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Old Weather: Arctic => Dry Dock => Thetis => Topic started by: Randi on February 07, 2019, 11:03:09 am
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4-8am watch - Chief Engineer reported gasket in overboard delivery of bilge ejector had given away causing a bad leak.
8:45 Stopped engine to plug overboard discharge of bilge ejector. 8:52 ahead
Crew making chafing gear and variously employed. Carpenter making chip log reel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_log
http://gluedideas.com/content-collection/international-encyclopedia-12/William-Kennett-Loftus_P1.html
Tested fire extinguishers and expended 6 charges for same,
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Omitted quarters on account of rolling of ship.
6pm put out two oil bags one at weather cat Head and one at weather side amidships.
8am to Merid: At end vessel under steam and all sail except flying jib, top-gallants, main topsails and gaff topsail.
Carpenter making chart board.
Performed mourning routine work, and scrubbed and washed clothes.
Held fire quarters, all streams in 1 minute 40 seconds.
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We were dumping oil on troubled waters on Sept 11, 1908 with Force 9 winds. I wonder if they had to file environmental impact statements? ;D
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overcast and foggy.
Sounded every hour. No bottom till 7-00 when 51 fathoms was obtained. Sounded at 7-30, 50 fathoms and 8-00, 51 fathoms. 7-45, stationed lookout aloft. 7-50, half speed. Watch ends, ship on course, NWxW, under steam at half speed with lookout aloft and sounding every half hour.
Performed morning routine work _ and filled wardroom wash tank.
Performed morning duties and began making preparations for coaling ship.
Received 44 tons bituminous coal from Alaska Commercial Company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Commercial_Company
7-12, Started coaling
Compared chronometers with U.S. Revenue Cutter "Perry" and found them correct.
Received 48 tons bituminous coal from Alaska Commercial Company.
Started coaling ship.
Omitted quarters and drills on account of coaling ship.
Received from the Alaska Commercial Company, Unalaska, Alaska, 54 tons bituminous coal.
began coaling ship.
Received from the Alaska Commercial Company, 29 tons bituminous coal
At 4:30, gigs from "Thetis" and "Manning" pulled a two mile straight away race in Unalaska Bay. "Manning's" boat won by two lengths.
Pulling is rowing.
(https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/data/512/medium/USS_San_Francisco_Captain_s_Gig_1890s_copy.jpg)
Carpenter employed making new drawers for chartroom.
10-00, Held muster; Commanding officer inspected ship,
10-30, liberty to one division.
Landed infantry division and exercised at infantry drill on wharf.
Omitted quarters on account of scrubbing hammocks and bags.
Carpenter employed overhauling and resetting deck lights in quarter-deck over cabin.
Engineer force employed cleaning boiler and repairing steam launche's boiler.
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The voyage for 1907 has been completed, and you can see it here (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hb6CIRKc3InxLQioDEBZgyRzV8PjhIf5).
This took a long time because my hard drive failed on Monday. I suspected problems, so I saved my work and I immediately made a system backup on my external drive. Lucky for me that I did. As soon as the backup was complete, I shutdown the computer, and that was the last time the hard drive was able to spin up. We had a major dump of snow, so I had to wait a day for the streets to be sufficiently clear that I could take my PC in to a repair shop. They installed a new hard drive and loaded Windows 10. After I got it back, I spent two and a half days re-installing all the software I needed and copying all the data from the backup onto the PC. ::)
Now that everything is OK, I'm taking another backup. ;)
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Now that everything is OK, I'm taking another backup. ;)
Maybe you should take a break as well after all that hard work? ;)