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NARA URL JPG Link General area(s)
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169803103 January
February
March
April
May
June
Hawaii
American Samoa
Samoa
Hawaii
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169803296 July
August
September
October
November
December
Hawaii
California
Kiribati

Muster Rolls of U.S.S. Tuscarora 1875-1876, 1878-1879




On the weather page, please enter: date, locations, knots, fathoms, courses steered, and all the weather data in the columns outlined in red in the spreadsheet.
If the ship is not moving (e.g., at anchor), knots, fathoms, and courses steered do not need to be transcribed. In that case, the course is usually the ship's heading.

On the events page please enter: location information, sailing information, and any mentions of ice.
In general there is no need to include comments about the weather unless there is something unusual or extreme.
Comments about problems with or changes of the weather instruments are very rare but should be noted.
Aurorae, volcanic, and seismic activity should be reported in the forum.
The names of US Navy and Coast Guard ships met should be transcribed, but if they are seen on the following days they don't have to be transcribed again. You can include all ships mentioned in a single entry without a time or any additional data. This gives the science team a chance to compare weather readings.
Other events are optional.

One person can do both weather and events (Stream 1), but the system also allows one person to do the weather page (Stream 1) and a second person to do the events page (Stream 2).

Every page needs to have a date. The date is used to organize the pages.



See Tuscarora: general for some general background and discussion.
See Tuscarora: examples for a quick introduction to transcribing or a refresher.

See Transcribing Guide to learn how to transcribe the data.
Post in Ask Questions Here or this topic if you have questions.

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To complete a voyage Cal to Cal I can do Nov & Dec this year as well as 1876 in full.
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Be brave, do Jan-Dec 1875 as well as 1876. :D
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Let me see how the 1876 scribe and crew behave before committing to 1875 as well.
Looking at the sample page they have a problem keeping on course :D
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No worries. Do whatever works for you.
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If I don't get on with the crew I may jump ship in Sydney next year.
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:D :D :D

If they're like the crew on Tuscarora in 1862, you won't have any crew left by the time you get there.
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OK, Michael, you talked me into it.
I'll do this after 76.
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:D :D :D
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I'm back.
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:D :D :D
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https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 31-045.JPG
08-Merid
Sent on board HBMS "?Jendos? for transportation to the United States a box containing specimans obtained in sounding from San Francisco to Hololulu, to go from San Francisco to Washington in care of Wells Fargo express:

I often wondered if they collected the samples and what they did with them.
What does Washington do with them?
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Smithsonian Museum ?
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Just arrived Apia, Samoa
One guy came back onboard at 0230 after being AWOL.
0930 Read to the crew the Samoan laws governing desertion from vessels.
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:shock:
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I have never seen so many of the likes of Sd+Nd etc, seems the watch cannot make up their mind as to which is the predominant direction so they put in both.
This was a good day.
nd+ed
nd+ed
nd+ed
nd+ed
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
nd+ed
nd+ed
nd+ed
nd+ed
sd+wd
sd+wd
sd+ed
sd+ed
c
c
c
c

and they sometimes add a few Ely's and vars in for good measure.
:roll:
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Those will eventually be converted to SE, NE, SW etc. It's about all that can be done. :roll:

Just be glad you're not on the 1864 voyage!!!
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I see they were Sd+Wd ing back then.
At least you dont seem to have much weather to enter in the early part but more later.
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Yes, but you noticed that they don't use the columns, and it is a pain trying to dig out the data from the really busy entries. You also have to memorize all the various codes for things like heavy gales and fresh breezes. And, what's a heavy gale? Is it fresh, strong or whole? And, so it goes...
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I have been anchored up in Apia, Samoa for a over a month now. It would just be my luck to sail before Charley turns up. :lol: :lol:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-21/ ... /104490682
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