Kearsarge (1882): links, questions, comments, coordination, ...

[Michael]

[pommystuart]

Well done Gordon.

[Randi]

[ggordon]

February 21

Still participating in the festivities, but no salute for King Rex today.

Sunrise

dressed ship in rainbow, in honor of Rex, King of the Carnival with Rex flag at the main.

Sunset

hauled down rainbow and mast head flags.

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[Michael]

[ggordon]

February 22

Stop the foolishness. The Admirals are here.

Sunrise

dressed ship with U.S. Ensigns at mast-heads.

8AM to Noon

Rear Admiral Preble visited the ship and was received with the customary honors. At noon fired a national salute of 21 guns.

Meridian to 4PM

Rear Adm. Wyman U.S.N. visited the ship and was received with customary honors.

Sunset

hauled down masthead flags.

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[Michael]

[ggordon]

February is complete.

Other than Mardis Gras, not much of interest. Still sitting in port at New Orleans recruiting lots of boys and shipping them off in groups of 30 or so to various locations for training.

[Michael]

[ggordon]

March is complete.

Sailed from New Orleans to Kingston, Jamaica. Spent a couple of days there and now headed for St. Thomas.

[ggordon]

April 27 at Hampton Roads, Virginia:

Meridian to 4PM

12:30 sighted the U.S.S. Tallapoosa standing in for the harbor with the American Ensign at the main. At 12:50 the fleet manned yards and fired salutes in honor of the presence of the President of the United States. The Tallapoosa anchored at 1:15. At 1:40 the Commanding Officer left the ship to pay his respects to the President.

4PM to 8PM

5:40 German Corvette "Luise" came in and anchored in the Roads and immediately fired a salute of 21 guns with American Ensign at the fore. At 6:15 Tennessee answered with 21 guns, German Ensign at fore. At 6:18 the Luise fired a salute of 21 guns - American Ensign a the main. At 6:20 Tennessee returned the salute of 21 guns - German flag at the fore. At 6:22 Luise fired a salute of 13 guns - hoisted jib and American Ensign at the fore. The Tennessee returned the salute gun for gun hoisting jib and German Flag at the fore.

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[Michael]

[Randi]

What did you say?

[ggordon]

April is complete.

[Michael]

[ggordon]

May is complete. Most of the month the Kearsarge was off the coast of Virginia doing training exercises with the fleet. I expect the navigation plot to be interesting. They kept changing direction almost every hour for about 20 days.

[Michael]

[ggordon]

June is complete. Just sitting in port at the Norfolk Navy Yard for an extended period. Officers and crew taking extended periods of leave. So may be sitting here for a while.

[Michael]

My guys liked it in 1864.

[ggordon]

The end of the log book has been reached mid-July. Now starting a new log book. Still in port at the Norfolk Navy Yard.