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This is a momentous occasion!
Maikel published the last of our 314 edited Royal Navy logs today.
HMS Cambrian was edited by John Fisher and illustrated with five Journey Plotter maps.
Cambrian's previous two dedicated editors, Helen Julian (HelenJ) and Paul Money (dorbel), died before their edits were complete.
Sadly, their work was also lost.
We say thank you to John for taking over and finally getting Cambrian into port.

The logs of USFCS Albatross, January 1910 to December 1911, with three Journey Plotter maps, will be our last published edit for 2023 (probably!)
Many thanks to editor Matteo.

The edited logs of USS Jamestown, 1879-1881, US Pacific coast and survey of Sitka Harbor, have been published with three Journey Plotter maps (new colour!).
This log includes the infamous Sitka Hurricane of 1880.
Thanks as usual to editor, mapmaker and publisher, Maikel.

U.S.S. Jamestown was stationed at Sitka, Alaska, from 1879 to 1881.
They left their mark till this day, though.

Click a map to see a larger version.

Places near Sitka.


Places further away from Sitka.


Jamestown Bay: https://www.geonames.org/5553924/

Commander L.A. Beardslee:
• Beardslee Islands: https://www.geonames.org/5844633/
• Beardslee Entrance: https://www.geonames.org/5844650/
• Beardslee Islands: https://www.geonames.org/5844631/

Commander Henry Glass:
• Glass Peninsula: https://www.geonames.org/5846652/
• Point Glass: https://www.geonames.org/5846671/

Lieutenant-Commander C.H. Rockwell:
• Rockwell Island: https://www.geonames.org/5556757/
• Rockwell, now known as Juneau: https://www.geonames.org/5554072/

Lieutenant and Navigator F.M. Symonds:
• Symonds Bay: https://www.geonames.org/5557790/
• Symonds Point: https://www.geonames.org/5557786/

Lieutenant E.P. McClellan:
• McClellan Group: https://www.geonames.org/5555630/
• McClellan Rock: https://www.geonames.org/5555631/

Master G.C. Hanus:
• Hanus Islet: https://www.geonames.org/5846571/
• Hanus Point: https://www.geonames.org/5846931/
• Hanus Bay: https://www.geonames.org/5846939/
• Point Hanus: https://www.geonames.org/5846883/
• Hanus Reef: https://www.geonames.org/5846915/

Master Frank Guertin:
• Guertin Island: https://www.geonames.org/5846850/

Ensign J.O. Nicolson:
• Nicholson Rocks (note the misspelling): https://www.geonames.org/5556012/

Ensign N.R. Usher:
• Usher Rock: https://www.geonames.org/5558219/

Ensign E.M. Katz:
• Katz Rock: https://www.geonames.org/5554330/

Ensign J. Clarkson Gillmore:
• Gillmore Islands: https://www.geonames.org/5846595/

Ensign Henry Minett:
• Minett Island: https://www.geonames.org/5555765/

Passed Assistant Paymaster Ring:
• Ring Island: https://www.geonames.org/5556728/

Passed Assistant Surgeon N. McPherson Ferebee:
• Ferebee Rock: https://www.geonames.org/5846233/

Paymaster's Clerk H.D. Alexander:
• Alexander Rock: https://www.geonames.org/5844318/
• Port Alexander: https://www.geonames.org/5844318/
• Point Alexander: https://www.geonames.org/5844329/
• Alexander Archipelago: https://www.geonames.org/5844324/
• Lake Alexander: https://www.geonames.org/5844310/

Boatswain P.H. Smith:
• Smith Rock: https://www.geonames.org/5557368/

Carpenter L.L. Martin:
• Martin Rock: https://www.geonames.org/5555596/
• Martin Peak: https://www.geonames.org/5555597/

Sailmaker T.O. Fassett:
• Fassett Island: https://www.geonames.org/5846207/

First Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps H.G. Ellsworth:
• Ellsworth Cut: https://www.geonames.org/5554330/

The edited logs of USC&GSS Carlile P. Patterson, January 1898 to December 1899, US West Coast and Alaskan waters, have been published with two Journey Plotter maps.
Our thanks, as usual, to editor Keith. Patterson's edited logs now range from 1884 to 1899.

The edited logs of USS Burton Island, January to December 1955, Alaskan waters, Bering Sea, Northern Canadian waters, have been published with one Journey Plotter map.
Our thanks and congratulations to Ron, on the publication of his first edited log.

The edited logs of USS Yorktown, January to June 1903, have been published with two Journey Plotter maps.
Yorktown took part in operations off the Philippines Islands, then travelled via Japan and Hawaii back to San Francisco.
Thanks to editor, mapmaker and publisher Maikel, whose Yorktown edits now cover 1889 to 1903.

Matteo's edited logs of USRC Thetis, 1899-1900, US West Coast, Bering Sea, Alaskan and Russian Waters, have been published with two Journey Plotter maps. Bravo!

The edited logs have been published, with three Journey Plotter maps, of USS Burton Island, December 1946 to December 1947, US West Coast via New Zealand to Antarctica and return, Alaskan Waters, US West Coast to Antarctica.
Our thanks to editor John.