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...

Pauline said...

Ahoy, Timmy! America's global force for good. Seriously.