San
Francisco on 30 March.
Albatross sailed from her home port on 14
April, bound for the Pacific northwest and, from 19 April to 5 May,
assisted in the investigation of seal and salmon fisheries in the Puget
Sound region. During this period, on 1 May, Lt. Cpmdr. F. J. Drake
relieved Lt. Comdr. Tanner, who had been in continuous command of the
research vessel since she had been first commissioned.
Into the
autumn of 1894, the marine research vessel alternately patrolled the
Bering Sea and operated in the western Aleutians, as her embarked
resident naturalist, fishery expert, and scientific assistant studied
the fishing grounds of that region and the "pelagic habits of the fur
seals and their rookeries on the Pribilof Islands." Then, her mission
completed, she returned to San Francisco on 17 October 1894.
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a5/albatross-ii.htm
(from: Albatross -- Reference: Transcription Example and Log
Description ;))
Mentions | Ship is fine, but since it is about the Albatross herself, you could also do it simply as:
Events = By
order of the President of the United States, this vessel was
temporarily transferred from the Fish Commission to the Navy Department.
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p3nguin53 passes the 2000 mark!
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Randi,
The Albatross transfer seemed like a very important
entry and I was originally going to transcribe it as an Event. But
then I couldn't find a mention of it on the ship's danfs history page
even though other transfers/reassignments were mentioned. I
decided transcribing it as a Mention with the ship's name would give it
more visibility since there are fewer Mentions compared to the number of
Events.
Thanks for the fanfare on me passing 2000. I'm
getting closer to my captain. The numbers for the rest of the top
12 crew aren't changing. Am I the only one working on this ship
right now? I'm feeling kind of lonely ;)
Karen
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Karen,
One way to attract more active crew is to keep the forum
informed of interesting things and let them see the beautiful clear
handwriting in Albatross's logs. I've sent a post to the NARA
archivist who is officially working with us, to ask how to inform the
Navy about the missing shift of command in her official history.
:)
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I've only used Mention | Ship for ships other than my own, but you have a good point about visibility.
You could always transcribe it both ways to be safe ;D
In any case, it is well documented here!
As
Janet says, do contribute any interesting tidbits that you find to this
topic or elsewhere in the forum if that seems appropriate. Don't forget
that there is a corresponding Crew topic: Albatross (1890) -- Crew Lists (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3962.0)
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Randi,
I looked at the Crew List for the Yorktown and saw the
more detailed crew lists. I didn't think to post in the Albatross
Crew List thread since no one had posted there after your initial
Officer list. It makes sense to expand on your list since the
names are often difficult to figure out.
I'll go back and
find the names that I've come across and add them to the Crew List
thread. That will give me a chance to check out the entries that I
transcribed for one sailor who got into trouble quite often.
:)
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You can make it as simple or as complex as you want ;D
(good night ;))
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Kevin came up with a reason for the 6 month stint of working for the Navy and Revenue Cutter Service in 1894:
The reason being the need for law enforcement powers (esp. international) which was likely not part of the FC remit. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Sea_Arbitration
- Kevin
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That makes sense. I wondered if it might be a budget thing;
the Navy picked up the tab until the FC had more money.
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It will be interesting to see if their logs indicate they were
enforcing sealing restrictions during their time at sea that
summer. They're getting ready to head out soon. Finally done
with dry dock and leaving Mare Island!
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It was an interesting split - the Navy has oomph internationally,
and the Coast Guard (Revenue Service) has full domestic police powers.
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Orthalionar
welcome back !
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I spotted an interesting log entry on April 20, 1894 while the ship was in Port Townsend, Wash.:
"Seal Hunter James E. Lennon reported on board for duty."
Wonder if his duties are related to enforcement of the sealing regulations discussed in the link provided above by Kevin.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_115_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_115_1.jpg)
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Thanks for the fanfare but I am stopped at that number for
now. I can't transcribe any more Albatross pages until my problem
with being given old pages to transcribe again is resolved.
See
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3936.msg79274#msg79274
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3936.msg79274#msg79274)
and prior posts over there for the issue.
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Yes, we have passed that on :'(
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The Albatross has 3 new crew members. So my problem with being
given old pages to transcribe again is starting to creep forward.
I originally had this old page to transcribe:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_060_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_060_0.jpg)
Now it is giving me this old page to transcribe:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_061_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_061_0.jpg)
Both of these pages are already in my 'My Pages' list.
I didn't mention this before but the last good page that I transcribed was:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_120_0.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_120_0.jpg)
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I suggest you vacation on a different ship until the PTB straighten
this mess out. Not a solution but maybe a stop-gap.
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Thanks, Karen.
I have passed your comment on to the programming team since it might give them a clue to what is wrong.
(and serve as a reminder ;))
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I just checked my next page to transcribe and I am now given:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_120_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_120_1.jpg)
Yippee!!! Looks like my pointer problem is fixed. Many thanks to the tech staff!
Karen
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I'll pass on your thanks. ;D
ADDED: Got a
reply from Stuart (chief software PTB) the crossed the thanks for the
fix I sent him. His remark on cookies might be helpful.
Hey guys
I
just pushed what I think should be a fix for this problem. Please let
me know if you still have issues with it and sorry it took me so long to
realize the original problem had yet to be resolved.
It might
be worth clearing your browsers cookies for old weather as well just to
make sure things go smoothly with the new code.
Thanks and happy new year to everyone.
Stuart
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I transcribed that page OK before I saw your note about clearing my
cookies. Just cleared them out now. It gave me the correct
next page to transcribe so it's working OK for me.
Now I just need to get used to their handwriting again after my break from transcribing. :)
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;D
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I have to get used to not skipping over Attached Thermometer again on the Jamestown 1879. It will take some time. ;D
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kmarchuk
welcome to the top 12 !
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Wow, that was fast ;)
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Finally made it to the top of the list as Captain!
I've
been taking a break the last couple of days. While I was off it
looks like the Albatross picked up some new crew members. That's
good - now it won't be so lonely over here. ;D
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;D
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In the Transcription Examples, it says we don't have to transcribe
additional mentions of Places. What about multiple mentions of the
same ship on one page? I am working on a page that mentions the
'Mohican' seven times.
For example, the 8 am to Meridian watch has the following mentions:
Standing after 'Mohican' ...
At 11.50 ... following 'Mohican'.
At 9.25 'Mohican' signalled ...
Do
I need to transcribe each of these mentions as a Ship Mention? Or
can I transcribe just one Ship Mention and then either skip the rest or
transcribe the rest as Events?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_142_1.jpg
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol023of055/vol023of055_142_1.jpg)
Karen
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Rules for the comments page are very relaxed, not like the weather
data. We have been strongly encouraged to not combine two or more
names on a single mentions tab, but we have never been required to tab
places or ships more than once.
Using the Mentions or Location
tabs in the comments is to provide a search index for the online scanned
pictures. As long as you have tabbed it once, it should be
OK. Especially if you are transcribing the paragraph as an
event. Especially since it's all optional anyway. ;)
Animals
and sea ice are a bit different - Kevin is using those tabs to count
sightings, not days. Again, it is optional. But any and all
descriptions and counts you include will get used.
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Thanks for the answer. I've been transcribing each mention
separately as you described so I'm doing it OK. But this page got a
little overwhelming since they're following the Mohican and therefore
keep mentioning that ship.
It's good to hear I can slack off a little on this page and still provide the needed info.
Karen
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As Janet says, transcribing the comments page is fairly relaxed.
I
try to do each person and each ship once with its own box - using the
most interesting event on the page. If there is more than one
interesting event for a person or ship I usually do an additional box to
be sure it will not be missed.
I tend to be a little bit more
generous with place names - especially when there is no lat/long
information - but if the same place is mentioned many times I only do a
few of them (spread over time and/or clearest description of position).
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kmarchuk passes the 1000 mark!
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DavidErskine passes the 500 mark!
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There
are also 2600 photos taken of/on the Albatross (and many of the revenue
cutters, officers and men) in the still pictures branch of the National
Archives and in the Anchorage regional branch. If someone happens to be
in the DC area or Anchorage and would like to experience a different
sort of action on OW send me a PM.
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Came across my first mention of the Sigsbee Sounding Machine.
Neat bit of kit.
Sigsbee Sounding Machine (http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/history/breakthru/media/11_sigsbee_diagram.html)
(sure beats swinging the lead.)
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It is mentioned in the Albatross Reference topic ;D
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:-[
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DavidErskine
Welcome back !
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kmarchuk
Welcome back !
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listritz
Welcome back !
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Zovacor
welcome to the top 12 !
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listritz
Welcome back !
(again ;D)
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ravendrop
welcome to the top 12 !
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ravendrop passes the 1000 mark!
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ravendrop passes the 3000 mark!
WOW!
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ravendrop passes the 5000 mark!
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kmarchuk passes the 6000 mark!
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Great work you two!
I hope you will join the forum family and share any interesting finds with us - and don't hesitate to ask questions ;)
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DavidErskine
Welcome back !
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bjoret
welcome to the top 12 !
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Ravendrop
Welcome back !
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bjoret passes the 1000 mark!
Welcome back!
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...
I
know from our assigned archivist that the Smithsonian definitely wants
our completed logs to be linked to both its specimen collection and
these Field Note Logbooks
(http://www.biodiversityheritagelibrary.org/subject/Marine%20biology#/titles).
Another case of a different science than climatology valuing our work
quite highly. ;)
Mark
said, "That [Albatross] is the ship the Smithsonian wants to link up
with, they still have the specimens and want the logs connected.
Can you get them soon?" 8)
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May 1895 and the ship has just set off on another cruise. The logs have a lot of interesting detail.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol025of055/vol025of055_149_1.jpg
Observed 1 Goney, 1 Duck, 2 Whales and several Vellella
and later that day
Passed
a school of Whales, 3 Sea Lions, 2 Fur seals, Several Gonies,
guillemots, sea parrots, and ducks, a large number of fulmar, and a
great quantity of Vellella
Gonies are an old name for albatross. Vellella is a small blue jellyfish with a sail.
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What a fertile and busy waterway.
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That should bring joy to the science team!
I hardly ever have animals to report :'(
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The next day...
More sightings and at night
10.30 a stormy petrel flew on board and was captured
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol025of055/vol025of055_150_1.jpg
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A report in the San Francisco Call 29/5/1895 on its current cruise
ARRIVES AT PORT TOWNSEND.
The Albatross Awaiting Final Orders Before Proceeding North.
PORT
TOWNSEND, Wash., May 28.? The United States fish commission steamer
Albatross, Lieutenant Commander Drake, arrived this evening and -will
await final instructions from the Treasury Department to Captain Hooper
before proceeding north to join the Bering Sea patrol, upon which it has
been specially detailed, owing to the officers' familiarity with the
Alaska coast, secured through extensive cruising in that section in the
interest of science in past years. Aboard the Albatross are Professors
True and Prentiss, representatives of the Smithsonian Institution, who
are going north to study the habits of seals while breeding and collect
some of the curious mammals which abound in that country. Other
passengers aboard are Professors Townsend, Alexander and Miller of the
United States Fish Commission, detailed to make an inspection of cod and
other fishing industries, upon which will be based the anticipated
concerted protection to be extended next Season. The Albatross will Sail
Thursday morning.
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8) 8)
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30th May 1895
Throughout the watch, a pup sea lion was swimming
around the ship: occassionally climbing in the steam launch, and dinghy:
which are secured respectively at the starboard and port lower booms.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol025of055/vol025of055_156_1.jpg
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It sounds like even the watch keeper got a kick out of that ;)
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Definitely a fun break from the usual, having a sweet baby entertaining you.
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Oh that's pretty cute! :D :D :D
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Hurlock
welcome to the top 12 !
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Hurlock passes the 1000 mark!
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Albatross multi-tasking! Well done Hurlock! :D :D :D
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The weekend just flies by with the Albatross ;D
The 180th Meridian was crossed at 7am and the date changed from Saturday June 29th to Sunday June 30th
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol025of055/vol025of055_186_1.jpg
Both
dates on the log page. This is the last page of the log
book. No entries in any of the lists at the back of the
book. The next log book continues at the next day of the voyage.
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:P
Well, it would:
Albatrosses
are highly efficient in the air, using dynamic soaring and slope
soaring to cover great distances with little exertion.
;D
Please transcribe both dates - I suspect you have already so ;)
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Wow! That's exciting! I never crossed the dateline before (in the logs or for real ;) ) :D
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I have got a bit stuck on this page - The 8am to Meridian paragraph.
3rd july 1895 in Nikolski Bay, Bering Island
Boarding Officer came on board from H.R.I.M.S. Jakut: sent Officer to return the call.
No record of a ship this name. Possibly Russian.
In the anchorage bearings
Ukhod~ Pt possibly Ukhodne
Nothing I can see even close to this name in maps or alaska place name lists
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_008_1.jpg
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I found an incredible map of the Komandorski Islands in Wiki Commons - the only one that actually names features. :)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Txu-oclc-6654394-nn-58-3rd-ed.jpg
Bless the Army Corps of Engineers and their love of detail. :)
I think your bearings point is Mys Vkhodnoy
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Also called Vkhodni Point http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4252895&fid=5530&c=russia
Pretty close to your reading!
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http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/russianv.shtml
Kishinoff
1910 ex- Jakut, 1912 purchased from
Russian East Asiatic SS Co., Libau renamed Kishinoff, 1922 under Soviet
control, 1925 transferred to Sovtorgflot, U.S.S.R, renamed Pamiat
Lenina, 1927 seized by Chinese gunboat and sunk as blockship at Pukou.
:-\
Russian Volunteer Fleet - http://www.gwpda.org/naval/rusvolfl.htm
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Lovely map. Thanks for the help.
I had not given much thought
that a word might start with Vkh :o. I had considered it might be a
shortened name beginning V. and also tried variations starting Oo or
Yu.
I will transcribe it as Vkhodni Pt and move on.
The
ship was confirmed the next day as Russian and Jakut. Would the
HRIMS prefix be His Russian (maybe royal) Imperial Majesties Ship.
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I tried googling. Russian ships have never used such a prefix
on their navy ships internally, starting from 1696 to today. So it
is whatever your log keeper thought the Russians should be using I
guess.
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A rethink on that map I found. I'm thinking what there is of
it should be in our Geographic Help. The index of all maps is at
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/imw/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Map_of_the_World
The
International Map of the World (called the Millionth Map after its
scale of 1:1000000) was a project begun in 1913 to create a complete map
of the world according to internationally agreed standards. Roads were
depicted in red, towns and railways were depicted in black, and the
labels were written in the Roman alphabet.[1]
The Central Bureau
of the Map of the World was established at the Ordnance Survey in
London. After the Second World War, the United Nations took over the
project, and interest waned. Only 800 to 1,000 of 2,500 planned maps
were completed.
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Russian here! ;)
Kishinoff 1910 ex- Jakut, 1912 purchased from Russian East
Yep, It isn't the same ship. I've found at least 4 ships with name "Якут" ("Jakut"):
1) steamer https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82_%28%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%29
Of course it's not what you are looking for (was built in 1920)
2) aka "Kishinoff", that you have already found. It's not right boat too, because it was built in 1910 in Copenhagen.
http://anrai.ru/korabli/node/18.htm
3)
mail-boat (1890-1927) Photo
(http://u.jimdo.com/www400/o/s3726f4fc9675ca64/img/i7a04ad3293ffd8ba/1349358281/std/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82.jpg)
Here
you can find some history of this ship
(http://www.yakutskhistory.net/%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82-%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8/)
(in russian, sorry), if you type word "Якут" in searchbar
And
here some tech info and history
(http://www.yakutskhistory.net/%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82-%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82/)
(search by word "ЯКУТ", it's at the end of article).
I think it's not what you are looking for. It sailed mostly on the Lena River.
4) Aviso (1892-1917) http://www.rusarchives.ru/guide/rgavmf/1201-1250.shtml#1241
I dont know why "1917" there. This ship was in use after 1917 (long story about Russian Civil War...)
http://i60.fastpic.ru/thumb/2013/0925/eb/21bc8608fab57e15b78d303c2fdc23eb.jpeg
I think it is the right ship.
Aaaaand some text in russian about various ships "Jakut" :)
http://vif2ne.ru/forum/0/arhprint/2319591
The first ship mentioned there is the aviso (with photo!).
"Использовался
в качестве транспорта, посыльного и гидрографического судна и для
охраны промыслов" - was used as a transport, aviso, hydrographic ship
and for patrolling.
>Russian ships have never used such a prefix on their navy ships internally, starting from 1696 to today
Yep, "HMS" is british thing, not russian :)
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Thanks!
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Lovely. Someone among us who understands Russian while we are in the Bering Sea. Thanks. :)
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Gosh d0cent! It's great having your Russian talents on board :D I
found it really hard managing names when I worked on the Intrepid (I
think it was that boat) when it was a supply ship in N. Russia.
(The only smattering of Russian I have comes in latin characters and
amounts to 'Desvadanya'.) Almost makes me want to head back to those
chilly waters! Funny story came out of that, the Russian jolly
tars had a pet black bear that they fed on strawberry jam sandwiches.
When the Intrepid left the Russians said 'what a shame we were going to
turn her into bear ham which is so nice, but now you'll miss it'. So the
Intrepid's sailors immediately decide to buy the bear to rescue it from
keeping the mustard pot in business. I reckon the Russian tars
spotted some tender hearts! Apparently the Intrepid's lot used to hoist
strawberry jam sandwiches up one of the masts, and race the bear up it
(well they used another mast!). The bear always won. It left me with a
sneaky respect for those canny Russian sailors ;D
PS - the bear ended her days happily in a private zoo - eating strawberry jam sandwiches :)
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Lots of animal sightings in the log on the journey back to the Pribylof Islands including this cute one
Observed during watch several petrel, gulls and guillemots and also 6 porpoises playing about 3/4 miles from ship
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_014_1.jpg
The
ship has also spotted Killer Whales in the last few days and this last
creature that I cannot decipher (8am to meridian paragraph)
Observed numerous guillemots and puffins, several fulmar, petrel and 3 ~s
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_011_1.jpg
The word looks like wrens to me :o
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I see 'wrens' as well, but that 'w' doesn't look like the ones in 'weather', for example.
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A visit from the HMS Pheasant while the albatross is coaling in Unalaska - Probably not great timing for a visit.
The Com'd'g Officer of H.B.M.S. Pheasant called on board
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_017_1.jpg
Searching for info on the HMS Pheasant I came across this in a Canadian almanac
...
during the past summer, some of Her Majesty's Ships have been engaged
in the somewhat ungracious task of assisting the United States cruisers
to patrol the high seas in the interests of the Alaska Commercial
Company, by excluding those involved in seal hunting from a space of
sixty miles from the Pribylof Islands.
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8)
SEAL HUNTING IN ALASKA
(http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10E1FFB3C5811738DDDAA0A94DE405B8585F0D3)
- History of the Growth of this Important Industry. DAMAGE DONE BY
RECKLESS KILLING Five Hundred Thousand Said to Have Been Slaughtered in
One Year -- Present Restrictions -- Our Fleet of Cutters. - NYTimes.com -
1895.
Pheasant and Albatross are mentioned in this article ;)
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Hurlock passes the 1500 mark!
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8)
SEAL HUNTING IN ALASKA
(http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10E1FFB3C5811738DDDAA0A94DE405B8585F0D3)
- History of the Growth of this Important Industry. DAMAGE DONE BY
RECKLESS KILLING Five Hundred Thousand Said to Have Been Slaughtered in
One Year -- Present Restrictions -- Our Fleet of Cutters. - NYTimes.com -
1895.
Pheasant and Albatross are mentioned in this article ;)
It
is strange that efforts were not made to protect the Sea Otter at the
same time as the fur seals as both species were suffering the same fate.
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True - I wonder why that was - were otter pelts less useful I
wonder? Seems very odd. They might be smaller than seals - but it only
means a bit more stitching! :-\
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Hurlock passes the 2000 mark!
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06/08/1895
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_043_1.jpg
High speed pursuit of the sealing schooner 'Emma and Louisa' in weather with gale force winds and fog banks.
At 12.00(midnight) there was a schooner in sight...about 1 1/2 miles.
At
4.20 schooner hove to and 4.30 passed under her stern and found her to
be the American scooner Emma and Louisa from San Francisco. Hailed
her and ordered her to lay to until boarded.
The Emma and Louisa was evidently not lying to but trying to make under her foresail with the sheet well aft.
Hove
to on port tack under fore and main topsails, going ahead with engines
at times and so manoeuvring ship as to keep the schooner Emma and Louisa
in sight and to leeward. At 4.10 fired a blank charge from the 37
m/m gun across the bow of the schooner, to which she paid no
attention. At 4.15 made Int (?) signal.
'J.W'- 'Heave to, stop her instantly'. At same time hoisting the
ensign with Int code pennant underneath. In reply to this schooner
hoisted the U.S.Ensign with sealing flag underneath.
At 7.00 Master of Schooner came on board.
At
8.50 the Master of the Schooner Emma and Louisa left the ship.
Signalled time to schooner after which she stood to the Ed.
The
schooner Emma and Louisa having been sighted inside the prohibited
zone, was followed during the day for the purpose of examination.
The papers and documents of the Master of the Schooner, and his log book
having been examined. and it having ~ been found that he had not
violated the Acts of the Award or Sealing Regulations for 1895 while
within the prohibited zone, and that he was endeavouring to make the
best of his way out of said zone, he was therefore allowed to proceed on
his cruise with a warning not to enter the zone again.
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Ravendrop
Welcome back !
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The
schooner Emma and Louisa having been sighted inside the prohibited
zone, was followed during the day for the purpose of examination.
The papers and documents of the Master of the Schooner, and his log book
having been examined. and it having ~ been found that he had not
violated the Acts of the Award or Sealing Regulations for 1895 while
within the prohibited zone, and that he was endeavouring to make the
best of his way out of said zone, he was therefore allowed to proceed on
his cruise with a warning not to enter the zone again.
All sounds pretty itchy - shooting up a boat and checking her log books and all. Exciting stuff! :o
By the way the funny mark between 'having' and 'been' appears to be a page register number (1-265)
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Ravendrop passes the 8000 mark!
Do join the conversation here in the forum!
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12th August 1895 - Albatross being quite helpful to the 'English' sealing fleet
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Gave Master of schooner Enterprise chronometer correction and rendered medical assistance to an injured man of same vessel
Took on board from Maud.S one boat, one canoe, two white men and two indians belonging to schooner Enterprise of Victoria B.C.
At
9.28 stopped near schooner Enterprise and lowered the boat and canoe
which had been picked up from the Maud.S and sent the men and boats to
the Enterprise.
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14th August 1895
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Mt Akutan in eruption
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Great find! AVO does not have any observed eruptions noted for
Akutan in 1895
(http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/eruptsearchresults.php?fromsearch=1&yearstart=&yearend=&year=&volcano=60).
I will email them this news. :)
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Absolutely great find! I'm curious though as to whether this was an
actual eruption, or if it was steam venting during the brief interim
between the 1892 and 1896 listed eruptions. Either way, it's still
stunning to find something that AVO wasn't aware of.
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We inform the AVO, one of Philip's colleagues in England, and the
Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program in DC of all of our volcano
sightings. Even when the eruption is already in their records,
they are frequently going on "a trapper informed us he saw the eruption
last summer" and we can give a date and time. They love us, even
tho our sightings are rare.
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Our sightings are rare, but they are well done ;)
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August 15th 1895 coaling in Dutch Harbor
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At
1.00 the Revenue Cutter Corwin got underway, and in first attempting to
come alongside the wharf, her main rigging struck against the port guy
of the sounding machine platform and bent it slightly. One of her
boat davits struck against the starboard guy bending it slightly.
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Ooops. Did her crew help with the repair?
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The San Francisco Call has mention of the Akutan Volcano on 30/8/1895
A
volcano on Akutan, a few miles west of here, is sending out great
volumes of smoke, and it is doing a little in the way of belching out
fire and lava. Last night we were close to it, and as it was clear, a
good view was had. I believe this is only periodically active, as I was
in this vicinity last season and twice before that, but have not noticed
so much smoke from it. There are five volcanoes within 100 miles, four
of them at present active, or at least smoking. In one of these,
Bogaslov, the crater is on the beach, barely above the water line, while
the others are quite lofty. Bogaslov made its appearance in 1796 in the
shape of two peaks, half a mile apart, with a sandspit between them. A
couple of years ago the spit sank and both peaks were greatly reduced in
size. I saw it in 1888 while it was in its old form and was lucky
enough to have a sketch of it made for me. It would not now be
recognized from the sketch. On Unalaska Island is Makushin volcano which
is almost extinct. There is an opportunity for any one to go into
business there in immense fields of sulphur which are above the snow
line.
The report was received by the paper on 2/8/1895
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More details for the volcanologists!
Well done!
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Which I sent in - it extends our observation to an 18 day period at
least and adds description of the type of eruption. Nice, thank
you. :)
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Got this back from the AVO:
From: Janet
Subject: RE: Mt. Akutan has erupted in 1895...
A
forum member Hurlock found a newspaper article that gave additional
description and extended the dates of the 1895 eruption back to 1st of
August when there was much smoke and some fire and lava.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1895-08-30/ed-1/seq-9/#date1=1895&index=0&rows=20&words=Akutan&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=California&date2=1895&proxtext=Akutan&y=14&x=7&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
I don?t know if that helps.
Take care,
Janet
From: Cheryl
Subject: RE: Mt. Akutan has erupted in 1895...
Hello Janet ?
Many
thanks to you and Hurlock! That is fantastic eruption information. So
great to see a description of the activity, and a note that the observer
had previously viewed Akutan not erupting.
We appreciate this very much.
Thank you again,
Cheryl
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Thank you for the feedback
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July 8 and July 7, 1895
The 180th meridian was crossed at 10.00 am and the date changed from Monday July 8th to Sunday July 7th.
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Nice of them to mention it, other ships seem to just leave it as a surprise for the unwary transcriber. ;)
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29th August 1895 Dutch Harbor
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Benj.F.Butler,
a distressed American Sealer who had been shipwrecked on the coast of
Japan, came on board for passage to Port Townsend
No luck finding more details. Too many other Benj.F.Butlers :(
8th September 1895 Sitka Harbor
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Benj.F.Butler having attained accomodation and employment on shore left the ship
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I tried to search - the 19th century butler families loved naming their sons Benjamin Franklin. Sigh.
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I tried to search as well, and found a number of US sealing vessels
that went down off the coast of Japan, but none with a Benjamin Butler
listed as a survivor.
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Hurlock passes the 3000 mark!
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kimma001
welcome to the top 12 !
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September 17th 1895 Steaming S from Plumper Bay b.c
Several references to it being Cloudy and Smoky
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_085_1.jpg
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(http://i.imgur.com/DMEbxBA.png)
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8) 8) 8)
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However, both Nicolet and River du Loup (Riviere du Loup) are in Quebec, and Athabaska, SK is a long way from BC!
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Well, it's likely other forest fires. If they were using words
that are falling out of use now, such as conflagration, I didn't try
searching for them.
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25th September 1895
More smoke on the water.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_093_1.jpg
4am- 8am
Cloudy,misty and smoky.
8am - Meridian
Smoky.
Light airs from SSE. standing down San Juan Channel until 8.30
therein being too smoky to do any work, turned around,
Meridian to 4pm
smoky on the hills.
30th September 1895 New Whatcom
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_098_1.jpg
Clear overhead with thick smoke and fog around horizon
Clear and pleasant but smoky around horizon.
Smoky around horizon.
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A quick Google search for "fire 1895" comes back with thousands of
individual fires all over the globe. Seems that 1895 was one of the
hottest and driest summers in history. Ironically, it was also one of
the most frigid winters, and much of the Caribbean and American
Southeast were hammered several times throughout the year by massive
storms.
I can't find anything *specific* to the San Juan Channel
for 1895, although I am finding that early on wildfires on the islands
in the channel were apparently an annual thing, and that the fires,
along with yellowjackets and lumber that was essentially impossible to
work with, were a rather common reason for settlers not staying on the
islands for very long.
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Yes it was forest fires all along.
1st October 1895 Port Townsend
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_099_1.jpg
Cloudy and foggy, also dense smoke from forest fires.
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3rd October 1895
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_101_1.jpg
thick fog and smoke.
also
the Al.Ki was aground off Point No Point
It
does not seem to have been serious, the ship survived another 20
yrs. Great name for a geographical point - I had to double check
it was real.
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_071_1.jpg
8PM to Midnight
Moon in total eclipse until 8:30
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Methinks the Albatross has someone on the watch who can't read a thermometer... How else can you explain a seven
(http://"http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_074_0.jpg")
degree drop in water temperature between 10 A.M. and 11 A.M.?
Especially with a fairly substantial rise in the readings on the wet and
dry bulbs. Did they drop their thermometer next to an ice floe?
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And upon further review
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_074_1.jpg)
it certainly appears that that was, in fact, incredibly likely. It
seems that they were dodging quite a bit of ice that day
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A drop like that could be caused by by passing rivers fed by
glaciers - there's plenty that feed into Yakutat Bay, so I wouldn't be
surprised if the bay was significantly cooler than the sea outside, and
as you say they were apparently losing plenty of ice at the time! The
increase in air temperature could be caused by the clearing cloud - from
10% clear at 8am to 50% clear by noon.
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November 3rd 1895
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_132_1.jpg
Sent steam launch to tow the yacht Rover clear of the ship, she having dragged during the squalls.
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Good on them! :D
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November 13th 1895
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Looks
like they will be making their own uniforms while at Mare Island and Mr
Woodhull has a great name for the Navy Yd. Any ideas what G.S.K
is ?
Received on board in Pay Department from Pay
Insp', W.W.Woodhull, U.S.N., G.S.K. : Navy Yd., Mare Id. Cal:- 10
Overcoats, 100 Undershirts, 100 prs Drawers, 201 yds Cap Cloth, 72 yds
Trousers Cloth, 290 yds Flannel, 71 1/4 yds Cotton Duck bleached, 22 doz
Eagle Buttons, med, 180 doz Rubber Buttons, small, 25 prs Calf Skin
Shoes, 200 prs Woolen Socks, 50 Working Suits, 50 White Hats, 100 Watch
Caps, 750lb Soap, 48 Jackknives, 50 Wisp Brooms
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William Waters Woodhull
(http://www.longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I02136&tree=Tuttle),
spent his entire 35 year naval career in the pay department.
http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/organization-and-administration/historical-leadership/navy-and-marine-corps-officers-1775-1900/navy-officers-1798-1900-w.html
Woodhull, William W.
Acting
Assistant Paymaster, 13 May, 1863. Passed Assistant Paymaster, 23 July,
1866. Paymaster, 10 February, 1870. Pay Inspector, 30 March, 1895.
Retired List, 15 June, 1898.
GSK = General Store Keeper ??
General
Orders and Circulars Issued by the Navy Department: From 1863 to 1887
(https://books.google.com/books?id=boAtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA272&lpg=PA272&dq=Navy+%22general+store+keeper%22&source=bl&ots=79aZEJHJJV&sig=0rIzdiP541EXUEL5jdbFNmjtQEU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjK043m0aPJAhUK8CYKHcMUC1UQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=Navy%20%22general%20store%20keeper%22&f=false)
(http://i.imgur.com/57hzzzU.png)
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Yup!
GSk -- General Storekeeper
GSK -- General Stores (http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/OPNAV_29-P1000G.html)
This is a WWII source, but it is probably unchanged.
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Thank you both.
I did think GS could be general stores but the K was a mystery.
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24th November 1895
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At
about 6.30 the yawl was capsized with three men from this ship who had
been hunting in her. Three of the oars were lost, no other losses.
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:o phew! I don't suppose it was fun getting the yawl around
with three oars missing - but thank goodness it wasn't three men
:)
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At 1pm the logkeeper has invented a cheeky new cloud formation.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_162_0.jpg
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At 1pm the logkeeper has invented a cheeky new cloud formation.
;D
But this is the US - where "bum" means "homeless person".
Tell an American that Brits sit on bums and see how they react!
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do you really think it says 'bum' - I may have to laugh for a long
time :o ;D ...were the clouds bizarrely buttock like? I need to
know ;) ;) :D
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normal WR page - Transcribed
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_166_0.jpg
log page mostly obscured by appended supply list - I plan to transcribe the date and the list
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_166_1.jpg
normal WR page duplicated - I shall ignore this.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_167_0.jpg
log page with date obscured by rolled up supply list - I plan to transcribe the log page without the date?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_167_1.jpg
Does that sound OK?
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Yes ;D
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A visit from the first Captain
14th December 1895
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At 10.00 Comd'r Z.L.Tanner, U.S.Navy; came on board, and in company of the Comd'g Officer inspected the ship.
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In dry dock from 17th December 1895. No water temperature readings obviously.
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18th December 1895
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The
Captain restricted, P.A.Paymaster, E.D.Ryan, U.S.N. to the ship for ten
days " for violation of Articles 702 and 1608, of the U.S.Navy
Regulations. 'Disrespect to the Commanding Officer'. Forwarding an
official letter to the Commissioner requesting him to issue an arbitrary
order, conflicting with the standing orders in this vessel, and without
the knowledge or approval of the Commanding Officer."
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:o :o :o
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E.D. Ryan sounds a bit full of himself.
http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/organization-and-administration/historical-leadership/navy-and-marine-corps-officers-1775-1900/navy-officers-1798-1900-r.html
Ryan, Eugene D.
Naval
Cadet, 4 September, 1886. Resigned 18 February, 1890. Assistant
Paymaster, 29 July, 1892. Passed Assistant Paymaster, 27 February, 1895.
Paymaster, 3 May, 1899.
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31st December 1895 ends this log book. The ship is in Mare
Island dry dock having its bottom painted pink (Red lead and White zinc
50/50) and the water line moved up 4 inches.
The next log carries on from this one but there are no crew/officer/instrument lists completed.
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PINK??!?? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Lovely
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2nd January 1896
ship now out of dry dock and water temperatures resume.
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I have an incredibly difficult time picturing the hull actually
being pink. Red lead is more of a rusty red color, almost orange, and
white zinc is a very light shade of grey. The combination of the two
would be more of a reddish orange-brown color, similar to the shade you
get with dried up, crusty blood than actually being pink.
Like the middle section of this ship here.
(http://icsclass.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/red-hull.jpg)
Red
lead would have been closer to that middle section just on it's own,
given that it was literally lead oxide. Surprisingly, we *still* use red
lead in certain painting applications even today, although it's illegal
for use in marine paints now, due to its toxicity.
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You are right, it's more like a faded red than anything "pink". interesting.
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Jan 13th 1896
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Received on board 100, 60lb Sounding shot, 52, 30lb Sounding shot: 1 bale and 1 bag of Cork for cork painting.
Cork painting? Some kind of paint effect maybe?
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Sunday 2nd February 1896
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The Floating Society of Christian Endeavour held religious services on board.
This was a christian temperance movement.
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'Temperance' and 'Floating' sound a bit contradictory - or is it just my warped imagination? :D
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'Floating' is one of those words that gives whatever it's attached
to a wee push towards the absurd, at least in modern usage. ;)
'Temperance' and 'Floating' sound a bit contradictory - or is it just my warped imagination? :D
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I looked them up - the "Floating" branch is so dead, it isn't in
Wiki or much of anywhere else. But the original Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_People%27s_Society_of_Christian_Endeavour)
is still a going concern. It was the original Youth Ministry,
involving young people as valid members of Christian ministry, teaching
the young a sober lifestyle. And yes, in the 1880s that meant
being a temperance organization. I believe the "Floating" branch
were recruiting sailors to try to convert all sailors to sobriety.
Interesting, in that I had never heard of them before.
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Some kind of military festival in San Diego?
Friday 7th February 1896
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U.S.S. Monterey came into harbor and saluted Flagship with 13 guns, latter returned same with 7 guns.
Saturday 8th February 1896
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol027of055/vol027of055_044_1.jpg
Captain,
Paymaster, and Ensign R.H.Leigh left the ship to take part in a
military parade in San Diego. Numerous visitors on board
Sunday 9th February 1896
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol027of055/vol027of055_045_1.jpg
Numerous visitors on board
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SAN DIEGO'S NAVAL PARADE. (http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18960208.2.26)
"When
the Monterey came into port it saluted the flagship Philadelphia and
the Albatross, and both responded with a salute of seven guns."
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Nice find!
The Parade is in honour of Rear Admiral Beardslee, boss of the Pacific Squadron. Possibly as he has just turned 60yrs old.
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21st February 1896
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At
8.30 sent to U.S.S. Monterey for 'diver' and diving apparatus. At
10.15 sent diver down to examine port screw bearings, made examination
of bearings and blades; was unable to find anything except Kelp caught
in struts and from forward strut wound around the shaft. Finished
examination at 11.50. Allowance for time actually underwater, 1
hour and 30 minutes.
Our own floating forest
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February 23rd 1896
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At
4.35 let go lines from dock and steamed out of harbor to the relief of
H.B.M.S.Comus, aground on La Playa Bar, ship conned by the Captain and
Navigator. Took Comus' line and at 6.45 hauled her clear of bar.
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21st February 1896
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol027of055/vol027of055_057_1.jpg
At
8.30 sent to U.S.S. Monterey for 'diver' and diving apparatus. At
10.15 sent diver down to examine port screw bearings, made examination
of bearings and blades; was unable to find anything except Kelp caught
in struts and from forward strut wound around the shaft. Finished
examination at 11.50. Allowance for time actually underwater, 1
hour and 30 minutes.
Our own floating forest
;D Perhaps we should report this to Zooniverse Kelp Forests (history division)? (jesting of course 8))
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February 23rd 1896
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol027of055/vol027of055_059_1.jpg
At
4.35 let go lines from dock and steamed out of harbor to the relief of
H.B.M.S.Comus, aground on La Playa Bar, ship conned by the Captain and
Navigator. Took Comus' line and at 6.45 hauled her clear of bar.
This
made such a funny picture in my mind...the Captain of the Comus
shouting at top throttle 'Albatross!! Will you please get out of port so
we can get unstuck!?" :D
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29th February 1896 Coronado
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol027of055/vol027of055_065_1.jpg
Got up steam on steam-cutter and prepared steam-cutter, 1st cutter, and whaleboat to take part in the water carnival.
Sent steam and 1st cutter to 'Philadelphia' with Admiral's guests.
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that sounds very jolly :D
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http://www.coronado.ca.us/department/division.php?fDD=13-97 ;D
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that sounds very jolly :D
Probably
intentionally very jolly. I do not think the ordinary citizenry
had very much to be happy about in San Diego/Coronado which still needed
a lot of development to become prosperous and was probably very reliant
on Navy Work. The local newspaper mentions a sort of social
season with officers families moving into the area and organising events
while the Rear Admiral is in Port.
Unless there was an afternoon carnival on the week before this is what they were preparing for.
7th March 1896
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol027of055/vol027of055_072_1.jpg
About 7.30 the steam cutter, 1st cutter, whaleboat, and dinghy left the ship to take part in the Water Carnival.
From
about 8 to 10 the water carnival took place, consisting of a procession
of boats from the ships in port, and boats from shore, illuminated with
colored lanterns. The Flagship Philadelphia dressed ship with
lights.
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Actually, that kind of participation by the military is what got the
Chicago Air and Water Show its popularity, at a much later date. A
small neighborhood water festival was planned, and some one thought,
"let's ask the Coast Guard for a demo of helicopter water rescue."
And it took off.
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18th December 1895
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol026of055/vol026of055_178_1.jpg
The
Captain restricted, P.A.Paymaster, E.D.Ryan, U.S.N. to the ship for ten
days " for violation of Articles 702 and 1608, of the U.S.Navy
Regulations. 'Disrespect to the Commanding Officer'. Forwarding an
official letter to the Commissioner requesting him to issue an arbitrary
order, conflicting with the standing orders in this vessel, and without
the knowledge or approval of the Commanding Officer."
31st March 1896
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Ass't.
Paymaster, Barron P. Da Bois, U.S.N., reported on board for duty as the
relief of Passed Asst. Paymaster, E.D.Ryan. U.S.N. Passed Ass't
Paymaster Eugene D.Ryan, U.S.N. was detached from duty on board this
vessel, on making the required transfers to his relief, including public
funds in his possession, and on deposit, ordered to proceed home,
settle accounts, and then granted three months leave.
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He seems to have an anger problem. From http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Las Vegas daily optic., June 05, 1897, Image 1
About Las Vegas daily optic. (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908
(http://i.imgur.com/gqBBELo.png)
His
career did survive:
http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/organization-and-administration/historical-leadership/navy-and-marine-corps-officers-1775-1900/navy-officers-1798-1900-r.html
Naval
Cadet, 4 September, 1886. Resigned 18 February, 1890. Assistant
Paymaster, 29 July, 1892. Passed Assistant Paymaster, 27 February, 1895.
Paymaster, 3 May, 1899.
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:o :o :o
Great find!
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Good find, indeed, but it seems that Mr. Reed was the one with the
anger management problem. E.D. Ryan seems to have more of a "not trying
to seduce married women who aren't interested in you" problem.
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Good
find, indeed, but it seems that Mr. Reed was the one with the anger
management problem. E.D. Ryan seems to have more of a "not trying to
seduce married women who aren't interested in you" problem.
E.D.
Ryan sees to have a major problem respecting anyone else's boundaries
and territory. Neither naval officers' authority nor marriage vows
matter. And I also noticed the Navy seems to be keeping him in
shore posts and no longer confining him inside the hull of a ship.
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21st February 1896
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At
8.30 sent to U.S.S. Monterey for 'diver' and diving apparatus. At
10.15 sent diver down to examine port screw bearings, made examination
of bearings and blades; was unable to find anything except Kelp caught
in struts and from forward strut wound around the shaft. Finished
examination at 11.50. Allowance for time actually underwater, 1
hour and 30 minutes.
Our own floating forest
More kelp issues
April 15th 1896 in gale force winds
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Two oars were broken in the whale boat by fouling in the kelp.
Very difficult to make out the name of the Seaman discharged in the sentence above this though.
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The name looks like Sure (would be pronounced soo-reh in Japanese) Sawada.
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He reenlists the next day with much more legible writing
Shipped Ture Yamada, (Sea) for one year from this date
also to save on oars
got underway and shifted anchorage to inside of kelp line
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Welcome back, then, Seaman Yamada. :)
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Late to the party, but this kelp problem is (dare I say it)
historically significant. 1896 was the year that scientists began taking
note of what they thought (and turned out to actually be) excessive
algae growth in areas of rapid population expansion. This massive
explosion in the kelp forests (among other, more disgusting things) is
what led us to realize that there water quality is a significant player
in algal growth, which was sort of our first real moment, as a species,
where we had to take a step back and say, "we just might be responsible
for this".
The kelp explosion of 1896 also led to the discovery
of cyanobacteria. Prior to this, people sort of knew about the infamous
"red tides", but nobody really understood what caused them. The average
Joe just knew to stay away from seafood when conditions were
unfavorable, but that was about it. If I recall correctly (and I
probably don't, I'll be honest about that), it wasn't really taught
outside of marine biology that cyanobacteria were a thing until nearly
100 years later, when we began to *really* focus on conservation on a
global scale.
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That's fascinating! I wonder if our friends on Zooniverse Kelp
Forests would be interested? I'm guessing that all this history is known
to them anyway. And it's what kelp is doing right now that is their
focus.
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That's
fascinating! I wonder if our friends on Zooniverse Kelp Forests would
be interested? I'm guessing that all this history is known to them
anyway. And it's what kelp is dong right now that is their focus.
I asked them if they were interested in Albatross back then - be interesting to see their response. :)
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22nd May 1896
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It
looks like the ship is finally getting ready for a voyage from the
stores arriving. I have seen several mentions of tea being
delivered. None of Coffee. Not what I expected.
Received
on board in Pay Dep't from General Storekeeper, Navy Yard: the
following stores:-, 74 1/2 gals Beans, 384 lb R'st Beef, 336 lb Rst
Mutton, 132 lb Rice, 100lb Tea, 288 lb Brawn, 20 Overcoats, 25 p'rs
Shoes, 50 W.Jumpers, 25 Jerseys, 273 y'ds Cap Cloth, 109 yds Cox' Duck,
1008 spools Sew' Silk, 750 lb Soap, 286 lb Corned Beef, 420 lb Biscuit,
400 lb Pork, 1951 lb Sugar, 30 gals Vinegar, 100 Neckerchiefs, 10 Rating
Badges, 100 p'rs Socks, 50 Working Trousers, 100 Lanyards, 150 yds
Trousers Cloth, 382 yds Flannel, 5 Mess Kettles, 400lb Tobacco.
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I wonder if the Commander perhaps had a penchant for tea as opposed
to coffee because he didn't want his crew to suffer the crash that you
can get from the caffeine overload in coffee, but don't get with tea,
which sustains a milder lift over a longer period of time.
Or
perhaps because they didn't want to take the time to grind coffee beans
when they could just brew an easy cup of tea? After all, instant coffee
wouldn't be invented for another 10 years.
Or, more likely than anything, the Navy Yard "misplaced" the allotment they asked for.
Although
now I'm curious... was Brazil going through a drought at the time,
similar in scale to the one they're going through right now? There's a
coffee shortage coming (at least according the Washington Post last
week) thanks to the unseasonable dryness in northern South America right
now.
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One of the only mentions of armament on the Albatross.
28th May 1896
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Dismounted, overhauled, cleaned, and assembled 37 m/m Revolving Cannon.
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Although
now I'm curious... was Brazil going through a drought at the time,
similar in scale to the one they're going through right now? There's a
coffee shortage coming (at least according the Washington Post last
week) thanks to the unseasonable dryness in northern South America right
now.
that's going to upset the boss at work - he's into northern South American coffee :(
I
guess that money only went so far - perhaps it was simply to expensive
then to give the crew coffee instead of tea. Though I hear that it's a
brave captain that doesn't provide his crew with their much loved
food/drinks :o
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They have had more stores delivered including coffee pots. Maybe just not recorded.
5th
June 1896 and finally underway for a cruise North. A huge list of
items for engineering. Can anyone make out what the item is
halfway down the list after the rubber sheeting? 25 lb 1/16" Us~
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Also why would they put over Walker and Bliss logs for the voyage? Are they comparing how accurate they are?
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usudurian
https://www.wordnik.com/words/usudurian
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A packing-material prepared from unvulcanized rubber combined with other materials.
http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/General_Catalog_Pacific_B_1914_1000204009/437
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Usudurian!
Yes thats it. Added to transcription of list.
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Also why would they put over Walker and Bliss logs for the voyage? Are they comparing how accurate they are?
Concord did that on occasion, and recorded both values. I believe it was to compare them.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that they were checking out
some of the new (at the time) features of some of the prototypes that
Walker and Bliss were working on at the time. If I'm remembering
correctly (and I might not be) this would have been right around the
time that both Thomas Walker & Son and Bliss & Company would
have been starting to include mercury manometers on their taffrail log
(there are a lot of different ways to say patent log, aren't there)
designs, in order to measure differences in water pressure. These early
manometer designs would be instrumental to the success of submarine
warfare, although design improvements allowing the pitometers to
equalize pressure internally to balance out dynamic pressure would
eventually render the mercury manometer obsolete.
Patent logs
have been around for several hundred years, and have changed a bit from
their original geared, screw-type design, but still operate today on
essentially the same principal (even if they're usually attached to the
hull now, rather than thrown over the rail.
And since a lot of
people have never seen what a patent log looks like... here's a neat
picture of a Thomas Walker & Son "Harpoon" taffrail log. I'm not
entirely sure of the specific year it was invented, but it would have
been right around the turn of the 20th century, so it's contemporary to
what we're seeing in our logbooks, although I would imagine that given
the demands of coastal and deep-water surveying, this particular model
wouldn't have been what our boys were throwing over the rail.
(http://www.maritime-antiques.co.uk/log,A1.jpg)
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There's nothing but scientists as officers on Albatross - even the
Navy officers on loan were intellectual and inventive. If I was
making new prototypes for any maritime measuring equipment, I'd want a
ship like that as a tester second only to a survey ship.
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Added link to HatterJack's comment to OWpedia (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3209.msg52817#msg52817) ;)
According to http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/42936.html, the harpoon log was patented in 1861...
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10th June 1896 Victoria B.C.
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Good deed for the day
Charles McNair, came on board for passage to Seattle, he being a destitute American.
and hello to the Patterson in Seattle
The Comd'g Officer, U.S.C.S. Patterson paid an official visit to the ship.
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%20108/IMG_1407_0.jpg
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USCS%20Patterson/Book%20108/IMG_1407_1.jpg
;)
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10th June 1896 Victoria B.C.
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Good deed for the day
Charles McNair, came on board for passage to Seattle, he being a destitute American.
and hello to the Patterson in Seattle
The Comd'g Officer, U.S.C.S. Patterson paid an official visit to the ship.
So...
I did some digging on this Charles McNair character, because the name
carries a bit of weight in certain parts of the country. Admittedly, I
didn't find a whole lot, but digging through the Census and National
Registries came back with some interesting, if not wildly speculative
information. In the state of Washington, there was only one Charles
McNair listed as a resident of the state. He only shows up in the 1894,
1895, and 1897 registries. I'm going to guess that he wasn't originally
from Washington State (as a relatively small number of people with
Scottish last names would have been native Washingtonians in 1896,
seeing as how it had only existed as a state for 7 years at that point,
and the land itself had only seen 2 generations of European
colonization), but was lured to the region in light of the multiple gold
and silver rushes along the Pacific seaboard around that time. It's
possible that he had originally gone to Alaska from wherever he was
born, in hopes of taking part in the Resurrection Creek gold rush, went
bust, and made his way south looking for work until he wound up in
Washington State.
1896 was the year that sparked the Klondike
gold rush (arguably the more famous of the six "great" gold rushes in
North America), which would make it unsurprising that he would leave
Washington in hopes of striking it rich. Being described as a "destitute
American" carries the implication that he was entirely unsuccessful
(and that he was brought aboard in Victoria implies he likely was so
down on his luck that he never even managed to make it to the Klondike
in the first place). He then returned to Washington, thanks to our crew,
only to be lured away again, perhaps by the Atlin rush a bit closer to
home.
Again, this is pure speculation (since a name in a book
that can't be tied to anything else concretely is just a name in a
book), but it's a fun little piece of theoretical history, given
everything that was going on in the region at the time.
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I checked Ancestry.com, and he was in Seattle for the 1900
census. And he got married in 1896 but they were still living in a
rooming house. And I think you are right about him being broke
and hitchhiking his way home from a gold rush, but he may also have been
visiting family as his father was Canadian. He is the
only "Charles Mcnair" born 1860 +/- 10 years anywhere in the US Census -
which probably means the records are not all online.
Charles Mcnair
in the 1900 United States Federal Census
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Name: Charles Mcnair
Age: 38
Birth Date: Sep 1861
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1900: Seattle Ward 5, King, Washington
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1896
Years Married: 4
Father's Birthplace: Canada English
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
...
Lizzie Mcnair 35
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I
checked Ancestry.com, and he was in Seattle for the 1900 census.
And he got married in 1896 but they were still living in a rooming
house. And I think you are right about him being broke and
hitchhiking his way home from a gold rush, but he may also have been
visiting family as his father was Canadian. He is the
only "Charles Mcnair" born 1860 +/- 10 years anywhere in the US Census -
which probably means the records are not all online.
Charles Mcnair
in the 1900 United States Federal Census
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Name: Charles Mcnair
Age: 38
Birth Date: Sep 1861
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1900: Seattle Ward 5, King, Washington
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1896
Years Married: 4
Father's Birthplace: Canada English
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
...
Lizzie Mcnair 35
They're
almost certainly not all online if that's the case, as there was a
Charles McNair who was Sheriff of Lincoln County Mississippi. That
Charles McNair was born in 1860, and died of tuberculosis in 1898.
Clearly not the only Charles McNair in the country, but given the
population of Washington at the time, the one you found on Ancestry.com
is almost certainly our man. Also, I wonder if perhaps he begged for
passage aboard the Albatross specifically to get back to Seattle to get
married. Given the time frame, it's either that or there's a love at
first sight romance story in there somewhere.
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They're
almost certainly not all online if that's the case, as there was a
Charles McNair who was Sheriff of Lincoln County Mississippi. That
Charles McNair was born in 1860, and died of tuberculosis in 1898.
Clearly not the only Charles McNair in the country, but given the
population of Washington at the time, the one you found on Ancestry.com
is almost certainly our man. Also, I wonder if perhaps he begged for
passage aboard the Albatross specifically to get back to Seattle to get
married. Given the time frame, it's either that or there's a love at
first sight romance story in there somewhere.
Definitely a romantic adventure story in there somewhere. :)
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The McNairs missed out on the the romantic possibility of having the Captain marry them.
On June 12th 1896
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E.Mitchell (Sea), and F.W.A.Tiepelmann (F1cl.) returned on board 47 1/2 hours overtime.
Not particularly unusual except that they must have chased the ship from Victoria B.C. to Seattle
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They're
almost certainly not all online if that's the case, as there was a
Charles McNair who was Sheriff of Lincoln County Mississippi. That
Charles McNair was born in 1860, and died of tuberculosis in 1898.
Clearly not the only Charles McNair in the country, but given the
population of Washington at the time, the one you found on Ancestry.com
is almost certainly our man. Also, I wonder if perhaps he begged for
passage aboard the Albatross specifically to get back to Seattle to get
married. Given the time frame, it's either that or there's a love at
first sight romance story in there somewhere.
Definitely a romantic adventure story in there somewhere. :)
What a lovely lovely story. I fear that his death from tuberculosis might indicate that he remained poor :(
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June 24th 1896
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The
following members of the Seal Commission came on board:-, Professor
D.S.Jordan, in charge: Mr J.Murray, Assistant: Mr G.A.Clark,
Stenographer: Dr L.Stejneger, and Dr F.A.Lucas of the National Museum:
Professor D'Arcy.W.Thompson, Dundee University; Professor J.M.Macoun:
and A.Marett, (Assistant)
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June 24th 1896
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The
following members of the Seal Commission came on board:-, Professor
D.S.Jordan, in charge: Mr J.Murray, Assistant: Mr G.A.Clark,
Stenographer: Dr L.Stejneger, and Dr F.A.Lucas of the National Museum:
Professor D'Arcy.W.Thompson, Dundee University; Professor J.M.Macoun:
and A.Marett, (Assistant)
Fun fact about Commissioner David Starr Jordan with regard to the 1896 commission report's findings:
Shortly
after the Seal Commission issued it's final report in 1897, the US
House of Representatives used the report as evidence while debating the
fur seal protection bill, as well as testimony from Commissioner Jordan.
Representative Randall of Iowa thought that a particular chart (a rough
map of the Seal Islands in the Aleutian archipelago) used in the report
looked familiar, and did some research. As it turned out, Commissioner
Jordan had used the very same chart in a book that he wrote after
resigning his position with the Commission. Mister Randall publicly
accused Mister Jordan of plagiarism, as he did not credit the
Commission's report as the source of the chart in his book, while the
report itself credited the chart to a Professor Orrin Leslie Elliot. He
attempted to use this act of plagiarism as an attack on Mister Jordan's
character, and to call into question the facts contained within the
Commission's report.
This is where things get a little weird.
It
turns out that the chart contained within the report was printed
against Jordan's initial instruction, because it wasn't particularly
accurate and he wanted all of the information contained within the
report to be as accurate as possible. He had originally tried to stall
publication of the report by a few months, in order to have an accurate
chart drawn up. However, he was advised by Assistant Treasury Secretary
Charles Hamlin that a rough chart showing relative location and the
migratory path of the seals would be sufficient so as not to delay the
publication. Jordan acquiesced and Elliot's rough chart was included in
the report, although Jordan never saw it prior to publication, and the
report itself didn't credit anyone in particular with its creation.
When
publishing his book, Jordan inquired of the Treasury whether or not he
could use it without obligation, and received the Department's approval,
and a statement of assurance that the information within the chart was
essentially public domain, as the chart had been created chiefly based
on data returned by ship logs (the Albatross among them). Jordan
included the chart after receiving that approval, and several years
passed without incident.
Shortly before the House began debating
the seal bill, Mister Elliot came forward and publicly laid claim to
the authorship of the chart, but was rebuffed by the Treasury
Department, which maintained that the information in the chart was not
gathered, analyzed, or in any way created by him. In light of a
statement by the Treasury with regard to the controversy on behalf of
Mister Jordan, Representative Randall was effectively rebuked and debate
resumed on the bill.
Perhaps the most interesting facet of the
whole spectacle is that from 1891 until 1913 (the year following the
seal bill debacle) Jordan and Elliot were both founding faculty of
Stanford University, with Jordan as the first President and Elliot as
the first registrar. Methinks there may have been some bad blood between
the two following the plagiarism accusation, although Jordan retired
due to declining health.
BONUS FUN FACT!
Doctor Jordan
shares another connection to our beloved Albatross! In its previous
service under the command of the illustrious and fabulously whiskered
Lieutenant Commander Zera Luther Tanner, the Albatross made a rather
famous journey to the Galapagos with famed naturalist Alexander Emanuel
Agassiz. Agassiz was the son of (also famed and highly controversial
naturalist) Louis Agassiz. In the summer of 1873, Jordan joined the
elder Agassiz at Penikese Island, and spent his time studying and
classifying various species of North Atlantic fish. Unfortunately, he
did not get a chance to meet with the younger Agassiz directly, as he
was rather busy running a mining conglomerate, building a railroad, and
dredging a channel, all in Michigan at the time.
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Cool story, Jack! :)
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Two days logs on one page. :P
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Crossed 180 meridian between four and five o'clock, and changed date to Monday, July 27th.
They
must be expecting coaling stops to be few and far between as they have
emptied one of their laboratories at Dutch Harbor and used it as a coal
bunker.
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Well I don;t blame them...for the poor ordinary sailors a dose of
steam in bad weather rather than going up some dangerous bits of string
to sort out sails seems quite attractive, more so than a
microscope ;) ;) :D
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The Albatross does seem to have lacked sufficient coal storage space
- I think there's photos around showing coal sacks wedged in every free
corner of the ship (and probably a few non-free ones, going by your
laboratory story!).
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The
Albatross does seem to have lacked sufficient coal storage space - I
think there's photos around showing coal sacks wedged in every free
corner of the ship (and probably a few non-free ones, going by your
laboratory story!).
The
unfortunate downside of a long range research vessel is balancing
research equipment with fuel storage. Modern vessels suffer the same
problems. As an example, the Calypso (Jaques-Yves Cousteau's famous
ship) lost quite a bit of its range when it was converted from a
minesweeper to a research vessel. You can store a lot in a ship's hold,
but space aboard is always going to be limited, and its easier to
sacrifice fuel storage than it is to ask a crew to give up their already
cramped quarters.
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10 years later...
24th June 1905 Union Bay B.C.
Finished stowing deck load of coal, having 280 bags in starboard gangway and 275 in the port.
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13th September 1896 Hakodate, Japan
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About
7 o'clock a japanese scow, with three men on board adrift in the
harbor, drifted alongside this ship and was then secured astern for the
night or until the Steamship Co. sends for it.
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It doesn't sound like a very comfortable way to pass the night, but I suppose it is a lot better than drifting out of the harbor.
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14th September 1896
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At 8.30 a tug came out and towed away the japanese lighter which had been lying astern during the night.
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27th September 1896 Yokohama
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At
1.30 the Steamship Empress of China came into port, dressed rainbow
fashion with the Chinese Standard at the fore, having on board Li Hung
Chang and staff. The China Steamer lying in port waiting for his
arrival dressed ship.
Li Hung Chang was a prominent
Chinese General/Diplomat/Politician of the time. He is just
returning from a tour of Europe which included the Coronation of the
Tsar in Russia and a Spithead review in Britain. Things must be
tense with Japan though as no salutes are mentioned as having been
fired.
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Was that a bit of a snub to the Japanese authorities? Marking
the Chinese visit noticeably but nothing for Japan in Yokahama? The
impression I have is that the USA was having an awkward time with the
other side of the Pacific around those years.
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Possibly more a snub to the Chinese to avoid offending the Japanese.
No
salutes for the Chinese minister by the many warships in the
harbour. Lots of salutes in the days before and after for ships
arriving.
Sept 28th 1896
At 8.05 the German Flagship Kaiser came
inside the breakwater and moored to a buoy. The Kaiser fired a
salute of 21 guns, Japanese flag at the main, this salute was returned
from fort on shore. The Russian ship Dimitri Donskoi fired a
salute of 13 guns, German flag at fore, this salute was returned by the
Kaiser.
Sept 25th 1896
The U.S. Consul General at Kanagawa
visited the Mexican Flagship Zaragoza, and on leaving a salute of nine
guns was fired with the U.S. Ensign at the fore
Sept 22nd 1896
At
10.40 Russian Man-of-war Dimitri Donskoi came into port. Sent an officer
to the Zaragosa and Dimitri Donskoi to give compliments of Commanding
Officer. Russian Man-of-war saluted Japanese flag with 21 guns and
Mexican flag with 13 guns, latter returned by Zaragoza
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I don't suppose the local birds were too enamoured of all that gunnery action :o ;D
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Was
that a bit of a snub to the Japanese authorities? Marking the
Chinese visit noticeably but nothing for Japan in Yokahama? The
impression I have is that the USA was having an awkward time with the
other side of the Pacific around those years.
In
all honesty, this was probably a figurative giant middle finger to
Japan. This was only a year after the Empire of Japan utterly humiliated
the Qing dynasty in the First Sino-Japanese War. It's hardly fair to
say it that way, seeing as the Chinese had, in the fifty years leading
up to the war with Japan, two costly wars with the British (the so
called Opium Wars of 1839 and 1859), and another with France (1885).
Economically, China was a sitting duck, and with their all but official
annexation of Korea, the Japanese moved in for the kill to prevent that.
Despite being outnumbered three-to-one, the Japanese inflicted in the
neighborhood of thirty casualties for every one they received, given
their rather massive technological superiority at the time. With their
economy in shambles, losing the war with Japan was inevitable.
To
be fair, the First Sino-Japanese War was essentially the pivotal
conflict that set the stage for East Asian geopolitics today. The
difference now being that Korea is divided, China is one of the most
powerful economies on the planet (although it does show signs of
weakness), and Japan being allied with the nation that spends more on
its military than the nearest ten countries spend on theirs combined.
It
also set the stage for the Boxer Rebellion, which the US wasn't really a
party to, but if you start with the Juye Incident, is only a year away.
Now
that I've said all that, I'll reiterate my point by mentioning that
traditionally, a salute is fired first by the ship entering the harbor,
and then by the guns on shore. This would have been impossible for the
Empress of China, as she was a Canadian vessel (I do my research pretty
thoroughly these days) that served as a passenger liner; meaning she had
no guns aboard. Flying the Chinese ensign while flying all of its flags
from stem to stern would have been a symbol of great patriotism... for
China - in a Japanese port, shortly after losing a war with Japan. Given
the cultural emphasis on tradition and honor among both the Chinese and
the Japanese, this would have been quietly tolerated by the Japanese,
but it was definitely meant to be - and likely was taken as - an insult
to the Empire of Japan.
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that's an impressive piece of research and very interesting
indeed. It's amazing how memorable a snub can be. I'm sure that it
was noted - and remembered for a LONG time ::) :(
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I think some of the centuries-old quotes by Confucius kind of sum up
pretty well how deeply ingrained the concepts of revenge and holding
grudges became in Chinese culture at the very least. Some of my favorite
examples:
"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."
"To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it."
On
the surface, these simple sayings are little more than feel good sound
bites. But when you consider that the teachings of Confucius molded
Chinese (and by extension, huge chunks of East Asia) philosophy for
centuries, even this simple sayings carry a surprising amount of weight.
If the concept of revenge and personal begrudgement is such an inherent
part of a cultural psyche that *someone* had to point out how
ridiculous it is, it's clearly a problem that needed to be addressed.
I'd
also like to take a moment to point out that we Americans *also* have a
pretty severe grudge holding and vengeance problem. It's hardly unique
to the Chinese and Japanese.
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Hadn't heard this one, will have to tuck it in memory somewhere.
"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."
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It is a very good comment :(
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It's a little tangential, so this will probably be the last of my
Confucius input, but there are a *lot* of old idioms that we've come to
accept as pretty much common wisdom in modern parlance that are entirely
his creation. Some of my personal favorites:
"Everything has
beauty, but not everyone sees it." (almost certainly the basis for
Hungerford's more famous, beauty is in the eye of the beholder)
"The funniest people are the saddest ones"
"Study the past if you would define the future"
"You cannot open a book without learning something"
"The man who asks a question is a fool for a moment; the man who does not ask is a fool for life"
"And remember, wherever you go, there you are"
"If what you have to say is no better than silence, then one should keep silent"
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance"
"Do unto others what you would want done to you"
"To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice"
"To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace"
"When a wise man points at the moon, an imbecile examines the finger"
"Have no friends not equal to yourself"
"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance"
"The superior man is modest in his speech, and exceeds in his actions"
"The man who says he can, and the man who says he cannot are both correct" (Do or do not, there is no try)
"Roads were made for journeys, not destinations"
"Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing"
And
my personal favorite, that often gets attributed to a quotation by Anne
Isabella Ritchie, but predates her by nearly 2000 years. Her quote
about fish is the one that stuck in modern parlance, but Confucius' rice
statement is thought to be the original.
"Give a man a bowl of rice and he can eat for a day. Teach a man to grow rice and you have saved his life."
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"To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice"
Has been drummed into me since I was tiny. It can be a hard task master though ;)
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I think Albatross has diverted down the coast of Japan in search of dry dock facilities possibly on account of this:-
20th September 1896 Hakodate
From 12.20 to 12.38 stopped port engine on account of hot bearing.
On October 2nd They are allowed into the Japanese Naval Yard dry docks at Yokosuka near Yokohama.
No water temperature readings from this date until the 13th October when they leave the dry dock.
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2nd October 1896
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At
5.50 got underway, stood out of harbor, and headed for Yokosuka
harbor. Came to anchor at entrance to harbor at 7.26, to await
dock authorities,
An officer from the Japanese
Flagship Mitsushima boarded the ship. A Japanese officer from the
Navy Yard came on board for the docking plans, which were given
him. At 10.27 hove up and cleared pool anchor, the Japanese
Captain of the port and a crew coming on board to handle the ship.
Stood in to Yokosuka harbor and at 11.00 secured at entrance to inner
dock, heading into dock. At 11.50 Japanese Officers and crew came
on board to take ship into dock.
At 12 o,clock
the Captain of this port with a Japanese crew began to take the ship
into dry dock, getting her in position at 12.40. At 1 o'clock
began pumping out dock and Japanese laborers made preparations for
cleaning ships bottom.
3rd October 1896
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Removed
strainer to magazine flood which was broken, and is to be renewed; and
made preparations for gilding scrollwork and letters on the stern.
5th October 1896
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Japanese workmen at work cleaning bottom, calking about bilge Keel and wedging off screws.
Engineer in charge of work on screw shaft &c, reported gear would have to be made in order to back off propellers.
6th October 1896
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Sent word to Engineer of the Yard to go ahead and make necessary gear to wedge off propellers.
Yard workmen drilling holes in end of shaft feathers to draw them out.
I
think the feather must be some kind of device that secures the
propeller to the propeller shaft. Having feathers on the Albatross
is quite amusing.
7th October 1896
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Dock workmen engaged in taking off propellers.
Yard
workmen broke off 1 1/2 inches of feather in starboard propeller shaft
in trying to draw it out, then started charcoal fire around hub to heat
it.
Yard workmen started starboard propeller,
heated port propeller but could not get its feather, and drilled and
tapped a deeper hole in end of it.
8th October 1896
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Yard workmen took off starboard propeller.
Yard
workmen heated port propeller hub with charcoal fire, drew out feather,
and took off propeller. Lignum vitae strips in both worn down
nearly even with metal, there being a play of about 3/8" in each.
The hollows in hub castings of both propellers were nearly filled with
mud.
Few yard workmen engaged chipping lignum
vitae strips from lower side of shaft bearings at brackets and gilding
scroll work on bow.
9th October 1896
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At
6 o'clock yard workmen began to rig stages for painting ship's top
side. Sent men over to clean side before painting. Few yard
workmen engaged renewing zinc plates near rudder gudgeons and on after
shaft bracket, commenced painting at 7 o'clock.
Yard
workmen painted ship's side and commenced on the bottom, using on the
latter, Rahtjens Composition No 1. Finished renewing zinc plates
on shaft brackets and fitted new strainer to magazine flood, also
renewing lignum vitae strips on lower side of shaft bearings at the
brackets.
Yard workmen finished painting the
bottom, putting a second coat from water line about 6 feet wide,
renewing lower lignum vitae strips in shaft bearings at brackets.
10th October 1896
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At
6 o'clock yard workmen commenced work renewing lignum vitae strips on
lower side of shaft bearings at brackets, and hoisted the starboard
propeller into position for putting it on the shaft.
Yard
workmen finished renewing lignum vitae strips, and fitted on the
starboard propeller, and made preparations for hoisting port propeller.
Japanese workmen finishing work on the port propeller shaft.
Japanese workmen finished work on port propeller shaft and hoisted and fitted the propeller.
11th October 1896
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Japanese workmen at work finishing work on propellers.
12th October 1896
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At
8.30 Japanese workmen finished painting ship's bottom, and at 8.45
commenced flooding the dock. The dock was flooded to a height of
10 feet.
Dock was emptied from 10 f't to 5 f't to repack stuffing box in port stern tube, in which a slight leak was discovered.
At 4.30 dock was filled to a depth of 10 feet.
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Dock
gates were opened at 6.27 and at 6.37 dock was full. At 7.50
caisson was removed and at 7.55 Captain of the Port came aboard with
Japanese crews to take ship out of dock.
At
8.03 left dry dock. Hoisted in steam launch. Japanese crew went
ashore and at 8.27 stood out of Yokosuka Harbor, Captain of the Port
conning. At 9.00 Captain of Port left the ship, outside of harbor.
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8)
Yard workmen drilling holes in end of shaft feathers to draw them out.
I
think the feather must be some kind of device that secures the
propeller to the propeller shaft. Having feathers on the Albatross
is quite amusing.
;D
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15th October 1896
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At 2.40 half-masted our colors as courtesy to the English ship which was half-masted. At 3.50 hoisted them again.
The 'English ship' is HMS Undaunted which has just arrived in Yokohama. Possibly half masted for a funeral party?
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21st October 1896 Making preparations to leave Yokohama
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Received on board one No 2 Canvas sail to be used as main trysail, and one windsail for engine room.
I
was quite perplexed why the engine room neede a sail. The
Windsail was a device to funnel air into the ship for extra
ventilation. The try sails seem to be used to keep the ship headed
into the wind in storms.
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15th October 1896
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At 2.40 half-masted our colors as courtesy to the English ship which was half-masted. At 3.50 hoisted them again.
The 'English ship' is HMS Undaunted which has just arrived in Yokohama. Possibly half masted for a funeral party?
Just
a possibility - because half mast is usually occasioned by a death -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wells_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Vice
Admiral Richard Wells had died just 6 days before hand. He was
Commander-in-Chief of the Nore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_The_Nore
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That's
fascinating! I wonder if our friends on Zooniverse Kelp Forests would
be interested? I'm guessing that all this history is known to them
anyway. And it's what kelp is dong right now that is their focus.
Yes
we are! We'd love to know anywhere in CA or Tazzie or other places that
have kelp records. We've got some historical maps, and we're quite
interested in looking at if historical beds still occur in the last 30
years. And putting our two projects together would be fantastic!
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Thank you jebyrnes :D
I'm going to put a comment into the
Whaling-Learning the ropes section of the other forum to encourage folks
to note any kelp comments. :D
Strange how so many Zooniverse projects link into the ocean-going jolly tars of old :)
Here's the note on Panoptes Talk: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/old-weather/talk/117/13592?comment=95555
Good luck with the Kelp Forests :D
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That's fabulous! Perhaps we could also search the corpus of
transcriptions at some point more formally for mentions of kelp, and
begin building a map with linked text from there?
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I'll definitely keep my eye out. I had a suspicion that you guys would be interested in that.
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That's
fabulous! Perhaps we could also search the corpus of transcriptions at
some point more formally for mentions of kelp, and begin building a map
with linked text from there?
You can find the transcriptions of the ships we have finished at: http://www.naval-history.net/OW-US/USAShipsIndex.htm
(There are some more that need to be added ;))
Keep in mind that transcribing anything beyond date, location, and weather is optional.
However, most of the forum regulars are quite willing to help if asked - as we are already doing for aurorae and volcanoes.
Tell
us if you want mentions of kelp transcribed and/or noted here in the
forum. We could create a special topic for kelp as we did for aurorae
(Old Space Weather: sightings of aurorae and sunspots
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3670.0))
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That's
fabulous! Perhaps we could also search the corpus of transcriptions at
some point more formally for mentions of kelp, and begin building a map
with linked text from there?
You can find the transcriptions of the ships we have finished at: http://www.naval-history.net/OW-US/USAShipsIndex.htm
(There are some more that need to be added ;))
Keep in mind that transcribing anything beyond date, location, and weather is optional.
However, most of the forum regulars are quite willing to help if asked - as we are already doing for aurorae and volcanoes.
Tell
us if you want mentions of kelp transcribed and/or noted here in the
forum. We could create a special topic for kelp as we did for aurorae
(Old Space Weather: sightings of aurorae and sunspots
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3670.0))
You could set up a kelpline helpline :D
Most mentions I see are for floating kelp and I log them in the animal sighting section
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Thank you hurlock! :D
Sounds like there's more kelp recorded than I imagined. Love the idea of a kelpline helpline ;D
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;D
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November 30th 1896 preparing to sail from Honolulu
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Disconnected telephone, put wire on Summers' Island, and sent telephone on board the Adams to be delivered to the Agent.
First mention of a telephone I have seen on the ship.
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Oh that's exciting. Still find it amazing to come across the phones of pre-1900 :D
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8th December 1896
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At
6.40 soot in the smoke stack caught on fire and burned for about five
minutes, came up the guys and turned steam into base of smoke stack.
9th December 1896
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At 4.30 Soot in the Smoke stack caught on fire, slacked up the guys, and turned steam in base of smoke stack.
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10th December 1896 and more fire problems.
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At
10.00 put hose into port middle bunker to put out a small fire due to
spontaneous combustion that was discovered in the bunker outboard
against the casing.
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:o
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11th December 1896 - Arrival in Sausalito
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Turned hose into port bunker to put out fire that broke out again. Started to dig it out.
Overcast, cloudy and smoking after entering San Francisco Bay
At 9.07 let go starboard anchor, in veering chain fouled in hawse pipe, and at 9.10 hove up the anchor and cleared the chain.
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Miserable start to the day.
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Still at least they are home after the tedium of Japan and Hawaii... and the sweltering heat. :D
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I'd say that setting the ship on fire once a day is also a good way to break the tedium!
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:o ::) ;D
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Concord did the same thing at least a couple of times, and they
helped put out fires in coal bunkers on at least one other ship, if my
memory serves. Maybe that's why they tried to sink a collier a couple of
times! ;D
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Different log keeper from 18th January for about 4 weeks. Not very clear handwriting :(
Voyage 50% complete :)
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19th February 1897 Coronado, Cal'
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7 weather codes at 8am
ocqphtl
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;D
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Piping new Captain aboard
lollia paolina
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Nice work! Fifth Captain, too. Is that some kind of record?
Piping new Captain aboard
lollia paolina
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Nice work! Fifth Captain, too. Is that some kind of record?
No - leelaht holds the record of six captaincies, and the most anybody else has is four.
I'm keeping track of all the captaincies as part of this: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3551.msg59756#msg59756
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I was wondering if there are any other ships with more than five Captains listed. Impressive feat to be Captain of multiple ships, though. :o
No - leelaht holds the record of six captaincies, and the most anybody else has is four.
I'm keeping track of all the captaincies as part of this: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3551.msg59756#msg59756
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I was wondering if there are any other ships with more than five Captains listed. Impressive feat to be Captain of multiple ships, though. :o
Oh, that's what you meant.
As far as I know, five Captains on a ship is indeed the record for "most Captains on a ship".
Software bug means that old Captains don't get demoted when overtaken. It's been like that for years.
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Near
the end of the day, our crew spots smoke from the Mount Scott
(http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045604/1895-09-30/ed-1/seq-1/)
wildfire.
Also in the Post-Intelligencer on the same day,
there's an announcement of a rather famous (among certain legal circles
anyway) test case that would later become known as Ward v. Race Horse,
which established that state laws can trump federal laws and treaties
with regard to Native American tribal groups.
In this particular
case, the federal government entered into a treaty with the
Shoshone-Bannock tribes, establishing the Fort Hall reservation, and
included a provision allowing the tribes to hunt on unoccupied federal
lands. Twenty two days later, the federal government passed an act
allowing for a temporary government to be enacted in the Wyoming
territory, with the intent to craft a constitution and eventually
establish statehood. Prior to the admittance of Wyoming to the Union,
the Fort Hall reservation included lands within 100 miles of its borders
as established hunting grounds.
The initial treaty contained a
provision allowing for "the right to hunt upon the unoccupied lands of
the United States, so long as game may be found thereon, and so long as
peace subsists among the whites and the Indians on the borders of the
hunting districts". However, when Wyoming became a state, it did not
include (as virtually every other state had, prior to its admittance) a
provision recognizing existing treaties between the federal government
and native tribal groups.
Furthermore, just five years after
becoming a state, the Wyoming legislature enacted a law regulating the
killing of game animals within the state. Three months later, Race Horse
was arrested in Wyoming for killing seven elk on state lands, and
imprisoned. And things then got pretty tricky.
Race Horse
conceded, and the state agreed, to the following facts regarding the
case. 1) The elk were killed within the boundaries of the state of
Wyoming, at a point approximately 100 miles from the Fort Hall
reservation. 2) That the elk were killed in violation of the laws of the
state of Wyoming. 3) That the elk were killed on unoccupied lands
within the boundaries of the state of Wyoming that were held in trust by
the federal government, by way of the Department of the Interior, who
held the fee of the land. And 4) that the elk were killed in a
mountainous region that had not been settled, but was used by white
ranchers for grazing cattle, and that said land had been granted a
voting district and educational district by the state of Wyoming.
The
crux of the argument was with issues three and four, in that, while
Wyoming had the right to regulate lands within their borders, the treaty
that established the Fort Hall reservation allowed the Shoshone-Bannock
people the right to hunt on unoccupied lands. It was further argued
that, while the land in question had been granted voting and educational
districts, since it was so far removed from the nearest white
settlements that its use by tribal hunters was within the limits of the
treaty.
An appellate court sided with Race Horse, and demanded
his release, but the state of Wyoming appealed that decision to the
Supreme Court, suspending habeas corpus for Race Horse until a final
decision was made.
The Supreme Court wouldn't actually see this
case until several months later (some things never change). They
listened to the arguments for both sides, and came to a surprisingly
(even for its time) immediate decision, siding with the state of
Wyoming.
In his assent, Justice White argued that most of the
arguments made were irrelevant, and that whether or not the hunts
occurred on unoccupied lands had no bearing on the case. Since the state
of Wyoming did not include an exception or reservation for or to the
benefit of native tribal groups when it was accepted into the Union, and
that the Fort Hall reservation fell under the jurisdiction of the state
of Idaho, Wyoming was within its rights to redefine what it considered
to be unoccupied lands without regard to the existing treaty with the
Shoshone-Bannock tribes. Further, since Race Horse freely admitted that
he had killed the elk, and acknowledged that the hunts had occurred on
lands within the boundaries of the state of Wyoming, he had no standing
with which to argue that his imprisonment was unjustified.
In his
dissent, Justice Brown argued that since the land where the hunts took
place were unsettled, despite being in a voting and educational
district, and that the state allowed that the federal government hold
the fee of the land, it qualified as protected by the terms of the
original treaty. He further argued that it was suspect that the federal
government would draft the treaty with the Shoshone-Bannock peoples,
knowing that the territory in which they occasionally hunted would
likely be granted statehood only a few short weeks after the treaty was
signed. To Justice Brown, the rights of the Shoshone-Bannock to their
traditional use of the land was in jeopardy from the outset, and that
the federal definition of unoccupied lands should have been used in
order to honor the spirit of the treaty, since the Shoshone-Bannock
relied on hunting for subsistence. Brown went so far as to call for the
drafting of a new treaty with the Shoshone-Bannock, since the spirit of
the original treaty (which came at the end of a particularly bloody war
between them and the federal government) had been violated by
bureaucratic chicanery.
The long-term impact of Ward v Race Horse
was that the federal government does not have the ability to supersede
states' rights with regard to infringing on the rights of native
peoples, and that tribal groups, while nominally sovereign entities, are
bound to the laws within the states their borders fall in, which opened
the door for states to violate the terms of treaties with native groups
at will. This was made somewhat worse by an act passed by Congress in
1871 that forbade the further creation of treaties with native groups,
and made all existing tribal entities wards of the federal government
(although they would not be made citizens for another 53 years after
that, and thus did not have the right to vote, and even *after* being
made citizens, many states - most notably Arizona - still overtly did
not allow natives to vote until the civil rights movement saw the voter
registration act in 1962).
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As you said, Hatterjack, some things never change. :(
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May 15th 1897 New Whatcom
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lowered
dory to pick up net. At 6.40 sent flat boat to help with net. At
7.25 flat boat returned with shark in tow, measuring 10 ft. 6in in
length, caught in net.
Any idea what this sentence is in the meridian to 4pm section
B~ to beam bearing by sound gave Race Island abeam at 2.12 dist. 1.3 miles.
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Any idea what this sentence is in the meridian to 4pm section
B~ to beam bearing by sound gave Race Island abeam at 2.12 dist. 1.3 miles.
I think it's: Bow and beam bearing by sound gave Race Island abeam at 2.12 dist. 1.3 miles.
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Ditto
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I'm also going to agree with Hanibal on this one. That said, bearing
by sound seems a bit... inaccurate. I mean, you can get a reasonable
approximation, but if you fudge your math the slightest bit and your
going to be wildly off when you write your measurement down.
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25th May 1897 - Seattle
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From this date 'Symbols' as per 'illustrative cloud forms' for the guidance of observers in the classification of clouds.
Changes noted to the usual way clouds are being recorded in the WR page.
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July 9th 1897
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A near miss.
Stood
into and through Wrangell Narrows, the Pilot Keen conning, Captain
& Navigator on deck. At 7.25 touched bottom lightly on gravel
bank under port bilge.
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Imagine what might have happened without the pilot :o
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Among the places mentioned the next day are Danger Point and Peril
Straits. Sergins Channel, Southern Rapids also sounds
tricky.
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(moving discussion here from Jamestown 1844 topic)
We (me and Hanibal) are in April, 1896, so it appears that your stream is open for you.
The Albatross 1890 stream (Aug 1897) I was working has not had any more transcriptions done on it so I shall do a few more.
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August 26th 1897 Orca, Alaska
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Judge Benton Killin, Commissioner of the Dept. of Agriculture, for Alaska, came on board to take passage to Sitka, Alaska.
This
possibly marks the start of the U.S. thinking about the possibility of
agriculture in Alaska. He may be looking for sites for
experimental stations.
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I'm going to swing in here with a terrible depth of ignorance - did
Judge Killin find anywhere do you think Hurlock? :-\
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According to an abstract of the NY Times (1897)
WASHINGTON, Nov.
4. -- Dr. W.H. Evans and Benton Killin, Comissioners appointed to
investigate the agricultural possibilities of Alaska, have submitted
their reports to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. The reports agree
that, while comparatively little agriculture exists there, it is
possible that enough of certain crops and animals may be grown to
sustain a considerable population, provided proper methods are pursued.
There were initial, not very successful, research stations set up at Kodiak, Sitka and Kenai.
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That's interesting - especially that they didn't just write it off
straightaway. I guess they were all used to trying to make things work
on wild frontiers in those days :)
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These logs are 75% Complete now.
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That's exciting news Hurlock :D
Congratulations Albatross 1890! Three quarters of the way there :D
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7th October 1897 Victoria, B.C.
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After the ship was anchored, J.J.Taylor, a stowaway from Union Coal Wharf, came on deck and reported himself.
Sent stowaway J.J.Taylor ashore.
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Oh bless - perhaps he hoped to escape to a better life than toiling in the coal wharves? :(
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He didn't want to be thought of as a fossil fool ;D
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:P ;D
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Feb 17, 1898 in Coronado Cal
About 11.15 the USS Monterey
half-masted her colors, US Manadnock, USCS Patterson, and this
ship did the same. About 11.25 the Commanding Officer of the USS
Monterey sent an officer on board to say that he had received an order
from the Navy Department, that by direction of the President of the
United States, the colors would be displayed at half mast until further
orders, on account of the loss of the USS Maine.
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Now that Thetis is done, and with Patterson likely done soon, I'll
'retire' from regular OW3 transcribing to make way for others here. Not
that I was doing many pages per day, anyway. :P
Off to the new Whaling logs, and getting things ready for BYOI. ;D
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Now that Thetis is done, I will be transcribing the Albatross 1890 full-time.
I
noticed there is at least one other person in my stream - would they
please identify themselves, and state when they tend to transcribe? I
wish to work something out to avoid collisions.
P.S: My stream is currently in early March 1898.
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I did a few pages yesterday morning up to 6th March, but I'm retiring to editing now.
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I am concentrating on Albatross 1900 now.
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I've been working Albatross 1890 since finishing Thetis a few weeks ago
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I've been working Albatross 1890 since finishing Thetis a few weeks ago
Are you also at March/April 1898?
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mid-way through May
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I did a little of Thetis while waiting for Helen and Sylvia to stop
for the day on Patterson. I was thinking of doing Albatross_1890 while
waiting for Patterson. I just logged in and I'm on April 8, 1898.
I
see that Leelaht is transcribing there right now. I'll have to figure
out who is on the third stream so that I don't bump into them.
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You're on the same stream as me, Michael - I just stopped at April 8th, 1898 a few hours ago.
I'm gonna do a bit more this evening.
By 22:00 my time (UTC+1), I will definitely be done for the day - you can take over then.
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You're on the same stream as me, Michael - I just stopped at April 8th, 1898 a few hours ago.
I'm gonna do a bit more this evening.
By 22:00 my time (UTC+1), I will definitely be done for the day - you can take over then.
I'll be on Patterson by then... ;)
However, I'll keep an eye on your numbers in the future.
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Apparently it was an easy transfer from Thetis to Albatross... ;D
At 6.27 got underway and came alonside <sic> of the Thetis and moored.
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;D
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Naughty naughty...
Sept 30, 1898, Mare Island, Cal
By order of the Captain, confined in double irons for five days Hugh McKenzie (Lds) for thowing water on another man's hammock.
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May 1, 1899
At 800 am dressed ship, rainbow fashion,
waterline to waterline, fore-and-aft, in honor of Admiral Dewey's
victory in Manila Bay; observed the day as a holiday.
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About this time the ship was converted from its scientific role with
the fish commission to be an auxiliary cruiser of the USN. This
was part of the deal to get its funding when the ship was first built.
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This page has an insert that first covers up the lower half, then most of the top half of the WR.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol034of055/vol034of055_090_0.jpg
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol034of055/vol034of055_091_0.jpg
There
is no scan with all the WR visible, so I just transcribed the first 12
(AM) on the first scan, and the rest (PM) on the second.
EDIT: It's the same for the next page, and the next one and the next one too!
https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol034of055/vol034of055_092_0.jpg
https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol034of055/vol034of055_093_0.jpg
https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol034of055/vol034of055_094_0.jpg
https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol034of055/vol034of055_095_0.jpg
https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol034of055/vol034of055_096_0.jpg
https://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Albatross/vol034of055/vol034of055_097_0.jpg
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July 4, 1899 in San Francisco
At 800 am dressed ship with
Ensign at each mast head in honor of the signing of the Declaration of
Independence. Many vessels in harbor decorated with bunting.
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I've gone as far as possible - this ship is all done for me! Yay!
Are you done too, leelaht?
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Not quite, she isn't. ;)
I just went to transcribe her and I was given 02 Feb 1900.
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I did Feb 1, I think the log runs out at the end of the month. ;)
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My impression is also end of Feb. I'm leaving off halfway
through the month. Maybe the brownies will finish it by
morning ;)
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I think the log runs out at the end of the month. ;)
It does. So, who's gonna finish her off?
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I think the log runs out at the end of the month. ;)
It does. So, who's gonna finish her off?
I think we can leave it for Leelaht. The two of you have been awesome in moving her along this far. :)
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Somebody has been working it, it's up to the 24th now.
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did a few days, took a break, and can't get back in. So maybe we're done?
did a few Jamestown, took another look, and looks like it,s not done. So close!
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did a few days, took a break, and can't get back in. So maybe we're done?
did a few Jamestown, took another look, and looks like it,s not done. So close!
You go, girl!!! ;)
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FYI I do get a page if I ask for one.
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I don't get one anymore. I got sent to Albatross 1900 once, now I just get the 'Something wrong' message. Maybe it is done now?
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Yup, got sent to 1900...should we declare victory?
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Can someone who has never done a page on this ship please check if they get anything to transcribe?
If not, then they can declare victory.
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I now get the "We're sorry, but something went wrong."
I will contact contacted Adam.