29 April 2011
NEWSLETTER

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even if you don’t want it posted online.
Please contact LaDonna Bradshaw, bb64members@aol.com. Or (601) 693-4614
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NAVAL TERM ORIGINS

 

Bluejacket’s Manual
A manual originally produced in 1902 by Lieut. Ridley McLean, United States Navy to help the guidance and instruction of petty officers and enlisted men. The United States Naval Institute or the US Navy has published it since 1902. Until the 1970’s every edition was published with blue covers.

Pea Coat
Sailors who have to endure pea-soup weather often don their pea coats but the coat's name isn't derived from the weather. The heavy topcoat worn in cold, miserable weather by seafaring men was once tailored from pilot cloth — a heavy, course, stout kind of twilled blue cloth with the nap on one side. The cloth was sometimes called P-cloth for the initial letter of "pilot" and the garment made from it was called a p-jacket — later, a pea coat. The term has been used since 1723 to denote coats made from that cloth.

 

If any of you have interesting stories about your time aboard the Wisconsin, please share them with us.
Email them to me at Dombb64@ptd.net

 

 

 

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