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[Morgan]

Happy Birthday Espross. And many more celebrations to you!

Rani- Enjoyed the animal pictures- had several good laughs!

[pommystuart]

Moved to Yantic 1873.
Caro

[studentforever]

In case there are any lighthouse enthusiasts planning to visit Hull you might be interested in this new exhibit.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-64898987

[Caro]

She's wonderful. Thanks Ros.

[Randi]

I just discovered: https://nerdlegame.com/

To my utter astonishment I got it in three tries!
(probably for the first and last time)

[pommystuart]

Not sure where to put this so it's here to start with.

https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/hand ... sequence=1

Title of Dissertation: “THE SQUADRON UNDER YOUR COMMAND”:
CHANGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY IN THE U.S. NAVY’S NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, 1874-1897
James C. Rentfrow, PhD, 2012

Some pages I found interesting, (by actual page not page number at the bottom right of the page)
P41 Fleet tactics
P70-73 Tactical drills
P94 mention of Kearsarge, she is mentioned a lot over the next few years.
P109-120 Ships of the Atlantic Squadron 1882 and Tactical manoeuvres
P132 Rear Admiral Jouetts request for funds near bottom of page
P161, P164, P210, P269, ships of the Atlantic Squadron
P22p Signalling by the Ardois system
P247 Signal and cruising in formation.

A line that made me grin in the choice of a ship name and cargo.
“The North Atlantic Squadron was rounded out by the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius”.
Which, it would bet, would have looked like Vesuvius if it went up in smoke and fire.

[Michael]

[Randi]

Vesuvius III (Dynamite Gun Cruiser)








https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vesuvius_(1888)

[pommystuart]

I just discovered: https://nerdlegame.com/

To my utter astonishment I got it in three tries!
(probably for the first and last time)

I lucked out after 6 does but did have 5 right.

[pommystuart]

Anybody heard of the "Oneida" monument, I hadn't till now.

The Yantic picked up some stones for it in Hong Kong on the 16th & 17 May 1873.
It seems it was a monument was made up of two stones carried either side of the Pivot gun.

We are now 14th July and are unloading monument onto the Idaho to be transported ashore in Yokohama, Japan.
Link to picture of it.
https://ww2db.com/images/56fe69b737642.jpg
Link to vessel Oneida.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oneida_(1861)

[Randi]

I didn't remember the ship's name, but when I followed your link to the wiki article I remembered having read it before. The Japanese seem to have shown far more respect for the dead sailors than the US government did.

[Maikel]

USS Yorktown also mentions the unveiling of a monument in Japan, the Commodore Perry Monument, at the site where Commodore Matthew C. Perry first landed in Japan.

14 July 1901

...
Got under way at 7.25am, under [steam from] A, B, C and D boilers, on various courses, steaming in squadron with the United States flagship U.S.S. "New York" and U.S.S. "New Orleans", standing out of Yokohama harbor.
...
At 8.40am sighted Japanese squadron at anchor, the "Hatsuse" ["Hatutse" in log-book] flying a Vice-Admiral's flag, and all ships full-dressed.
At 8.55am U.S.S. "New York" fired a salute of 15 guns, with Japanese ensign at fore, the salute was returned by the "Hatsuse" ["Hatutse" in log-book] gun for gun, with American ensign at fore.
At 9.15am in obedience to signals from the United States flagship U.S.S. "New York" anchored, and full-dressed ship, with Japanese ensign at main.
...
At 10.18am the Japanese battleship "Shikishima" came in and anchored, and full-dressed ship.
At 11.05am the Captain and five officers left the ship to attend the unveiling of the Commodore Perry monument at Kurihama.
...
At 12.10pm the United States flagship U.S.S. "New York" fired a salute of 21 guns, Japanese ensign at main, and the "Hatsuse" ["Hatutse" in log-book] fired 21 guns, with United States ensign at main.
Marine guards of all ships were paraded and faced towards the Perry Monument on shore during the unveiling.

http://oldweather.s3.amazonaws.com/ow3/ ... _036_1.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_C._Perry

[Michael]

Like Randi, I remember reading that article, too. I can't recall what started that trip down the rabbit hole, though.

[Randi]

Today (25 March) is International Waffle Day!

https://wafflegame.net/

[espross]

The Waffle is great! Thanks for the tip!

[Michael]

Mary said, "You should have told me BEFORE breakfast!"

[pommystuart]

That game is to hard for me in the morning.

[Randi]

The Waffle is great! Thanks for the tip!

You might also like https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/

[jil]

For another word puzzle there's https://squaredle.app/

[Caro]

I like Squaredle too.