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Title: Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Pommy Stuart on 25 July 2012, 04:16:39
Add your questions and comments to this topic.



If you need help transcribing see: Manning -- Reference: Transcription Example and Log Description (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3212.0)

If you are interested in the names of crew members see: Manning -- Crew Lists (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3407.0)

Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: AvastMH on 28 July 2012, 16:28:06

Ships boarded by the Manning 27 March 1916.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0059.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0059.jpg)
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0060.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0060.jpg)

31 March 1916 @ Sitka, Alaska
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0068.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0068.jpg)

11th April 1016 @ Juneau.
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0092.jpg (http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0092.jpg)





They must have them queued up waiting to be boarded! ;D :o





Stuart & Joan - Please excuse me for doubling up your posts, but I needed an empty first post.
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 28 July 2012, 17:55:45
I think they are doing the fishing fleets in every port of call.  With that enormous coastline and so short a growing season, Alaska settlements are never short of fishing boats.
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Pommy Stuart on 28 July 2012, 18:27:30
Are those records worth taking up forum space?
I am happy to do them if they may be useful.
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Randi on 11 August 2012, 03:25:56
I think so. Right now our other ships are much older, but later we may have scribbles logs from that time/area with some of these ships mentioned.
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Pommy Stuart on 25 August 2012, 23:37:16
Not much happening on the Manning.
Logs seem to end on the 30 December 1916.
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Craig on 26 August 2012, 11:08:28
The Naval History Hompage says for the Manning:  Log Period and Areas of Service: 1898-1930, East and West Coasts of US, Alaskan waters, Spanish-American War and World War 1 service.

They are probably still scanning.
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 26 August 2012, 13:53:55
They are definitely still scanning. ;D

I think many of the new ships will be giving us 20, 30 or 40 years of logs eventually.  I'm kind of looking forward to learning something of a ship's full history. 
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Craig on 26 August 2012, 14:12:18
Do you think they would bother with logs much more recent than WW 1, Janet? Looking at the video showing ship traffic over time to which Philip sent us a link t, there appears to be a lot of recent ocean weather data.
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: AvastMH on 26 August 2012, 14:15:18
oh dear - I drew a short straw - the Rodgers burns down after about 5 months. Well - might be the first VAL of the third age!!  8)
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 26 August 2012, 15:27:56
The 41 years of straight service take the Bear to 1926 - very much the era of Phases 1 & 2.  The additional short service voyages include "second expedition of Admiral Richard E. Byrd to Antarctica, and again to the southernmost continent in 1941 second expedition of Admiral Richard E. Byrd to Antarctica (1934), and again to the southernmost continent in 1941." (Wiki)  She served the rest of WWII up around Greenland.  (That wonderful ice-resistant hull again.) 

I doubt very much they want her when she was a museum in LA, but those Antarctic trips may be attractive.  I really don't know, we'll have to wait for the scans.
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Randi on 26 August 2012, 15:35:26
Buy your tickets now!



I think you or they duplicated something Janet ;)
Title: Re: USRC Manning -- Discussion: Questions and Comments
Post by: Janet Jaguar on 26 August 2012, 16:58:13
We'll just have to wait to see what they can feed us when. ::)