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Punx
welcome to the top 12 !
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gastcra (Craig)
welcome to the top 12 !
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After having tabbed over "Attached Thermometer" about 12000 times on
the Unalga it's going to take a while to change my habits. I keep
getting to the last box with one item still left to enter. I'm
like an old horse on a milk run :D
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How I know that feeling!
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The Jamestown ran out of coal. They were using about a half a ton per day moored in Sitka Alaska.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol041of040/vol041of067_099_0.jpg
Then they stopped recording the amount used and the amount on hand for as far ahead as I checked.
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It seems the ship's crew is particularly disobedient and unruly.
I can't read the last paragraph perfectly but here's the gist of it
M Quenlan Cap ~ by recommendation of ~ of Officer x to Seaman, for "scandalous conduct on shore.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol041of040/vol041of067_101_1.jpg
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Thetis/vol004of024/vol004_006_0.jpg shows a rate Captain of Tops ?
Board of Officers ?
disrated (using Matteo's image coupler) ?
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Thetis/vol004of024/vol004_006_0.jpg shows a rate Captain of Tops ?
...
Found
this chart in Wiki article on Petty Officers. Captains of Tops
and other parts of the ship are junior petty officers. It's
interesting in that it divides the table of organization into layers as
to the percentage of prize money given them.
click to enlarge
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Warrantchart.png)
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Good find, Janet 8)
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 500 mark!
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A seaman's sentence was reduce from 30 days to 20 days on bread and
water because of his voluntary return and other positive actions.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol041of040/vol041of067_119_1.jpg Meridian to 4.
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:-\
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Private
Sacket yesterday refused to perform any duty, the man having been asked
on over time in his liberty, it was thought that intoxication to an
extent not extremely perceptible, influenced his actions, but today at
the mast he was firm and ~ in refusing to perform any further duty in
the ship, and refused to give any reason for this actions. At this time
the man was perfectly sober and respectful. I am undecided whether it is
a case for General Cont or a ~ Asylum the man is confined for further
developments.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol041of040/vol041of067_123_1.jpg 8PM to midnight
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Lunatic ?
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I'd say, "...a case for General Court or a Lunatic Asylum ..."
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That looks right. ;)
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 1000 mark!
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Considerable noise in the Indian Village but settling down into some very orderly singing which continued all the watch.
Perhaps the ship's officers could learn something from the natives here ;D
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol041of040/vol041of067_145_1.jpg
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The 4 - 8 pm entry on that page suggests that the next night might be quieter... ;D
Considerable noise in the Indian Village but settling down into some very orderly singing which continued all the watch.
Perhaps the ship's officers could learn something from the natives here ;D
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol041of040/vol041of067_145_1.jpg
Is
this a typical day for this log? I'm transcribing the Jamestown's
logs from Porto Grande, Cape Verde Is. in 1845. So far,
it's much less lively!
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There's usually a lot of punishments being handed out, Carolyn. The
ship has been in Sitka Alaska for the last month and a half. They are
surveying and building infrastructure. The sailors tend to desert or
come back late from leave, usually drunk. I note that one of the
Lieutenants was punished for being drunk on duty. So if you like
that sort of thing you will be well served. ;D
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The 1845 logs seems to have less interest (or at least, recorded
interest) in the local comings and goings. I thought the reference
to the stills and their 'capture' was interesting!
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If you hang in until about 1850 the Jamestown witnessed a battle in
Sicily - the War of the Two Sicilys). Have a look at my postings in the
J. 1845 thread. This ship and several others, including "Old Ironsides"
(USS Constitution) were keeping an eye on US interests in the
Mediterranean during that time because of the revolutions going on in
several countries.
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Cool! Thanks for the history lessons!
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 1500 mark!
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ebaldwin
welcome to the top 12 !
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Welcome aboard, EBaldwin!
Thanks for the mention, Randi. By
now I am almost able to avoid tabbing over the attached thermometer
column - as long as I don't lapse into automatic pilot mode :D
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 2000 mark!
;D
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 2500 and 3000 marks!
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* Piping aboard Captain gastcra *
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Anna hootz the Indian Policeman seized a canoe with "hootchenoo" in it
and brought it alongside. For a punishment and as a warning to the
others returned the goods but destroyed the hootchenoo and broke up the
canoe
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_030_1.jpg
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At
7.50 PM discovered the U.S. Custom House on fire and sent first and
second cutters with working parties, two fire extinguishers, one pump
and hose to extinguish fire.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_031_1.jpg
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Anna hootz the Indian Policeman seized a canoe with "hootchenoo" in it
and brought it alongside. For a punishment and as a warning to the
others returned the goods but destroyed the hootchenoo and broke up the
canoe
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_030_1.jpg
Now
this one had several words that had me wondering what and who exactly
they were talking about. Googling "hootchenoo" and "Annahootz
Tlingit" proved to be very simple and productive. :)
hoo?chi?noo [hoo-chuh-noo, hoo-chuh-noo]
noun, plural hoo?chi?noos.
a type of distilled liquor made by Alaskan Indians.
Also, hootchinoo.
Origin:
1875?80,
Americanism; orig. the name of a Tlingit village on Admiralty Island,
Alaska, reputed to be a source of illicit liquor; alteration of Tlingit
xucnu?w? literally, brown bear's fort ( x??c brown bear +
nu?w fortified place)
image: http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg21/id/1024/rec/1
Title Indian Police Force, Sitka 1881.
Description Title taken from accompanying text.
Text:
In the foreground is Annahootz and beside him is Mary Klan Tech
daughter of a subchief of the Kokwanton clan. Mary was sent by Annahootz
to warn the white population of Sitka on the night of February 6th. The
other policemen cannot be positively identified although an attempt was
made to compare them with later known photographs of Katlean, Sitka
Jack and Dick Tagich who along with Annahootz were the first Indian
policemen appointed by the Navy governors. Beardslee immediately saw the
benefits of appointing Indian police officers to control their own
people. He enrolled selected and reliable members of the local clans on
the Jamestown's roster so that they could be paid a salary as crewmen.
They were also given naval uniforms and Annahootz as Chief of the Indian
Police is shown in the photograph wearing a naval officer's uniform.
The Indian police system was continued and expanded by Beardslee's
successors and also by the first civil governors of Alaska.
From:
Armed Forces on the West Coast. Edited by John Lengellier.
Article: "Law and Order on the Alaska Frontier: the Period of Naval Rule
(1879-1884)."
(Googling "Annahootz" gets a very modern site: http://annahootzadventures.com/index.php
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Good find, Janet. Kevin made a post about hooch some time ago in the Yukon logs.
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3346.msg64361;topicseen#msg64361
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3346.msg64904#msg64904
Have another look at my two (above) posts together ;D
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Someone was real upset about the fate of the hootchinoo, for sure!
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Fascinating about the Indian Police Force, Janet!
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The log keeper has begun to record on a consistent basis the
temperature on shore in the column with heading "State of the Sea".
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_061_0.jpg
Is the science team interested in this?
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I have asked Philip.
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 4000 mark!
Whee!
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LouisaEvers
welcome to the top 12 !
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January 6, 1880 (even though the log says 1879)
This
being the Christmas of the Greek Church, and there being much suffering
among the poor, on account of the unprecedented cold weather, A
quantity of beef and bread amounting to lbs of the former
and lbs of the latter, was given to the poor as the
contribution of the Government in assistance of a charitable ~ which was
being made by citizens of Sitka and officers of the ship the provisions
& other presents were divided equitably between the Creoles and
Indians.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_063_1.jpg
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a nice gesture. Merry Christmas to the Russian peasants. :)
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That is very nice!
I have seen some other references to Greek
Orthodox Christians in Alaska. I suppose that that is not surprising
given that the US bought Alaska from Russia. - Although Russian Orthodox
would seem more likely :-\
(Maybe this explains it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church#Orthodox_Church_in_America_.28OCA.29 ?)
I think the ~ is issueand also the word you transcribed as given may be issued.
(Also, "This being" should probably be "This day being")
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Thanks, Randi.
It seems that it was Russian Orthodox church
in Alaska at that time but Greek Orthodox churches became prevalent in
eastern U.S. in the last part the 19th century. Perhaps the log keeper
mixed the two .
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Just found this:
The
Greek Orthodox presence in Alaska dates to the early eighteenth century
when Greeks accompanied the first Russian Orthodox missionaries.
However, it was not until the early 1900s that large numbers of Greeks
first arrived to work on construction of the Alaska Railroad. After its
completion, a small number remained in the railroad camp at the head of
Cook Inlet, which became Anchorage. For many years, the nearest Orthodox
parish was St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Eklutna, a village
35 miles north of Anchorage.
http://transfiguration.ak.goarch.org/
... and other stuff that confused me thoroughly!
The time period seems to be a factor.
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It's nice to see that they got along together.
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The log keeper has begun to record on a consistent basis the temperature on shore in the column with heading "State of the Sea".
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_061_0.jpg
Is the science team interested in this?
From Philip:
I'm
always tempted by such things but I don't see any easy way to use it -
we don't know how the observation was made or exactly where (height,
distance from the shore)
They'd be nice to have as events, but we shouldn't require them.
I am distinctly curious about why they were making such measurements - what were they trying to find out?
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My guess, whether staying on board was any better at all than holing
up in a cabin on shore. When winter weather drops below 0oF (-18oC),
they may have had to prove to the crew or themselves that the ship was
actually warmer (or at least less frigid.) But that's just the way
my mind works when I want to distract myself from feeling miserably
cold.
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Here's the only comment I saw:
01 Jan, 1880
The temperature on shore from 1st inst to ~ marked with * are taken from record kept by Mr Anslim
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_062_0.jpg
Curiously, the temp noted beside 9 AM doesn't correspond to that in the last column on the right.
They
stopped recording wet bulb when it got too cold. Then they began
recording surface water temperature but only 4 to 6 times a day.
It's as though they wanted to compensate for the loss of the wet bulb
data. Related to Janet's speculation, they have not recorded any coal
received or consumed since about September or so and they have been in
Sitka for a long time before that.
I wasn't eager to record the
shore data unless I could fit them into the weather observation tab.
(Here's where vertical filling would be handy - just mentioning ;D
::) )
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Compared
the shore and ship's thermometer & found that shore thermometer has
the permanent error of minus one degree by the ship's thermometer for
the range of temperature observed 11 degrees F to 21 degrees
F.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_074_1.jpg
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Or is it that the ship thermometer has the permanent error of plus one degree by the shore's thermometer? ;D
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Perhaps they had already verified the ship's thermometer before they
began the voyage. I would like to think so ;D
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26/01/1880
Gunner
C. Stuart, USN with D. Sokoloff (sea) left the ship having in charge 50
Remington Rifles, 1 Gatling Gun, and appliances and 2000 rounds rifle
ammunition to be delivered to the Committee of Safety at Wrangle for
protection against Indians.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_083_1.jpg
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 5000 mark!
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Commander
Beardslee by means of the Indian policeman, caused to be released an
Indian boy who had been found and confind in the Indian vauche for
exercising witchcraft, and had an interview with the Shaaman or Indian
doctor at the Custom House and forced him to return ten blankets to a
sick man from whom he had received them as a fee for designating the
witch.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_136_1.jpg
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Wow. Thanks for posting.
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I don't generally record remarks about people, Carolyn, but I am
intrigued by the relationship between the navy and the natives. John
Muir (founder of the Sierra Club) provides a lot of this type of
information in his book, The Cruise of the Corwin. The Corwin was one of the first US ships I transcribed.
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I've only transcribed a few ships, some of them from the WW1 logs,
and haven't seen one yet that describes such interactions between a
ship's crew and the local inhabitants. Was Muir aboard the Corwin
in the logs you transcribed? That must have been cool.
I
started transcribing for the weather, but really got hooked on the
action in the remarks, especially with those WW1 ships. I record names
and lots of other remarks in hopes that it will make it easier for
someone to find the information if they're searching for it.
No threat to your captaincy ;)
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We did the voyage that included Muir as part of the beta run on the
new interface back in 2012. But we left lots of discussion.
This is the Corwyn's discussion topic: http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3002.0
This
is the Corwyn's reference page:
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3273.0 - there are a number
of references here to reports to the navy by its Captain Healy, who is a
very astonishing person in his own right. He and the Corwyn were
the first cutter from the Revenue Cutter Service (now the Coast Guard)
to sail the arctic, and he created the goals expected of such up there.
This is Muir's account of that voyage: http://www.uscg.mil/history/docs/The_Cruise_of_the_Corwin.pdf
The ship is still open, as there are more logs coming eventually with logs of its later voyages in the arctic.
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I've
only transcribed a few ships, some of them from the WW1 logs, and
haven't seen one yet that describes such interactions between a ship's
crew and the local inhabitants. Was Muir aboard the Corwin in the
logs you transcribed? That must have been cool.
I started
transcribing for the weather, but really got hooked on the action in the
remarks, especially with those WW1 ships. I record names and lots of
other remarks in hopes that it will make it easier for someone to find
the information if they're searching for it. No threat to
your captaincy ;)
Muir
was aboard, Carolyn, but he doesn't make it into the ship's log very
much. The book that Janet provided a link to is included in a bigger
volume I purchased. It's quite fascinating. He was very observant and
provides vivid descriptions. I am looking forward to transcribing other
Corwin logs when they come available, even though Muir won't be on them.
I note in The Live and Letters of John Muir
that he made a second trip to Alaska on the California and he paid a
visit to Commander Beardslee of the Jamestown when in Sitka on August 11
1880. I am only up to March of that year so I don't know if he is
mentioned in the Jamestown log yet. The book I have on Muir is 900 pages
long and contains all his writings. (I was lucky to get a used copy in
excellent condition from Amazon).
I never worry if anyone
overtakes me. I was quite happy being 1st Lieutenant to Matteo on the
Unalga for several months. I didn't have the heavy responsibility of
being captain. ;D My main concern is getting a lot of
weather information to the science team, although I do occasionally
record events and people that I think may be of general interest.
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I have been following the sailors who have previously been
court-martailed and sentenced to one month on bread and water (with
regular meal every 5 days) to see how much of a deterrent this was.
John
H Turnbull (Sea) was thus sentenced on Dec. 11, 1879 and was released
one month later. Now it's March 28, 1880 and he was AWOL
John
H Turnbull (Sea) was arrested on shore and by order of Commander L.A.
Beardslee Commanding was confined in double irons to await trial by
Court-Martail.
I wonder what sentence he will receive this time :o
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John
H Turnbull (Sea) having been brought on board from the guard-house,
called all hands to muster and read the finding and sentence of the
Summary Court-Martial which tried him. He was found guilty and sentenced
to the following punishment: namely, solitary confinement in double
irons on bread and water, with full rations every fifth day and to the
loss of two month's pay as seaman amounting to 43 dollars. The findings
and sentence were approved the portion of the sentence involving a
forfeiture of pay to be referred to the Honorable Secretary of the Navy
for his approval and the Court was dissolved. Confined John Turnbull
(Sea) in conformity with the Sentence of the Summary Court Martial in
double irons on shore by order of Commander L.A. Beardslee, Commanding.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_149_1.jpg
There is no mention of the length of solitary confinement
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This doesn't help here, but it might be useful another time:
https://archive.org/stream/reportsofcaptain00unit#page/n7/mode/2up
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That is something that should go on the reference page for the
ship. They also have it in text format so browser search function
can be used.
http://archive.org/stream/reportsofcaptain00unit/reportsofcaptain00unit_djvu.txt
I
was looking to see if there were any other such reports from him, but
couldn't find any. I did find his obituary from Arlington
Cemetery. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/labeard.htm
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The format I linked to is searchable - though the search might not find everything :-\
I find this format easier to read.
This, and the one in the 1844 Discussion, added to Reference topic ;)
There are some letters from Jamestown by him, but they are not on line :'(
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Thanks, Craig, Janet, and Randi! So many connections. I
wish history had been this interesting when I was in high school ;D
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I've learned more history from this project and novels like the 1632
series than teachers in high school and college combined ever managed
to stuff into my head. Seeing what is happening to people sticks
much better than memorizing kings, presidents and wars. :)
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I hated history in high school until I had a textbook that explained why
things happened. Dates, names, and events were deadly boring. Following
the chain of events as one thing caused another was fascinating.
I
enjoy historical mysteries (provided that they are accurate!) and have
also started on historical novels. I prefer pre-1800 though ;)
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Do you know the 1632 series by Eric Flint? The first novel's preface is
pure science fiction - galactic super-race artists have an accident
with a space/time sculpture, and and chunk of 2000 West Virginia gets
exchanged for a chunk of 1631 Germany. After that it is pure
alternate history. The author actually visited an Appalachian coal
mining town and inventoried their resources, and uses the Encyclopedia
Britanica 1911 to learn what movers and shakers they need to react
with. So, what would some intelligent hillbillies with all their
blue-collar skills do to survive in the middle of the 30-Years War?
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Sounds fascinating, Janet.
I just finished Lawrence in Arabia,
by Scott Anderson. It's more than a bio of Lawrence because if follows a
number of different characters through WW 1 in the Middle East: a
quirky, ambitious German diplomat and spy who never seems to get the
promotion he so badly desires ; a young American named Yale from a rich
family who starts off as a Standard Oil representative and becomes a US
intelligence officer; a talented Bulgarian Jewish agronomist who
organizes a spy ring in Palestine but has trouble convincing the British
he is on their side. It shows the real Lawrence rather than the
idealized one in the movie, although he is no less impressive. The book
reads like a novel - very compelling. Anderson mentions a number of
British ships that were active in that area during the war. One of them
was used for an important meeting when it was docked in Murdros, Turkey.
That rang a bell because it was where the HMS Blenheim was docked for
most of the time I transcribed it. I knew nothing of Gallipoli and the
Middle East war theater before reading this book.
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By
order of Commander L. A. Beardslee, Commanding confined Wm Harper
(Bugler) in double irons to await trial by Court-Martial for refusing to
obey orders of the Officer of the Deck.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_160_1.jpg
This
reminds me of the Asterix comic in which they always tie up and gag the
bard to prevent him from singing because his voice is so bad. You can
imagine the officer of deck telling Harper to stop that infernal racket
and he just goes on bugling ;D
Y
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(http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/images/legrstn.jpg)
On
board, a landsman (present-day Marine) was responsible for guarding
prisoners. According to crewman George Yost, these wrist and leg irons
were used not just for enemy prisoners but for members of the Cairo's
crew as well. An excerpt from his diary reads,
"Tuesday Oct 21,1862 ? William Smith confined in Irons by order of Captain."
http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/life-aboard.htm
On the subject of landsman/marine vs. seaman.
"Tell it to the marines"
...
the saying did not start out as a boast, but rather as an insult,
suggesting that the marines were uncommonly gullible. The original
version, from Sir Walter Scott, says, "Tell that to the marines - the
sailors won't believe it."
From Everything You Know Is Wrong by Paul Kirchner
Given that a landsman ranks below a seaman, this comment would make sense.
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 6000 mark!
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As the pattern of the log completion has varied over the last number
of months the one thing that is constant is the ditto in the Surface
Water Temp filled at 9 AM (beginning of the 9 to noon watch), even if
there is nothing above it as the following example shows:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol042of040/vol042of067_195_0.jpg
Sometimes it looks more like a large period than a ditto, but it always there - useless but endearingly predictable ;D
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Some officer wanted a reading, and they didn't have sea thermometer?
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They have been recording the surface water temps 6 times per day for
months but they are getting lax now. They have also been dropping the
wet bulb, as you can see. Must be spring fever.
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 7000 mark!
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Commander Beardslee and party in lighter in tow of steam launch, left on an excursion for the school children of Sitka
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_035_1.jpg
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The crew wanted to keep on celebrating after all the July 4th and 5th celebrations ;D
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_045_1.jpg
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At
4.10 Steam Launch in charge of Lieutenant-Commander C.H Rockwell left
for Hot-Springs taking J. Escott (O.S.), D. McAskill (O. Sea) and J.
Kaough (Lds.) sick to the Springs for treatment
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_064_1.jpg
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Bit of history on the Sitka (Goddard) hot springs here:
http://www.adventurekayaking.org/sitka/ Ended up there myself
after completing the field component of a cold water survival instructor
course one January. There were still some wooden tubs then but it was
otherwise undeveloped. A great curative after spending a cold cold night
marooned on a rock in Sitka Sound with naught but a gumby suit and a
baggy of coffee (my number 1 survival necessity!).
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Interesting.
So there was not much there except for the springs themselves when the Jamestown was their in 1879-1880.
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Someone back then had had the sense to build the tubs and pipe in
the hot water. Very sane people, wilderness pioneers. Glad
to have this description, Kevin.
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I forgot to mention my visit to Radium Hot Springs in B.C. It was
mid-winter and we walked from the nice warm changing room out in the -15
C weather to get to the springs. It was exhilarating to soak in the
warm water and see ice all around you, but not as pleasant to have to
get out afterwards. This was certainly not survival training, except
perhaps from the hangover due to the previous night's excesses. ;D
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gastcra (Craig) passes the 8000 and 9000 marks!
wow!
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On this day, American naturalist John Muir arrived in Sitka on the
California but there is no mention of him in the log. The arrival of the
California is noted, though.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_079_1.jpg
In a letter to his wife dated August 11, he wrote:
"I
have just returned from a visit to the Jamestown. The Commander,
Beardslee, paid me a visit here last evening, and invited me aboard the
ship. Had a pleasant chat, and an invitation to make the Jamestown my
home while here."
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Apparently at that time of his life, he was not worthy of notice by
the deck officers. Hard to remember sometimes that famous people
didn't start out that way.
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Not much foresight if you ask me. They could have guessed he would be famous ;D
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Only 5 or 6 months left, at this rate ;)
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called
"all hands to muster" and Commander L.A. Beardslee read his
orders detaching him from the command of this vessel, Commander Henry
Glass then read his orders and assumed command.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_114_1.jpg
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Started rigging up from the topmast holds found four topmast stays deterioated [sic] in wake of the thimbles and bees.
Is this a sighting of insects (or evidence thereof?) or is"thimbles and bees" a reference to ship parts?
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_122_1.jpg
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thimble
A
ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit
within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing. -
http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/thimble
AND
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433008209128?urlappend=%3Bseq=59
http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3715.msg65483#msg65483
BEE. A ring or hoop of metal.?Bees of the bowsprit. (See Bee-blocks.)
BEE-BLOCKS.
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve
the fore-topmast stays through, the bolt, serving as a pin, commonly
called bees.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26000/26000-h/26000-h.htm#B
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Topmast (heads) probably. They've sent a lot of gear down.
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It has been more than two weeks since Commander Glass took over from
Commander Beardslee and there has not been one misdemeanor recorded in
the log. Under Beardsley there were always crew members being put into
double irons, locked in the guard house on shore, or being court
martialed and sentenced to a month on bread and water (with normal meals
every five days). Usually not more than two days would pass before some
came back late from leave drunk or they went AWOL.
Maybe this is just a "honeymoon" period accorded a new boss. Stay tuned ... ;D
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Maybe the new captain sent word thru his exec to the officers and
crew, "If you don't make big trouble, I won't punish the little
stuff." That would create a nice long honeymoon. People
being people, I doubt it will last.
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Report of L.A. Beardslee regarding the operation of USS Jamestown
while in Alaska: https://archive.org/details/reportsofcaptain00unit
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Already in Jamestown -- Reference: Transcription Example and Log Description ;D
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k.h.pot
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Here's an exceptional weather day - rain, hail, snow, gale-force
winds and barometer varying by a whole inch. I think the 10 PM weather
code might set the record for the most letters: ocqrshlt - try to pronounce that! ;D
We also have a couple of half-hour weather entries that designated as 11:30 and 12:30
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_157_0.jpg
Also, At 1:30 PM a shock of earth-quake lasting about 20 seconds occurred, after with temperature was raised slightly.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_157_1.jpg
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Here's
an exceptional weather day - rain, hail, snow, gale-force winds and
barometer varying by a whole inch. I think the 10 PM weather code might
set the record for the most letters: ocqrshlt - try to pronounce that! ;D
We also have a couple of half-hour weather entries that designated as 11:30 and 12:30
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_157_0.jpg
Also, At 1:30 PM a shock of earth-quake lasting about 20 seconds occurred, after with temperature was raised slightly.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_157_1.jpg
You forgot to mention the force 12 winds. NOT a day to be out in an open harbor!!
I
didn't know earthquakes could influence weather. Might this be a
coincidence? Or could the passing of the hurricane with its steep
pressure changes trigger a quake?
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Don't know about that - but most of the 'noise' in seismograph
records around here is caused by waves crashing on the beach.
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Ahhh, having force 12 winds would do astonishing things to the
waves. Still not weather I'd like to be out in. Thanks,
Kevin.
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The OW interface may be drinking too much as well. I started
transcribing the Jamestown 1879 this morning and it has put me back to
August 1880. I finished November 11 yesterday!
Here's my current link http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_079_1.jpg
Here's
my link to my November 11 page from yesterday
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_173_1.jpg
I'll go back to the Unalga until this is straightened out.
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Craig - I moved your post here since it applies to Jamestown (1879) and others may have the same problem.
Have you already done August 1880?
If so, would you please give me a link?
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The first link in my previous message is from my completed pages, Randi. It is August 9, 1880.
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I'm wondering, are they just being fed that badly out of order? Or are you seeing the August ones twice?
It makes a difference in what problem to report.
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I am seeing them twice and they are the same jpeg files, Janet. I
went all the way back in my completed pages to August 9 1880 and it's
exactly the same as my current page.
This is the current page http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_079_1.jpg
Here's
the link to August 9 in my completed pages
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_079_1.jpg
It seems that my page pointer has been reset.
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That is much more serious. I'll report it in - I can't promise prompt response because of the weekend. :(
Hold
off on doing any double transcriptions, I really can't see the point of
that. Lots of other ships are available, and Albatross at least
has very nice handwriting. :)
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Jamestown (1844) seems to be working OK for me, so it is not a system-wide problem.
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...
It seems that my page pointer has been reset.
Hopefully these pages were just inserted into the list of pages to give out twice.
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Randi, what list is that? I don't remember that.
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I am only speculating (and probably not phrasing it well), but...
There
has to be some organization that says what pages are passed out and in
what order. I am calling that a list for simplicity.
It seems more
likely to me - and a simpler explanation - that the 'list' has Aug 1880,
Sept 1880, Oct 1880, Nov 1880, and Aug 1880 than one person's page
pointer has been reset for one ship.
We will need to find out if
Craig has this problem on all his ships, if other people are seeing
problems (and I think we would have heard something!) and/or hear from
the programmers to know if this is correct.
PS I get 15 Sept 1879.
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I was able to pick up where I left off with the Unalga I so it is not a general problem for me.
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I hope they will fix my broken pointer soon. ??? I am
almost getting out of the habit of filling the attached thermometer box
in the Unalga, which doesn't have one.
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Craig - It should be fixed now. Please give it a try and let us know.
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I am posting over here on the Jamestown thread since you are
discussing duplicate pages. I am having the same problem on the
Albatross 1890. I just got the following page to transcribe but I
already transcribed it 21 days ago.
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)
Karen
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I passed that up to the PTB. Thanks for telling us.
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Craig - It should be fixed now. Please give it a try and let us know.
I
am still getting this page, Randi:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol043of067/vol043of067_080_0.jpg
which is August 10, 1880. I was in November.
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Craig - It should be fixed now. Please give it a try and let us know.
It
looks like it's difficult to fix the pointers for the 3 or 4 ships that
have the problem - or else the programmer is on vacation. Could we get
an update on what the problem is? I'm not complaining - just curious.
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I already dropped a hint to Philip yesterday.
No word yet.
With Christmas and New Year, I suspect vacation is a factor.
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We just had word from Stuart L. that he will take another look at
the repeating page problem. He had thought that it had been fixed.
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Please wish Stuart L. a Happy New Year for me. 8)
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Done!
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/Unalga//Volumes/Seagate%20Backup%20Plus%20Drive/Arfon-JPEGS/RG26/UNALGA//b2567/b2567_155_0.jpg
Either
something is wrong with the barometer or this is very strange. A storm
with gale-force winds and high air pressure. This is not the first
time I have seen this on the west coast with the Unalga.
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Something is very wrong indeed! This is Jamestown ;D
Still, the lowest air pressure is with the force 11 winds :-\
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My heart is still with the Jamestown 1879 ;D Just itching to get back to her.
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They have been showing the Indians how to drain the "ranche" at Sitka for the last several weeks.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol044of067/vol044of067_083_1.jpg Meridian to 4
It's not my idea of a ranch http://www.amazon.com/Photo-Indian-Ranch-Alaska-buildings/dp/B005STQPNY
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Seems to be a place name?
(and probably a fairly offensive one :()
http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg11/id/4829
http://books.google.fr/books?id=_3lAwcPsIrgC&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=%22Indian+Ranche%22&source=bl&ots=AapRhReH7y&sig=tgAbk9pA8-h8w-mreHOfFJ1Pk2M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Cs7PUu-uLMqH0AWz54HQCA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Indian%20Ranche%22&f=false
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18650505.2.15&cl=CL1.EP&e=-------10-TS-1----2%2522burlington+street%2522--
Also
found Indian Rancheria in California.
http://books.google.fr/books?id=Ty-SI4d4QAAC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=%22Indian+Ranche%22&source=bl&ots=7PZ8i_CfiN&sig=VsSbBgdNRwihEK5z76XpmKPI8PU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Cs7PUu-uLMqH0AWz54HQCA&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Indian%20Ranche%22&f=false
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smith7748
welcome back !
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That's a good continent! Finally we are making some progress 8)
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol045of067/vol045of067_092_0.jpg
They
are preparing to decommission the ship and whoever is recording the
temperatures is getting very sloppy or is incompetent. Note all the
cases where he appears to have switched air and wet bulb temperatures.
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http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol045of067/vol045of067_092_0.jpg
They
are preparing to decommission the ship and whoever is recording the
temperatures is getting very sloppy or is incompetent. Note all the
cases where he appears to have switched air and wet bulb temperatures.
>:( We should find a TARDIS and go back to straighten that log keeper out.
I copied this to Barometers, Instrumentation and Specifications by Ship
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Double irons and bread and water for 30 days!
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Greetings from:
Sitka, Alaska
http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/usaname.php?uni=1414736&fid=usageo_1315
http://mapcarta.com/Sitka
http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/LC00225_08_1882
http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/540-00-1882
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/17320.shtml
http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/17327.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitka,_Alaska
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They really did put people on "bread and water" as punishment - and double irons as well!
By
order of Commander L. A. Beardslee, Commanding, Private Pitcher who
refused to do duty was confined in double irons in the guard house to
await further action.
By
order of Commander L. A. Beardslee Commanding placed Private Pitcher in
solitary confinement on bread and water for five days for refusing to
do the duty assigned to him yesterday.
USS Cairo Wrist and Leg Irons:
(http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/images/legrstn.jpg)
From http://www.nps.gov/vick/historyculture/life-aboard.htm
DOUBLE-IRONED. Both legs shackled to the bilboe-bolts.
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Lots of weather details on the Events pages. (I don't generally transcribe them.)
Some sound almost poetic - though I doubt I would feel that way if I were observing first hand!
Clear and cold. Cloudless. Bright starlight.
Vapor visible upon the water.
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I began transcribing them when Philip said we could enter them into
the Weather tab. As you have probably noticed "pleasant weather"
is used quite a bit. This is a tad subjective. On the other hand, the
wind force terminology is usually precise.
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By
order of Commander L. A. Beardslee, Ensign J. C. Gillmore was placed
under suspension for neglect of duty and disobedience of orders.
Punishments are a bit different when you are an officer.
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again ;)
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Goodness me - Bjoret you are doing amazing things!! :D
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The 3 a.m. entry on this page
(http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol045of067/vol045of067_064_0.jpg)
appears to have the water temperature recorded way over in the 'Leeway'
column. Is that too much of a stretch to transcribe it as water temp?
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If you look, you have 24 temp readings for Attached (barometer), Dry
Bulb (air) and Wet Bulb (humidity). You also have 5 readings in
the water column - this is them actually dropping a bucket with a
thermometer in it into the ocean and hauling it up to measure the
surface temp of the water.
Absolutely record all of them in the
appropriate columns. Knowing the ocean temp is very useful for the
scientists. :)
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I was actually wondering what to do with the sixth (presumed) water
temperature entered in the wrong column at 3 a.m. ;)
If
you look, you have 24 temp readings for Attached (barometer), Dry Bulb
(air) and Wet Bulb (humidity). You also have 5 readings in the
water column - this is them actually dropping a bucket with a
thermometer in it into the ocean and hauling it up to measure the
surface temp of the water.
Absolutely record all of them in the
appropriate columns. Knowing the ocean temp is very useful for the
scientists. :)
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Sorryl :-[
Put it in the correct water box. :)
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As Janet says ;D
This is one of the very few exceptions to
TWYS: Weather Data in the Wrong Column
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3191.msg51628#msg51628) ;)
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I cannot transcribe, nor visualize the Remark page for February 15th, 1886 from Jamestown 1879 logs:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol055of067/vol055of067_196_1.jpg
I when I try to visualize the image I get the following message:
AccessDeniedAccess Denied5A967714BE8BDC0DslfcBpogIdHO/rPCxJRhMzFHCr+ARVNf59bz9PqkE9XJvnDSxltXFX7/kBzjGIwmU3iBxIP0IBc=
In My Pages, the icon for that day shows that there is a log page there.
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I also get an error message (This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.).
The previous and subsequent pages are fine.
All I can suggest is to continue transcribing.
Please add a note in Faulty scanned and duplicate pages (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3383.0)
(Perhaps also add a note for Thetis)
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Thank you, Randi :)
I have already finished transcribing Jamestown 1879 logs.
Actually that voyage ends a few weeks later: March 12th 1886.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol055of067/vol055of067_221_1.jpg
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A innovation for punishment buffs- a 4-column punishment list for your transcribing convenience!
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol048of067/vol048of067_107_1.jpg
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That would have been really helpful on Concord!
1/2 hr looks like they got off pretty lightly :-\
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I didn't look closely at this page but some of the offenders are young trainees.
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log book 49 repeats two weeks of log book 48 and then stops.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol048of067/vol048of067_021_1.jpg 08/21/82 to 09/14/83
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol049of067/vol049of067_011_1.jpg 01/09/82 to 14/09/82
Is it OK to skip through it? I didn't see a mention of it by Silvia so I presume she transcribed it twice.
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Yes, it can be skipped.
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Here is a good sampling of crimes and punishments
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol050of067/vol050of067_025_1.jpg
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:o :o :o
Looks like a point of pride to get on the list...anyone unfortunate enough to be missed off it do you think? ;D
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They can't even behave on a national holiday :(
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol050of067/vol050of067_186_1.jpg
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Naughty!! But what makes me laugh is that they want to get 2 days
extra duty out of men who are disorderly on drill...they don't seem to
have managed one day's work yet.
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Record for the busiest cloud type entry? 4PM
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol051of067/vol051of067_116_0.jpg
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That will be pretty hard to beat.
I don't know why he didn't add Stratus.
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This ship is full of trainees. I am sure the omission is simply due to a lack of experience. ;D
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This page has an ultra-rare seven letter weather code at 1 am: ocqrtlu
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol046of067/vol046of067_138_0.jpg
Wouldn't want to be caught in that while out and about!
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Sou'westers on! :o :o :o
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To save duplicate pages who is working on this ship now (9PM GMT)
I get a lot done early in the mornings starting about 8pm GMT.
I can work in with others if I know their usual GMT times.
My time goes back tomorrow by 1hr.
Stuart.
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You will be sharing the third stream with Hanibal, Stuart. I
will be finished this ship within a week - depending upon how my
basement drain repair goes.
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I finished J89. Just one stream to go. :)
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Congrats Craig!
What date did the very last page have, BTW?
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Same date as Silvia reported: 12/03/1886
The following log books that I thought belonged to the J79 are for the J86. Makes sense, doesn't it?
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Volume 49 is a rough log and it covers a time period already covered by volume 48, which I just finished.
So I skipped through all of 49.
EDIT: Volume 50 starts right where volume 48 ended. All good!
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These two pages have half-hourly water temperatures on them. No idea why, but I did transcribe them all.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol051of067/vol051of067_079_0.jpg
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol051of067/vol051of067_080_0.jpg
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Interesting that they passed through a band of warmer water. The position puts them near the Gulf Stream.
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Cool ;) ;D
That is probably why they took the extra readings.
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This page has some Clear Sky values crossed out with no real explanation.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol051of067/vol051of067_189_0.jpg
I transcribed the 4 am one as 6, and left the 5 am to 7 am ones blank.
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That is odd. I wonder if the question mark and changes were added later.
Philip wants what was originally written in the log book and not later changes.
I think I would have transcribed all four as '10', but that is just my "best guess".
If there are no clouds, 10 sounds reasonable :-\
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The 4 to 8 am comments say "misty first part of watch foggy last two
hours". Looks like the reviewing officer took exception with the
original entries. It sounds like Philip's rule would be 'Go with the
ink', so I'd agree with Randi on this one.
Edit: Note that even if it's foggy you can frequently still see upward enough to judge the presence of clouds.
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The
4 to 8 am comments say "misty first part of watch foggy last two
hours". Looks like the reviewing officer took exception with the
original entries...
Edit: Note that even if it's foggy you can frequently still see upward enough to judge the presence of clouds.
Kinda what I was thinking, Bob. Thanks for the hints - I changed all four to '10'.
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This page has what I think are extra water temperatures, but I'm not quite sure (5 - 8 am, 11 pm).
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol052of067/vol052of067_148_0.jpg
What do I do here?
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The a.m. readings are identical, so I don't see any point in
splitting them or anything, I would just treat them as a single value.
The p.m. reading could probably be split to capture the other value.
This page has what I think are extra water temperatures, but I'm not quite sure (5 - 8 am, 11 pm).
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/final/USS%20Jamestown/vol052of067/vol052of067_148_0.jpg
What do I do here?
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Strange.
It might be that at 4:30am
the water temperature had changed from 78 to 77 and at 5:30 the water
temperature changed from 77 to 78. There doesn't seem to be any real
need for the 6:30 reading, but maybe they were just being consistent.
Of course it could also be two different thermometers.
Those
10:30pm and 11:00pm readings are wild, but I see that there is a note
in the events page that the temperature of the sea water fell 9 degrees.
I'm not sure what to do about the AM readings, but it is probably worth doing both PM to make it clear that it wasn't a mistake.
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I decided to do all of them, as half hour readings - 4:30 am, 5:30 am, 6:30 am and 10:30 pm.
Better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them.
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Probably the best choice here. ;)
I decided to do all of them, as half hour readings - 4:30 am, 5:30 am, 6:30 am and 10:30 pm.
Better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them.
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VICTORY!
I have completed the very last logbook, and finished off this ship for good! Huzzah!
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Nice work! 8) 8) 8)
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Well done!
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Top work hanibal and the OW-crew of Jamestown 1879!
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Hurray for us! 8) 8) 8)
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Good work everyone !
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I've notified the PTB.
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Well done, everyone!
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VICTORY!
I have completed the very last logbook, and finished off this ship for good! Huzzah!
Bravo!