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Welcome on board the USRC Manning
This post covers a log page from 1916.
(http://www.djcosmik.com/oldweather/ships/manning2.jpg)
Have a look around the forum, and don't hesitate to pose questions! There are lots of people who would be happy to respond. Each time you join a new ship have a look for one of these pages.
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Comments on the log:
- The log is typed.
- This is not a standard log format.
- The
date should be entered where it appears on the first page (the weather
page). For this reason, the 'Progress Bar', just above the image of the
log page, will be out of sequence and should be ignored. Note also that
the date in the log is in US order (month, day, year) and on the Date
tab the order is day, month, year following the Royal Navy format.
- There is a second date: "for the week ending Saturday" in Manning's logs. DO NOT transcribe this date.
- There
is no column in Manning's log corresponding to the 'Ther Attached'
column on the Weather Observation tab, so that column should be left
blank.
- This log shows the amount of cloud rather than the amount
of clear sky, but the number should be entered exactly as it is in the
log.
- The weather records appear to be one per hour when at sea, and one every 4 hours when in port.
- Note
that on the RN ships we encouraged transcribers to record the names of
people, places, and ships mentioned in the log. Now that we are in the
Arctic, there are some new items that are of interest. The scientists
would appreciate your recording sightings of sea ice on the Sea Ice tab
and sightings of animals on the Animals tab. The historians would
appreciate your recording refueling on the Refueling tab.
Links to helpful transcribing information:
- Guides for US logs (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3078.msg49657#msg49657)
- Type What You See - Yes, but ... (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3191.msg51625#msg51625)
- HELPFUL REFERENCE POSTS (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3301.0)
- Handwriting Help (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?board=8.0)
- What Does THAT mean? (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?board=9.0)
- Technical Support (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?board=14.0)
Links to further info about the ship:
- http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-USCGShipsList.htm#manning
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USRC_Manning_%281898%29
- http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Manning1898.pdf
A fellow transcriber (wendolk) has created a database to help both transcribers and historians (and contributors are welcome):
Searchable Database (http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=2872.msg44227#msg44227)
Weather Page:
Example: http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0072.jpg
The
written details are transcribed as follows, though the page you are
working on will not display a grid in this way. Note that the data in
some columns is not transcribed and that some logs do not have all the
columns included on the Weather Observation tab, so, before clicking OK,
check that your data is in the correct fields. It is more important to
be accurate than to be fast. Only transcribe what is written. Ask on the
forum for handwriting help if unsure.
Date = 02/04/1916
Location | Place Name | Name = At Sea, Gulf of Alaska
| | | | Not in log | | | | | | |
| Hour | | Wind Dir | | Force | | Bar Height | | Ther Attached | | Dry | | Wet | | Water | | Weather Code | | Cloud Code | | Clear Sky | |
| 1 | E | 4 | 29.95 | | 42 | 40 | | o | Cum-Nim | 10 |
| 2 | " | 4 | .95 | | 43 | 41 | | o | Cum-Nim | 10 |
| 3 | " | 4 | .93 | | 44 | 42 | | o | Cum-Nim | 10 |
| 4 | " | 4 | .92 | | 43 | 41 | | o | Cum-Nim | 10 |
| 5 | ENE | 5 | 29.91 | | 43 | 41 | | oc | Cum-Nim | 10 |
| 6 | " | 5 | .92 | | 42 | 40 | | oc | " | 10 |
| 7 | " | 5 | .89 | | 42 | 40 | | " | " | 10 |
| 8 | " | 5 | .87 | | 42 | 41 | | " | " | 10 |
| 9 | " | 4 | .84 | | 42 | 41 | | " | " | 10 |
| 10 | " | 4 | .80 | | 40 | 40 | | " | " | 10 |
| 12 | NNE | 1 | 29.78 | | 40 | 40 | | or | Cum-Nim | 10 |
| 4 | NNW | 1 | 29.68 | | 38 | 37 | | or | Nim | 10 |
| 8 | E | 1 | 29.60 | | 39 | 39 | | or | Nim | 10 |
| 12 | E | 2 | 29.60 | | 37 | 36 | | or | Nim | 10 |
Location | Place Name | Name = Yakutat, Alaska
Location | Dead Reckoning | Latitude = 59 21 N | Longitude = 139 38 W
Notes for transcribers:
- The
log keeper sometimes omits the integer portion (e.g., 29.95, .95, .93)
from the barometric pressure reading (Height). As shown above, you
should not add the 29 when you transcribe the data.
- At the
bottom left of the page are fields for 'Coal Received', 'Coal Expended',
and 'Coal Remaining'. If the field for 'Coal Received' is filled in,
the data should go on the Refueling tab. There is no need to enter the
numbers for 'Coal Consumed' or 'Coal Remaining', unless they interest
you (in which case they would go on the Events tab).
Record of the Miscellaneous Events of the Day:
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/USS%20Manning/Manning_1916a/B1462_0073.jpg
This
page has been completely transcribed below to help new transcribers
become familiar with both the writing and the language used. Nobody is
expected to transcribe all the text! Following it are some comments
about transcribing the page.
Muster & inspection omitted - stormy
weather.
Mid. to 4 a.m.:-
Gentle E'ly breezes, overcast; moderate sea. On course W.N.W.5/8W.
throughout, full speed
C.C. von Paulsen, 3rd Lieut.
4 a.m. to 8 a.m. :-
Fresh E.N.E. breeze; overcast. Rain. Moderate sea. 6:00 (49.2),
course West. So ends. Washed down.
Charles G. Roemer, 2nd Lieut.
8 a.m. to Merid.:-
Moderate E.N.E. breeze to light N.N.E. airs. Overcast with rain.
Rounded Ocean Cape and stood various courses into Yakutat Bay. 9:52, in log (84.6).
10:13, anchored off the village of Yakutat in 21 fathoms to 60 fathoms of starboard
chain. Omitted muster and inspection on account of rainy weather. R. Stapleton,
seaman, given one hour's extra duty for being out of uniform.
W.P. Kain, 3rd Lieut
Merid. to 4 p.m.:-
Light N.N.E. to N.N.W. airs; overcast; rain.
4 p.m. to Mid.:-
Light East airs to breezes; overcast; rain.
C.C. von Paulsen, 3rd Lieut.
Notes for transcribers:
- Entering
any or all of the information on this page is optional, although
including the person and places mentioned below is encouraged.
- R. Stapleton can be entered on the Mentions tab:
Mentions | Person | Name = R. Stapleton, seaman Context = given one hour's extra duty for being out of uniform - Ocean Cape can be entered on the Location tab:
Location | Place Name | Name = Ocean Cape - Yakutat Bay can be entered on the Location tab:
Location | Place Name | Name = Yakutat Bay - Yakutat can be entered on the Location tab:
Location | Place Name | Name = Yakutat
- The
log states that there was rain during the period 4 am to 8 am. This is
not reflected in the weather code page. Do not adjust the weather codes.
You might decide to include that comment on the Events tab.
- All
the full stops (periods) used in the log entries have been transcribed,
but full stops in common abbreviations may be omitted. See 'Sometimes
we can take a little shortcut' in Type What You See - Yes, but ...
(http://forum.oldweather.org/index.php?topic=3191.msg51631#msg51631) for
more details.
Log keeper's quirks:
- A
typed log book is a blessing for readability, but you may still find
spelling oddities. We do encourage you to transcribe all spelling errors
as written
- sometimes they are correct but obsolete spellings. Again, if unsure ask at the Forum
Other information and comments:
Currently,
the minimum window size is too high to fit the Manning log's hourly
weather lines so the windows must be made to overlap. For the second and
subsequent lines, click immeditately below the previous window and then
move the new window up slightly so that it is centered vertically on
the line you are about to transcribe. (Clicking on the decimal point in
the air pressure box centres the window horizontally).