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HISTORICAL NAVAL FACT - FROM ERIC JENSEN
The U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel,
carried 48,600 gallons of
fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient
to last six months
of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e.
fresh water distillers!).
However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log,
"On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S.
Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475
officers and men, 48,600
gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black
powder and 79,400
gallons of rum."
Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."
Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum.
Then she headed for the Azores, arriving there 12 November.
She provisioned with 550
pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine.
On 18 November, she set sail for England. In the ensuing days
she defeated five British
men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant ships,
salvaging only the rum
aboard each.
By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless,
although unarmed she made
a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Her landing party
captured a whisky
distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch
aboard by dawn. Then she
headed home.
The U.S.S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February,
1799, with no cannon shot, no
food, no powder, no rum, no wine, no whisky, and 38,600 gallons
of water.
GO NAVY!!!
[Editor's Comment: So they accomplished their mission with the harassment and all....but they DRUNK NO WATER and TOOK NO BATHS!]Dan Ferek will be assisting Ted Graves on the Security Committee.
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CALUMET RIVER SAFETY TRAFFIC REPORT
MARCH 23, 2007
THESE TIMES ARE ALL WEATHER PERMITTING
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