I have no clue, but "mail buoys" doesn't sound like a good thing... "Mail buoy" was a prank pulled on newbies. They would get assigned "mail buoy watch" and then get dunked over the side in a bosun's chair when "retreiving" the buoy.
181 posted on 09/05/2004 1:39:58 AM PDT by philman_36
Another prank played on snipes, that's guys who work in the engine room, etc, was to have them go to the bridge and ask the captain for the keys to the ship's engine or the key to the bosun's locker.
182 posted on 09/05/2004 1:41:33 AM PDT by philman_36