Posted on 03/18/2003 1:22:07 AM PST by LaDivaLoca
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I better go make some coffee.
I hope you had a great birthday on the 17th, KH...
Good morning, Diva! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!
I've gotta get to the office early but I'll pop in and out as I can.
Chicagoland Weather
Current Conditions:
As reported at KORD, O'Hare Arpt.. ..
Last update Tue 18 Mar 2003 4:56 AM CST.
Fog
41°F Feels Like: 34°F
UV Index: 0 Minimal
Wind: From the NNE at 12 mph
Humidity: 100 %
Visibility: .50 miles
Barometer: 29.81 inches and Steady
Today's Forecast Tue 18 Mar 2003 03:01 AM CST
Cloudy/Wind
Low 39°F
High 51°F
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Just checking in real quick. Can't stay long at the moment cause I have a lot of work to catch up on.
This was sent to me and I wanted to post it here for anyone interested (which I hope is a lot): www.zoom-n.com/wavers/
This is a site where you can post a flag with your name or whatever you want to show your support to our military.
Keep SWINGING!!!
Later.
Things are going good here, except the weather's been real crappy lately, lots of fog and rain. Kids are doing fine other than fighting over the computer.
Husband is due home soon, as his boat's schedule is still holding course...for now. We'll just have to wait and see how things go...
Have a great day everyone!
Today's classic warship, USS Harvest Moon
Sidewheel Steam Gunboat
Displacement. 546 t.
Lenght. 193'
Beam. 29'
Draft. 8'
Speed. 15 k.
Armament. 4 24-pdr. how.
HARVEST MOON, a side-wheel steamer, was built in 1863 at Portland, Maine, and was purchased by Commodore Montgomery from Charles Spear at Boston, Mass., 16 November 1863. She was fitted out for blockade duty at Boston Navy Yard and commissioned 12 Februar y 1864, Acting Lieutenant J. D. Warren in command.
Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron HARVEST MOON departed Boston 18 February and arrived off Charleston 25 February 1864. Next day Rear Admiral Dahlgren made the steamer his flagship. After putting into Washington Navy Yard for repairs, HARVEST MOON began her regular blockading duties 7 June 1864 off Charleston. For the next 9 months the steamer served off Tybee Island, the North Edisto River, and Charleston harbor. During this period she also acted as a picket and dispatch vessel as well as Admiral Dahlgren's flagship.
While proceeding in company with tug CLOVER shortly after 0800 on 2 February 1865 HARVEST MOON struck a torpedo (mine) in Winyah Bay S.C. Admiral Dahlgren, awaiting breakfast in his cabin, saw the bulkhead shatter and explode toward him. The explosion blew a large hole in the ship's hull aft and she sank in 2 1/2 fathoms of water. One man was killed. The Admiral, and the crew were taken on board NIPSIC. HARVEST MOON was stripped of her valuable machinery and abandoned 21 April 1865.
In 1963, nearly 100 years later, a project was initiated to raise HARVEST MOON from the mud at the bottom of Winyah Bay and to restore the ship, but has made little headway.
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