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Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:01 pm
by Randi
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(Logs listed in fine print are not currently being transcribed)
On the weather page, please enter: date, locations, distances (nautical miles and tenths), courses, and all the weather data in the columns outlined in red in the spreadsheet.
It is not necessary to record State of the Sea.
However, ice mentioned in the weather grid should be transcribed using the magenta Sea column.
On the events page please enter: ice, location information, and sailing information.
Aurorae, volcanic, and seismic activity should be reported in the forum.
The names of US Navy and Coast Guard ships met should be noted. This gives the science team a chance to compare weather readings. You can include all ships mentioned in a single entry without a time or any additional data.
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 3).
Unlike in OW3, where three transcriptions were required for each page, we are doing only one transcription per page.
Every transcriber needs to enter the date.
The date is used to organize the pages.
See
Chelan — General for some general background and discussion.
See
Chelan — Examples for a quick introduction to transcribing or a refresher.
See
Transcribing Guide to learn how to transcribe the data.
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Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:34 am
by Randi
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Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:23 am
by Michael
22 July, 1934
North Pacific Ocean
53o51'N 152o56'W
An early example of tele-medicine:
8 AM to Noon
Prescribed treatment for appendicitis in answer to a request from Drier Bay, Alaska.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:52 am
by Randi
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:39 pm
by ggordon
Virtual doctor visits are not as new as people think.
In the late 70s I worked for the Federal Government in Tucson and was sent roughly 100 miles out into the desert in the middle of nowhere to the village of Sells on the Papago Indian Reservation (now the Tohono O'odham Nation) to conduct an interview with a scientist. I was not given any advance information as to what was there. I was amazed when I arrived and given a tour of what turned out to be a NASA facility. They had a big satellite dish connected to a medical clinic. The reservation had many far flung tiny villages scattered around the desert. Nurses would travel to the villages in mobile labs containing a video camera, microphone, speaker, medical devices, including an x-ray machine, and a satellite dish. The nurses then had a live video and medical sensor link to doctors back at the medical clinic who would guide the nurses as they provided medical care at the remote locations. NASA used the earth-bound site to develop capabilities for providing medical support for astronauts.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:12 pm
by Randi
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:38 pm
by Hanibal94
Very interesting, thanks for sharing Gordon!
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 9:22 pm
by Michael
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 4:11 pm
by Michael
August 2, 1934
Off Natepelmer, Siberia
A visit to Soviet Russia. Not the best handwriting...
1620
Permission to enter having been granted by the department of State letter 25 June 1934 (EE-102-16-688) and Headquarter letter 27 Jun, 1934 (CO-611-601-64)
The Commanding Officer left the vessel to obtain information with reference to firing a salute and making the usual calls. Before arrival at the village, found that the officer in charge was a petty officer of the Army ( whose title was Chief of Boundary Service), being in command of ten (10) men. This information was obtained from a Soviet geologist who was temporarily on duty at the village.
At 1800 returned to the vessel and found that the Soviet Chief was alongside in a boat manned by 5 armed soldiers. As he could not be understood, it was found necessary to return to the village where the geologist (a professor from the University of Leningrad) who could speak both German and English could interpret. The situation was explained and he informed the Commanding Officer that a salute could not be answered. The Officer requested that the visit to the Chelan be construed as an official one, and he considered the Commanding Officer's visit at that time as the return call.
At 1710 took the interpreter and the Soviet Official returned to the ship with the Commanding Officer and obtained the necessary data with reference to the vessel, the health of the personnel and a copy of the permit to enter Soviet Russia. The officer authorized the personnel of the vessel to enter the village (but to remain within certain limits) in groups of 55 men and also authorizing the vessel to take on water from a nearby stream. Tested water and found it contained .2 grains chlorine. The Soviet official returned ashore at 1900. Liberty was granted to one watch until
2000. A surfboat was sent ashore to procure water and returned at 2040 with 240 gals. The liberty party returned on time at 2000.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:16 pm
by Hanibal94
Did my best to decipher the tricky bits in the last paragraph, here's what I found out:
"At 1710 took the interpreter" -> looks very similar to "intrepret" a few lines earlier
"Liberty was granted to one watch until 2000." -> There's a period after 2000, and it's mentioned afterwards that the party returned on time at 2000.
Can't quite work out the second, but it looks like "~ grams chlorine" to me. Perhaps the first word is a number? Or maybe they were mentioning a chlorine compound?
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:00 pm
by Randi
.2 grains
Not that I can read the other word as calcium, but...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_(unit) wrote:In North America, the hardness of water is often measured in grains per US gallon (gpg) of calcium carbonate equivalents.[16][17] Otherwise, water hardness is measured in the dimensionless unit of parts per million (ppm), numerically equivalent to density measured in mg/L.[16][17] One grain per US gallon is approximately 17.1 ppm.[16][note] Soft water contains 1–4 gpg of calcium carbonate equivalents, while hard water contains 11–20 gpg.[17]
Maybe they were measuring the saltiness (amount of chlorine) of the water to see if they could use it.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:30 pm
by Michael
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 5:04 pm
by Michael
5 August 1934
Savoonga
Meridian to 4:00 p.m.
1:00 Approximately 100 natives came aboard for a motion picture entertainment and some for medical treatment.
No word about when they left. The ship leaves Savoonga at 3:51.
Then we offered movies. Now it's beer, pizza or lottery tickets.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:04 pm
by Michael
10 August 1934
Nash Harbor
Statistical Data pertaining to the Village of Nash Harbor
10 August 1934
- Number of males: 27
- Number of females: 15
- Number of families: 8
- Number of boys (up to 18 years): 10
- Number of girls (up to 18 years): 6
- Number of Weddings, past year: 0
- Number of deaths, past year: 1
- Number of births, past year: 1
- Health of Natives in general: Good
- Condition of Village: Fair
- Kind of food available: Seal, fish and wild greens
- Is there a sufficiency of food for winter: Yes
- Financial condition of Natives: All in debt
- Trading done: Bartering with "TRADER"
- Ownership of reindeer: All owned by Lomen Co.
- Distribution of reindeer: Not distributed.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 3:50 pm
by Michael
12 August
Off Walrus Island
2:30 PM Stopped and lowered boat No. 1 to observe and film wild life on Walrus Island.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:45 pm
by Michael
16 August, 1934
Unalaska
Once again, difficult handwriting. Two accounts, one crossed out, two versions of the man's name Lee/Leo Garritt/Garrity. There are a couple of places where I really had to guess at the words. Suggestions appreciated.
17:12 Leo Garrity, 29 years old, and under the influence of liquor, a waiter on board the S. S. Victoria, came on board thinking that the Chelan was the Victoria, walked forward and being told of his error, attempted to leave the ship forward of the second davit. He fell overboard between the ship and the dock. G. W. Penney ( ) CGM jumped to camel a distance of 6 ft and W. S. Harrow () QM 1c was immediately lowered on a line to him. They succeeded in passing a line around Garrity who was then hoisted to the dock. Penney grasped man as his head was under the water and held him under the waist until Harrow positioned the line. About a cupful of water was expelled from his mouth. Artificial respiration was begun, soon the patient was breathing so it was discontinued. He was removed to the sick bay for after (?) treatment. Dr. Collett of the Bureau of Indian Affairs immediately arrived and pronounced him safe but suffering from shock. The water temperature 46oF and air temperature 54o at the time. The man had been stunned by striking his head on the camel in going overboard.
19:16 Lee Garret removed to Bureau of Indian Affairs Hospital at Unalaska.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:12 pm
by Randi
According to
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camel, a camel is "a watertight structure used especially to lift submerged ships"
Maybe they have one at Unalaska?
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:18 pm
by Michael
Maybe. I haven't seen any other references to one, but I have no better idea.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:22 pm
by Randi
CSM may be CGM = CHIEF GUNNER'S MATE
"jumped to came" may be jumped to camel.
Re: Chelan (1934) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:36 pm
by Randi
http://www.alaskaharbors.org/resources/Documents/AlaskaBargeReport_FINAL.pdf wrote:Prior to barge arrival, the facility operator deploys three log camels or other portable fenders to cover a 200-ft area where the barge will moor. The fender panel system at North Dock consists of timber panels that are mounted on steel pin piles. These are falling apart or do not exist in some places. At a minimum, it is suggested that the fender panels at the North Dock should be replaced.
...
Fenders for docks are devices that are installed between the face of the dock and the vessel to reduce the shock or impact of the vessel on the dock (and vise versa) when berthing. Fenders come in many forms and may be as simple as used heavy equipment tires chained to the face of a dock, or could be free-standing sophisticated energy absorption units. Other common fenders include commercial pneumatic or foam-filled cushions, synthetic or log camels, timber piling installed along the dock face, or pin piling with energy absorbing panels.
