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Yantic, Aug 2 1883, Off SE Cary Island Group, Greenland.
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2100 Exec office went ashore in whale boat.
He found a boat with complete outfit, stores, and provisions, marked "Artic Relief Depot A" and with the British Broadarrow.
He also found the records deposited there on July 21 by Lieut Garlington, Com'dg the Greeley Relief party.
Left Yantics records.

Yantic, Aug 3 1883, Off Littleton Is, Greenland.
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1800 Standing off waiting for parties sent ashore to erect & examine Cairns on Littleton Is.
Found cairn on SW side if island containing records of Lieut Garlington, stating that the SS Proteus had been nipped and sunk in ice pack to the Nd of Cape Sabine on the 23rd ultimo (?)
Records also stated that Lt Garlington USN & party consisting of Lt J. C. Colivill (??) USN, Dr Harrison USN, 7 enlisted men. 3 civilian employes + 2 esquimaut left Littleton Is on the 26th in 2 whale boats & dinghy steering to the Sd in hope of meeting the Yantic.
Deposited our record in the same cairn.

2145 came to in ice in Pandora Hbr.
EO Lt Green went ashore with whale boat & dinghy to examin cairns, one at entrance of harbor and another on Cairn Pt.
They returned having found information of the departure of Capt Pike & crew of Porteus with Lt Garlington & Arctic Relief Party in boats to the Sd.

Yantic in port Brooklyn. 09-merid

Turned into store ........ ......... 45 frogs ....... ........

The only reference i can find about ships frogs is that they are a little boat. 45 would be a lot of them. ????

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_(disambiguation)
Part of a sheath or scabbard for an edged tool or weapon



British P-1853 Socket Bayonet Scabbard & Frog



FROG & SCABBARD
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Your running hot today Randi.
9 min and I got an answer.


I noticed it gets cold in Brooklyn as I have just recorded temps of 13F (TT) on the 23 Dec 1883
According to https://www.currentresults.com/Yearly-W ... rature.php
The temp on the 23 Dec 1883 was -1 F

(It's 11 C this morning at St George. NSW)

Yantic 1881 Jan 4th
Rigged and planted requlation target, but prevented from firing by a merchant vessel anchored between us and target.

(Well move the target)

No, fire over their heads!

Quite an excuse. Should have run yellow warning tape to keep the merchant ship out. Oh, ya, no plastic tape back then. Guess its a bad idea for lots of reasons.

Yantic Jan 19th 1881, Port Royal Sound.
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1315, Sent a boat & officer with tender of assistance to British Steamer "Alicia", grounded in bay during fog: assistance declined. On return, boat picked up two of "Alicia's" boats crew, capsized while laying out anchor, third man lost.

Some people will do anything to get their name in print.

8pm-12pm
Joseph Richards left the ship by jumping overboard and swimming ashore outside of the Navy yard limits. (Washington Navy Yard)

I couldn't help speculating on the activities of W Massey which earned him 5 days extra duty.

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1st Aug 1881. New London.
Kearsarge fired a gun and broke the jack. (opps )

(From Yantic log)

Chewing tobacco was a 10 day issue?? I guess I would have thought it a regular habit.

Well, 10 days of extra duty might make it a less regular habit - or at least make him more careful when and where he does it.

Yantic Sept 6th 1881.
At Meridian dresses ship with ensign at each mast head in celebration of Groton Centennial.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Groton_Heights

Jamestown doesn't feel a happy ship but this is a new one. One of the apprentices has been placed in confinement and is the subject of a Summary Court Martial. After a couple of short sessions the crew is assembled to hear the verdict. The verdict is not entered into the log but presumably was guilty of something. The Commanding Officer disapproves the verdict, releases the prisoner and returns him to duty. Sounds as if there is dissent in the wardroom as well.

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