10/27/28/2012 Station Identification WEEKEND EDITION
WELCOME TO AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BOOKS!
Barque: ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT II, Named for the Oceanographer
Photo by Hans Georg Schroder
WEEKEND EDITION OCTOBER 27/28, 2012
SUNDAY
NEW TO OUR SITE? WONDER WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT? CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR AN ENTERTAINING VIDEO EXPLANATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFw32RRJY98:
If you want more detail after the video click on the INTRODUCTION page in the right hand margin.
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TODAY
The "Funny Pages" return scroll down for today's blog posts which includes the return of the Sunday "Funnies".
Check Out our re-run of the impromptu beached dolphin rescue.
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SPACE AS AN OCEAN. Excerpts from the Book PROTOCOLS.
The final installment, the conclusion appeared a few days ago today. The series in its entirety is now available to read in the MARITIME LITERATURE SECTION.
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/CHECK OUT "SAILING INTO THE ABYSS" in our Merchant Marine Section and in today's blog post where you will find a great deal of information on the casualties suffered by the U.S. Merchant Marine in the Vietnam War. Many Americans are surprised to learn that the U.S.Merchant Marine and the U.S Coast Guard were involved in Vietnam. Yet the Coast Guard maintained a force of over 1300 men out its then 35,000 man force in Vietnam during most of the war. The Coast Guard experienced 7 deaths and 70 wounded but lost no ships and one aircraft that actually belonged to the U.S. Air Force. The U.S. Merchant Marine lost about 55 men, an inaccurately counted number of wounded, two ships, and one tug. Not a single Merchant Marine name appears on the Vietnam Memorial . The American Merchant Marine, a commercial enterprise in peace time is a "naval auxiliary" by law in time of war and often called on for dangerous logistic support missions. Read about their efforts in the Vietnam conflict in todays blog and about their biggest single loss in SAILING INTO TH E ABYSS
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NEW AND RECOMMENDED FOR ALL SERIOUS SAILORS, BOAT BUILDERS, AND NAUTICAL HISTORIANS
GREAT AMERICAN SCHOONER YACHTS by Rudolph Arp
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TODAY'S POSTING: "FRANKENSTORM"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiyKiUCiKcE
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TODAY
The "Funny Pages" return scroll down for today's blog posts which includes the return of the Sunday "Funnies".
Check Out our re-run of the impromptu beached dolphin rescue.
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SPACE AS AN OCEAN. Excerpts from the Book PROTOCOLS.
The final installment, the conclusion appeared a few days ago today. The series in its entirety is now available to read in the MARITIME LITERATURE SECTION.
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/CHECK OUT "SAILING INTO THE ABYSS" in our Merchant Marine Section and in today's blog post where you will find a great deal of information on the casualties suffered by the U.S. Merchant Marine in the Vietnam War. Many Americans are surprised to learn that the U.S.Merchant Marine and the U.S Coast Guard were involved in Vietnam. Yet the Coast Guard maintained a force of over 1300 men out its then 35,000 man force in Vietnam during most of the war. The Coast Guard experienced 7 deaths and 70 wounded but lost no ships and one aircraft that actually belonged to the U.S. Air Force. The U.S. Merchant Marine lost about 55 men, an inaccurately counted number of wounded, two ships, and one tug. Not a single Merchant Marine name appears on the Vietnam Memorial . The American Merchant Marine, a commercial enterprise in peace time is a "naval auxiliary" by law in time of war and often called on for dangerous logistic support missions. Read about their efforts in the Vietnam conflict in todays blog and about their biggest single loss in SAILING INTO TH E ABYSS
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NEW AND RECOMMENDED FOR ALL SERIOUS SAILORS, BOAT BUILDERS, AND NAUTICAL HISTORIANS
GREAT AMERICAN SCHOONER YACHTS by Rudolph Arp
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| Illustrations, photos, drawings, plans, histories and more on the schooner designs of William Burgess, Cox and Stevens, Samuel Crocker, the greats of American schooner design A reference work for yacht designers, and nautical historians ,and a work of art for the rest of us. If you have a serious sailor on your Christmas list just click on the book cover icon link below and put one of these babies in your Amazon shopping basket |
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TODAY'S POSTING: "FRANKENSTORM"
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The National Anthem today is presented with all of the words as written by Francis Scott Key. We have previously presented the mostly forgotten final stanza, but there is more. Click on the link below for the Star Spangled Banner as you have never heard it before. Everything else has been a pale shadow of the original. All words appear in print as well. We are going to run this version for a while and then repeat it often. America, you need to hear this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiyKiUCiKcE
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