Pauline's Pirates & Privateers: Seafaring Sunday: The Signal Book

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Seafaring Sunday: The Signal Book

April 3, 1797: The first U.S. naval signal book using the numeral system was published and put into use by Captain Thomas Truxton, USN.

Header: Thomas Truxton by Bass Otis

2 comments:

Timmy! said...: Ahoy, Pauline! 214 years and still going strong...; April 3, 2011 at 4:28 PM
Pauline said...: Ahoy, Timmy! America's global force for good. Seriously.; April 3, 2011 at 5:16 PM