[Public-List] Go Navy

[Gordon Laco]

Ya, and I think if US forces had landed on British territory, that would
have made the historical record....

Great story anyway!


On 01/04/10 9:48 AM, "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Why let the truth get in the way of a good story ; )
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> From: "Rod Symmes" <weatherhelm at hotmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Go Navy
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>> It makes a great story  -  but I did the math  -  2.5 gallons of spirits
>> per day per man.    I don't think they could have found North America, let
>> alone their home port.
>> 
>> Cheers,   Rod
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>>> From: johnflanders at rogers.com
>>> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:03:52 +0100
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>>> Subject: [Public-List] Go Navy
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>>>> 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,
>>>> and38,600 gallons of water.
>>>> 
>>>> GO NAVY
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