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Being transcribed as a special case



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Muster Rolls of U.S.S. Tuscarora 1866-1870




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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31 March 1866
Valparaiso, Chile

You can read about the Spanish bombardment of the undefended city of Valparaiso in Tuscarora's log for that day. A more complete account is in Wikipedia. Estimated cost of the damage in today's money, $224,000,000 US.

My favourite quote for the Wiki article:
When General Kilpatrick threatened to defend the port with the US squadron and attack the Spanish fleet, Admiral Méndez Núñez famously responded with, "I will be forced to sink [the US ships], because even if I have one ship left I will proceed with the bombardment. Spain, the Queen and I prefer honor without ships than ships without honor."
Sadly, we haven't change our way of thinking in the last 160 years. :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Sadly true :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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May 2nd, 1866
Callao, Peru

You can read the notes about the Battle of Callao in Tuscarora's log for this date. It is interesting that she was present for both the Battle of Valparaiso and the Battle of Callao. Both sides claimed victory. Spain and France said the Spaniards won, the Americans, British and Peruvians said that Peru won. :roll:

However, it was glorious! :roll: :cry: :cry: :cry:
In 1870, former U.S. general Alvin Peterson Hovey, member of the United States legation to Perú, described the battle as inconclusive but glorious for both countries in a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish
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May 5th, 1866
Callao, Peru

The log has an account of explosions and the sound of gunfire from San Lorenzo Island, where the Spanish fleet was anchored.
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June 20
Valparaiso, Chile
At 8 Bells, dress ship in honor of the accession of Queen of England to the throne.
I haven't seen that very often, and goodness knows, Victoria was Queen of England for many, many years, so there have been lots of occasions to celebrate this day. I wonder if it's because of the presence of English men-or-war in harbour with us.
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The voyage for 1866 has been completed. No mentions of people were recorded, but we did spot some floating ice in the Straits of Magellan. You can see a plot of the voyage here and, for more detail, you can download the KML file and view it with Google Earth.

These are the weather statistics for this voyage:

Weather ElementRecords
DirT
8,439
Kts
8,228
Baro
2,337
Dry
3,563
Water
1,259
Weather
8,061
Total
31,887

Tuscarora travelled a total of 7,964 miles.

These are the ice statistics for this voyage:

Ice ElementRecords
Ice_Log
2
Total
2

Tuscarora travelled a total of 7,964 miles.
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