McCulloch (1902) — Discussion: Questions, Comments and Coordination (non-standard format)

[Randi]

Format is free-hand, but they generally use various stamps for the weather grid.




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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/70608784	May June July August September October November
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/70608910	December

(Logs listed in fine print are not currently being transcribed because the ship is in California)

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[Randi]

I'm claiming this year and 1903

[Michael]

[Randi]

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4-6pm
Squally weather. Broke two glasses and one dinner plate, wardroom crockery.

[Randi]

We're heading westward and at 13h or 15h the knots and tenths are around 25% higher than at other times. I suspect that the clock is being set back, although I haven't seen any mention of that in the log book.

[Michael]

They do that. Sometimes they set them back by 20 minutes, sometimes by 30 minutes. I've even seen seemingly random numbers of minutes. Sometimes they log the changes, and sometimes they don't, leaving the bewildered voyage calculator to guess.

[Michael]

From some of the logs with the words time and minutes in the same note:

0200: Advanced all clocks 20 minutes to plus eight zone time.
2400: Set back clocks thirty minutes
1200: Extra 40 minutes due to time zone change
1200: Extra 38 minutes due to time zone change

[pommystuart]

Looking at the sample pages, how come you get to go to nice places like the Bay of Waterfalls and I only get to go to Unalaska?

[pommystuart]

They do that. Sometimes they set them back by 20 minutes, sometimes by 30 minutes. I've even seen seemingly random numbers of minutes. Sometimes they log the changes, and sometimes they don't, leaving the bewildered voyage calculator to guess.

I seem to remember 28 min was popular with some logs I have done else ware.

[Randi]

Being a moderator has to have some perks

(and because the format is nonstandard)

[pommystuart]

[Hanibal94]

Methinks that would make an excellent Dockside Gallery subject - if only I had a fitting image!

[pommystuart]

Suggestion for your next trip (if we ever get out of lockdown)

https://www.alaska.org/guide/alaska-wat ... -directory

An early pic of Bay of Waterfalls from 1894, (maybe it should have been called Bay of Waterfall)

[Randi]

Great find!!!

[Randi]

August 5
Bay of Waterfalls in the Western Aleutians
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Fishing party returned with supply of salmon

Mmmmm

We just set up a tide gauge and we have been making lots of tidal observations.

[Michael]

[Randi]

Still at the Bay of Waterfalls, Adak....
Lots of soundings.
Also sketching and photos.

[Michael]

[Randi]

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4-8am watch

Steaming through pass between Seguam and Amlia islands.
No dangerous tide rips observed, due, no doubt, to favorable wind and tide.

Atka Island, Bay of Nazan:
6-8pm watch

Barometer falling .18 in 4 hours

8-mid watch

Gently SE breeze, rainy and vivid flashes of lightning. No thunder. Barometer falling rapidly
[also .18 in 4 hours]

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Midnight to 0400 watch on the following day:

Barometer falling .22 in four hours.

[Randi]

Tide gauge readings, soundings, and surveying continue.
At Nazam Bay:
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Officers sounding out northwest harbor and looking into facilities for watering ship

Looks like we are preparing to set up some sort of bases