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NARA URL JPG Link General area(s)
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169784194 January
February
March
April
May (1-3)
Making passage to Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope
Saint Helena
Boston


Muster Rolls of U.S.S. Shenandoah 1867-1870




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 Shenandoah: general for some general background and discussion.
See Shenandoah: examples for a quick introduction to transcribing or a refresher.

See Transcribing Guide to learn how to transcribe the data.
Post in Ask Questions Here or this topic if you have questions.

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January 17
Noon : Lat 32° 42' 00"S, Long 33° 40' 00"E
At 8:30 PM, a brilliant meteor crossed the sky to the Wd. Exploding a short distance from the ship with an audible report & lighted up the entire sky.
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25 January

We sailed into Table Bay, South Africa. In the evening, we reported the Tablecloth over Table Mountain. :D
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8-) 8-) 8-)
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The voyage for Shenandoah 1869 has been completed. It consists of a long trip from the middle of the Indian Ocean to Table Bay, South Africa, to Jamestown, Saint Helena and then to the Boston Navy Yard. You can see a plot of the voyage here and, for more detail, download the KML file and view it with Google Earth.

These are the weather statistics for this voyage:

Weather ElementRecords
DirT
2,940
Kts
2,934
Baro
1,439
Attd
1,428
Dry
1,428
Wet
1,429
Water
1,236
Weather
2,940
Clouds
2,939
Clear
2,934
Total
21,647

Shenandoah travelled a total of 9,805 miles.
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