25 March 2011
NEWSLETTER

 CALENDARS

If you are looking for additional 16 month calendars,
you can purchase these calendars for $6.00, including postage.
Checks or money orders need to be made payable to the USS Wisconsin Association
 and mailed to, PO BOX 227 Marion, MS  3942.  

    This offer is available to non members also.

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 Please keep your email address up to date with LaDonna
even if you don’t want it posted online.
  Please contact LaDonna Bradshaw, bb64members@aol.com. Or (601) 693-4614
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	IN MEMORIAM
MEMBER		DATE OF DEATH
Gerald Paskiet	DC3     R     Division  1955-1958	03/01/2011

Nautical Terms and Phrases - Their Meaning and Origin

Knot
The term knot or nautical mile, is used world-wide to denote one's speed through the water. Today, we measure knots with electronic devices, but 200 years ago, such devices were unknown. Ingenious mariners devised a speed-measuring device both easy to use and reliable, the "log line." From this method, we get the term "knot." The log line was a length of twine marked at 47.33 foot intervals by colored knots. At one end a log chip was fastened; it was shaped like the sector of a circle and weighted at the rounded end with lead. When thrown over the stern, it would float pointing upward and would remain relatively stationary. The log line was allowed to run free over the side for 28 seconds and then hauled on board. Knots which had passed over the side were counted. In this way, the ship's speed was measured

 

PLEASE REMEMBER TO INCLUDE IN YOUR PRAYERS,
OUR SICK AND DEPARTED SHIPMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS