Example 1: In port
Weather page
Weather grid:
- Case does not matter. Type what you see, or use whichever case you prefer.
- Calm can be abbreviated to C or c.
- You may want to turn on Pressure Data Auto-Fill (on the Setup sheet).
With that, once you have entered a valid pressure, all you need to do is enter the last two digits.
- An explanation of how to fill in the log pages and what the weather entries mean appears at the beginning of most log books.
See here and here.
Location:
- As is often the case when they are in port all day, no latitudes or longitudes are given.
- Help with Alaskan place names can be found in: Alaskan Place Names -- Reference
Completed weather page:
Events page
Date:
- Transcribing the date is crucial.
If the date is missing or incorrect your transcription of the page may be lost.
When the ship is in port, there are generally no events that need to be transcribed, and there is no need to upload the page.
However, we are requesting the names of other US government ships (USS and USCGC) met.
This is to allow the science team to compare instrument readings between ships when they find problems.
There is no need to note foreign, commercial, or private ships.
Ship:
To make this as easy as possible:
- List all ships on a given day in a single entry without a time as shown above.
- You can omit ships that were noted on previous days.
Other than the ships, there is nothing that need to be transcribed on this page.
However, to help you become familiar with the writing, here is a full transcription:
0000 to 0900
Moored as before at the Government Dock, Juneau, Alaska
C O Ashley, Lieut. (jg)
0900 to 1600
Inspected magazines and smokeless powder samples.
conditions dry and normal. 1000 Liberty party returned
on time. 1003 USS DALLAS, USS WASMUTH, and USS LONG stood
in and moored astern. 1030 Granted liberty to the 2nd and
3rd sections of the crew until 0800 tomorrow. 1055 Rifle
team departed for range. Observed Sunday.
F V Helmer, Ensign
1600 to 2400
1840 Rifle team returned, having placed second in
five-team match.
F V Helmer, Ensign
If you are curious about the officers mentioned on this page, they are Charles Otis Ashley and Frank Vincent Helmer
They can be found by searching for Haida in
Register of the commissioned and warrant officers ... 1936-40.
That link can be found in
Resources for finding names, ranks & rates, uniforms & badges
This is
only if you are curious. There is no need to transcribe these names since they occur on most log pages.
If you are curious about the ships mentioned on this page, see:
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... as-ii.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... /long.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/hi ... smuth.html
Completed events page:
