[Porkchop]

***Coming up on the 26th of this month we have a big nautical anniversary. It is the 250th anniversary of something that still affects the US Navy.

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Nathaniel Bowditch’s birthday?

(had to study The American Practical Navigator in days gone by...)

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[LonePalm]

Nailed it in one.

Damn, that didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would.

The New American Practical Navigator was published in 1802 and has NEVER gone out of print. There is at least one copy on every United States Ship. Almost all ship drivers have their own personal copies. I still have mine.

Nathaniel Bowditch

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)