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Below you will find links to the edited transcriptions of our US ships' logs.
[Royal Navy logs can be seen here.]
The editors work hard to present these logs in readable and, as far as possible, accurate form.
Most of the editors are experienced transcribers too.

From an Old Weather blog:

We chose our first batch of logbooks to cover the period of the First World War, as our climate records from this period were particularly poor.
This gave us not only invaluable new climate information, but also a new look at a key historical period which is about to reach its centenary.

To use our historical results, we teamed up with Gordon and naval-history.net. In Gordon's words: 'Our present world has been shaped by World War 1 -- as much a maritime war as World War 2. Not just the Battle of Jutland or the Allies' near-defeat by the U-boats, but Mediterranean, Belgian coast, South West & South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, German raiders, Atlantic convoys, North Russia'.
We need to present our logbook records so they can contribute to public and scholarly understanding of the period.

The transcribed and edited logbook records are now a major component of naval-history.net ...

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HOW TO BECOME AN EDITOR

1. For US Navy, US Revenue Service/Coast Guard and US Coast & Geodetic Survey logs:
Check the status of the ship histories under 1. EDITED LOGS.

2. Select a ship you would like to work on.

3. Let owteam@naval-history.net know which log you would like to edit and the formatted WORD file will be emailed to you.
In formatted files, the log page links have been activated, dates edited, and month and year headings added.
A quick check has been made to ensure the log pages are in date order, but this should not be assumed.
There is no time limit. Editors may take as long as they wish to finish their tasks.

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US NAVY

USS Concord: May 1897 to December 1898, Alaskan Waters, Asiatic Station (including Battle of Manila Bay)
Edited by John Fisher, Historian, Southampton. Grandson of ERA Alfred Fisher, lost with HMS Viknor
USS Concord: January 1907 to December 1908, Asiatic Station
Edited by John Fisher, Historian, Southampton. Grandson of ERA Alfred Fisher, lost with HMS Viknor

USS Jeannette: June 1879 to May 1880, Arctic Exploring Expedition
Edited by Nico Waldt, history enthusiast, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany
USS Jeannette: June 1880 to June 1881, Arctic Exploring Expedition
Edited by Nico Waldt, history enthusiast, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany

USS Rodgers: June to October 1881, Alaskan waters
Edited by Nico Waldt, history enthusiast, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, and Joan Arthur, Old Weather Transcriber, Oxford, England

USS Vicksburg: October 1897 to May 1899, US Atlantic Coast, Caribbean, Cuba Patrol (includes Cuban Blockade)
Edited by Caro, Old Weather Transcriber and Forum Moderator

USS Yorktown: April 1889 to December 1890, US East Coast, Squadron of Evolution, Mediterranean Sea
Edited by Maikel Noordeloos, Old Weather transcriber, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
USS Yorktown: January 1891 to December 1892, US East Coast, South America, US West Coast, Alaskan Waters
Edited by Maikel Noordeloos, Old Weather transcriber, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
USS Yorktown: January 1893 to December 1894, US East Coast, South America, US West Coast, Alaskan Waters, Asian Waters; includes Great International Naval Review 1893
Edited by Maikel Noordeloos, Old Weather transcriber, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
USS Yorktown: January 1895 to December 1896, Asian Waters
Edited by Maikel Noordeloos, Old Weather transcriber, Veldhoven, The Netherlands


US REVENUE SERVICE/COAST GUARD

USRC Bear: May to October 1886, May to October 1887, May to September 1888, June to November 1889, US West Coast and Alaskan Waters
Edited by Janet Lomas, Old Weather Transcriber, Lancashire, UK

USRC Thomas Corwin: May to September 1881, Search for USS Jeannette
Edited by Keith Ball, Old Weather Transcriber, Somerset, UK

URSC Commodore Perry: May to October 1895, April to October 1896, US Pacific coast, Alaskan Waters
Edited by Paul Money, Naval Historian, Cadiz, Spain

USRC Rush II: June 1890 to December 1891, Alaskan and NW American waters
Edited by Caro, Old Weather Transcriber and Forum Moderator

USCGC Unalga I: December 1913 to January 1914, January 1916 to December 1917, US Pacific Coast, Alaskan Waters
Edited by Dean M. Aschenbrenner, Naval History Enthusiast, North Tonawanda, near Niagara Falls, NY
USCGC Unalga I: January 1942 to December 1943 including Puerto Rico and Cuba, US Atlantic Coast
Edited by John Fisher, Historian, Southampton. Grandson of ERA Alfred Fisher, lost with HMS Viknor
USCGC Unalga I: January 1944 to October 1945, US Atlantic Coast
Edited by John Fisher, Historian, Southampton. Grandson of ERA Alfred Fisher, lost with HMS Viknor


US COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY

USC&GSS Yukon I: April 1873 to October 1883, Alaskan waters, Bering Sea, western Aleutians
Edited by Caro, Old Weather Transcriber and Forum Moderator

US FISH COMMISSION

USFCS Albatross: January 1896 to December 1897,San Diego Bay, San Francisco, Pribilof Islands, Sea of Okhotsk and Kuril Islands, Los Angeles and Farallon Islands, Puget Sound, off Cape Flattery and South-East Alaska
Edited by Matteo Gramigni, Old Weather Transcriber, Prato, Italy