Interesting Log Entries

[Hanibal94]

Haida, July 1st 1924, 20:00:

Held "Bering Sea Follies and Minstrels of 1924" on berth deck for entertainment of officers and crew.

https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 7-0005.JPG

Pity this was long before smartphones or video cameras - I would love to see that!

[Randi]

[Michael]

[studentforever]

Unusual detail of offence given by USS Jamestown
8am, 4 Aug 1849
Called all hands to witness punishment. Punished Peter Clark (seaman) 12 lashes with the cats for insolence to the Boatswain & saying that the Officer of the Deck might kiss his arse
http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/ ... _188_1.jpg

[Randi]

[Hanibal94]

Haida, June 4th 1926 at 02:15:

Eight cells, comprising the power plant of the short wave radio transmitter, blew up and were demolished. Battery had been on charge until a short time before the explosion. Explosion occurred when radio operator on watch, John Manuel, threw switch to draw power from battery.

https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 6-0009.JPG

Sounds like John Manuel was lucky not to get hurt!

[Randi]

Sounds pretty dramatic!

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

Received from authorities ashore 2 whale skeletons for national Museum.

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[AvastMH]

Received from authorities ashore 2 whale skeletons for national Museum.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 1_0056.JPG

That's impressive - given that most whale skeletons at that time would have been chopped up for bone/return to the ocean deep

[pommystuart]

We tried to pick them up a few weeks ago but bad weather stopped us from landing.

[AvastMH]

Belvedere (ODHS222 tape) 11th August 1898

Clearly the crew of the Belvedere have a sugar addiction of a high order...

"got 2 bbls molasses from A Knowles let them have Whale Boat set of Oars & Boat Sail"

I've got a tin of black treacle somewhere...I wonder what I could get for it? Jib boom? Spanker sail?

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

Haida, 17 Aug 1929
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 8-0023.JPG

1600 Received radio message from St Paul Island stating Calibration had been postponed indefinitely due to flight of Zeppelin.

[It may have been this flight, "Graf Zeppelin’s Historic 1929 Flight Around the World"]
There was some 5-6 basically SW winds that day.
More to follow if noted.

[Randi]

[AvastMH]

History as it happened - marvellous

[pommystuart]

Haida 24th Aug 1929 00-04hrs. Off Cape Clear. (Montague Is)
Radio reception of Graf Zeppelin's messages heard throughout watch.

[AvastMH]

I'd like to have been a pair of ears in that room

[Michael]

[Randi]

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1929/08/24 ... 124381158/