Spinning a Yarn. Seven Old Salts engaged in telling tall tales - TopicsExpress



          

Spinning a Yarn. Seven Old Salts engaged in telling tall tales aboard USS Enterprise (1877-1909), probably while their ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890. Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York. Suitable verses from The Tale of the Gyascutus are printed below the original photographic image. ...He took the anchor on his back, And leaped into the main; Through foam and spray he clove his way, And sunk and rose again.... (Poem: 1.usa.gov/1hlbK56) U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #: NH 47029 Shared via Historic Naval Ships Association
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:54:51 +0000

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