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The Northern Lights did not show up all that well in this first photo. There is just too much light in my neighborhood. https://i.imgur.com/84dg997.jpeg Later I went to my backyard where it was darker and got this better photo. https://i.imgur.com/NitP9cQ.jpeg My eyes just saw black, but cell phone ...

My eyes couldn't see them. Too many city lights. However, I read that cell phone cameras could sometimes see them when human eyes can't. By pointing my phone to the sky with the camera turned on, I could see them in the screen; nice blue, green, and red. I took a couple of photos. I'm busy right now...

I don't know where this crew is coming up with the place names, but here's another one. At 9:55PM this log page, also from 1922, references Coos Head Light. https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/6818/23681892/content/dc-metro/rg-026/585454/0002/Haida-1922-03/Haida-1922-03-0023....

At 5:05PM on this page from 1922 there is a reference to Tennessee whistling buoy. https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/6818/23681892/content/dc-metro/rg-026/585454/0002/Haida-1922-03/Haida-1922-03-0022.JPG I cannot find any reference to a Tennessee buoy, but I believe it is o...

September is complete. Another month of sitting in the port at Callao, Peru. Another month overcast with mist or drizzle almost the entire month. Another month with no liberty because of the port being quarantined.

Anchor Pawl From Wikipedia: A pawl is a movable lever that engages a fixed component to either prevent movement in one direction or restrain it altogether. As such, it is a type of latch and can also be considered a type of dog. It typically consists of a spring-loaded lever that engages a mating c...

September 22, been in Callao, Peru forever: 8AM to Meridian: Sent an officer with a squad of Marines and Master-at-arms on board. on board the American ship C.C. Chapman, the crew of which vessel refused duty, placed 10 men in irons awaiting action of U.S. Consul. https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodst...

September 18; still at Callao, Peru: 6AM dressed ship, rainbow fashion, following motions of Chilian vessels, and placing their ensign at the main, it being their "Independance day". Noon fired a salute of 21 guns in honor of "Chilian Independance day" in company with the Chilian...

For September 16, most of the AM weather data is obscured by an insert. There is no separate image with the insert moved over to the event page. I transcribed the AM values that were visible. All PM weather was visible. https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/rg-024/581208/2020-03/58120...

Steering Ram

From Seaboard Marine web site:

The ram is really the key part or “foundation” of the steering system

https://www.sbmar.com/articles/marine-h ... g-systems/

The article is discussing hydraulic steering systems.

Well, not returning drunk, but just drunk. September 3, still at Callao, Peru: Meridian to 4PM: Edmund Jansen (Bayman) being drunk, was placed in single irons under sentry's charge - searched him and found the missing Medical Store-room keys. Three bottles of whiskey found missing from Medical store...

...but there's been a lot of abusive language and shirking, resulting in heavy use of the brig anyway.

August is complete. 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️ 89 days in port now at Callao, Peru. Almost non-stop drizzle and mist the entire time, and still no liberty because the port is in quarantine. The positive to this is that transcribing is fast. Lots of dittos in the data. So making heavy use of copy down an...

At 1:36 AM on this page there is a reference to Point Ano Nuevo Light. https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/6818/23681856/content/dc-metro/rg-026/585454/0002/Haida-1922-02/Haida-1922-02-0031.JPG Our database has a link to Ano Nuevo Island Light. The point and the island are ab...

California

San Luis Obispo Light Station

35.16053

-120.76101

Referenced at 9:22 PM on this log page:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 2-0024.JPG

July is complete.

Still sitting in port in Callao, Peru. Still no liberty. Still drizzle and mist 24 hours a day, with only a few brief sun breaks all month. It's so tedious that I'm becoming quite irritated, despite sitting here in the comfort of my home. Those poor sailors.

Did I mention that prior to arriving at Callao they had been at sea for 10 days going non-stop from Panama to Callao?

Making it even more difficult was that it was overcast with mist and drizzle almost the entire six weeks.

July 14 at Callao, Peru: 8AM to Meridian: By order of Captain placed in confinement on bread and water for five days J.H. ODonnell (app.) and Chas. Bouren (I.C.F.) for insolence, demanding liberty knowing the ship is in an infected port. https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/rg-024/58...

The very logbook on which I'm working has a similar entry, and it would make sense for a Marine Private to be a guard. I thought I remembered a seeing a different abbreviation for the Marine Privates, but not sure about that.