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NASA Earth Observatory https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/152000/152832/yawajaba_oli2_20240421.jpg April 21, 2024 https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/152000/152832/yawajaba_oli_20240429.jpg April 29, 2024 Montgomery Reef Revealed https://www.geonames.org/2074108/colli...

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1920 — Coast Guard officers and enlisted personnel were granted the same pay, allowances and increases as the Navy.

https://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-history/may-18.html 1898 — During the Spanish-American War, boat parties from USS St.Louis and USS Wompatuck, under Capt. Caspar F. Goodrich, cut communication cables at Santiago, Cuba. 1902 — Marines and Sailors from the iron-hulled screw steamer, Ranger go as...

I can only hope that their seamanship is better than their log keeping

Interesting comment in this 1855 log:
when the temperature of the water is taken below the surface, the depth in fathoms should be placed above, thus
₅₀
⁴⁰
denotes that at the depth of 50 fathoms the temperature of the water was 40°

A tea sommelier sounds very

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https://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_May_17 1896: An estimated F5 tornado tracked 100 miles through northeastern Kansas and extreme southeastern Nebraska. Seneca, Oneida, Sabetha, and Reserve, Kansas sustained severe damage. While passing through Reserve, the tornado was 2 miles ...

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https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/dc-metro/rg-024/581208/2020-01/581208-lackawanna-001/581208-lackawanna-001-002.JPG They, presumably, know where they are, so why bother noting that in the log. Fortunately, the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships is a bit more helpful: https://www....

Done!

Off to Lackawanna (1863)

F1 across TAURUS

The other May Zodiac sign. April 21 to May 20.

https://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/5-16 1874 - The Mill Creek disaster occurred west of Northhampton MA. Dam slippage resulted in a flash flood which claimed 143 lives, and caused a million dollars property damage. (David Ludlum) https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mill-river-flood-1...

https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/

1846 — Eleven cutters were assigned to cooperate with Army and Navy in the Mexican War. Cutters McLane, Legare, Woodbury, Ewing, Forward, and Van Buren were assigned to the Army. Cutters Wolcott, Bibb, Morris, and Polk were assigned to the Navy.

1802 - The First Battle of Tripoli Harbor was fought on May 16, 1802 in Tripoli Harbor between a combined force consisting of the American frigate USS Boston and two Swedish Navy frigates against several Tripolitan Barbary corsairs. 1820 - The frigate USS Congress becomes the first U.S. warship to ...