Thread: USS Constitution

I read where we have a new and able female Captain of our oldest ship now.
Got me to looking at crazy history!
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/20...g-favorite-my/

Looks like rum was mandatory in the past

I remember the daily "up spirits" pipe in the RCN but was never able to draw a "legal" Tot being a U/A, under age at the time. Even could not draw a double Tot when "splice the Mainbrace" was ordered while we were at sea in 1971. The Tot was buried in 1972 in the RCN so I never did get a "legal" Tot. I can say that if taken anywhere near neat it would take you breath away.

Bob

Speaking of women in the navy. OG Yeoman Loretta Perfectus Walsh.

https://www.navyyard.org/theyardblog...-the-u-s-navy/

I remember when women sailors were first on the ships (80's?) and the pregnancy rate on a few ships exploded!

I remember those early days of women sailors on ships too. It took a little getting used to but I will say they were as proficient at their trades as their male counter parts. I remember one of our Chiefs and POs mess members telling me over a few beers that she thought we, males, were nuts going to sea after her first and last sea going experience on the North Atlantic in an AOR. This from someone who could hold their own with any male sailor I knew. Interesting times those were.

Bob