ABSTRACT OF LOG 



Date 



Noon position 



Lati- 

 tude 



Longi- 

 tude 

 east 



Day s 

 run 



Current 



Dir. Am t. 



Remarks 



1928 

 May 



June 



Washington, D. C. to Plymouth, England 

 Total distance, 3669; time of passage, 29.3 days; average day's run, 125.2 miles 



miles 



1 Washington, D.C 



2 St. Mary's River 



3 St. Mary|s River 



4 St.Mary^s River 



5 St. Mary's River 



6 Newport News 



7 Newport News 



8 Newport News 



9 Newport News 

 10 Newport News 



11 37 15 N 286 09 



miles 



Left Colonial Beach Steamboat Co. pier under tow at 09h 00m. 

 Anchored at entrance St. Mary's River, Chesapeake Bay, at OOh 

 20m off Kitts Point. Swung ship for declination-observations 

 and deviation. Clear. Light variable breeze. 

 Atmospheric -electric observations. Clear. Light NW air. 

 Atmospheric-electric observations. Clear. Calm. 

 Atmospheric -electric observations. Clear. Calm. Under way 20h 



30m with pilot. 

 Anchored at 08h 30m. Overcast. Fresh northerly breeze. 

 In drydock of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry dock Co. at lOh 



10m. Cloudy to clear. Fresh northerly breeze. 

 In drydock. Overcast. Rain. Strong NE breeze. 

 In drydock. Overcast. Rain. Calm. 



Under way at 13h 15m with pilot. Took departure from Cape Henry 

 at 18h 20m. Gentle SE breeze. Partly cloudy. 

 134 244 7.5 Clear to cloudy. Smooth to moderate sea. Moderate southerly 

 breeze. 

 6.4 Cloudy to overcast. Moderate to choppy sea. Moderate to fresh 

 breeze, S in a.m., NE in p.m. 

 69.0 Partly cloudy. Moderate sea and northerly wind. 

 44.8 Overcast, rain. Gentle to fresh northerly breeze. Moderate sea. 

 30.0 Overcast, rain. Fresh northerly breeze. Choppy sea. 



18.3 Partly cloudy. Moderate to fresh NW breeze. Moderate and broken 

 and choppy sea. 



27.6 Partly cloudy. Moderate sea. Rain squalls. Moderate breeze, NW 

 in a.m., SW in p.m. 



19.8 Cloudy, rain. Strong southerly breeze to moderate gale. Rough sea. 



19.4 Partly cloudy. Fresh southerly breeze. Rough to choppy sea, squalls. 



15.3 Cloudy. Fresh southerly breeze. Moderate choppy sea. Squalls. 



9.2 Cloudy. Moderate southerly breeze. Moderate sea. 



11.5 Cloudy. Moderate sea. Moderate to gentle SE breeze. 

 27.2 Overcast. Rain. Moderate to strong NE breeze. Moderate to 



rough sea. 



10.2 Overcast. Heavy rain. Strong NE breeze to fresh gale. Rough sea. 



31.5 Cloudy. Fresh NE breeze. Moderate sea, broken, and choppy. 



15.4 Cloudy. Fresh northerly breeze. Moderate sea. 



13.3 Cloudy. Fresh NW and SW breezes. Moderate to rough sea. 



14.7 Overcast. Strong northerly breeze to moderate gr.le. Choppy sea. 



12.4 Clear in p.m. Moderate sea. Moderate southerly breeze. 



4.7 Overcast. Fog. Rain. Moderate southerly breeze and sea. 

 2.9 Overcast. Fog. Rain. Moderate sea. Gentle SE breeze. 

 3.9 Cloudy to overcast. Misty. Moderate sea. Moderate E to SE breeze. 



10.2 Cloudy. Fresh to strong easterly breeze. Moderate to rough sea. 



5.0 Cloudy to overcast. Fog. Rain. Strong to light SE breeze. Choppy 

 sea. 



16.6 Cloudy to overcast. Fog. Rain. Gentle to strong easterly breeze. 

 Choppy sea. 



3.8 Cloudy to overcast. Moderate easterly breeze. Moderate sea. 

 Southerly swell. 



3.1 Cloudy. Squalls. Light to fresh SE breeze. Moderate sea. 



6.3 Cloudy to overcast. Gentle southerly breeze. Rain. Moderate sea. 

 1.7 Slightly cloudy in a.m., overcast in p.m. W to SW light winds in 



a.m. Moderate sea. Rain and strong wind in p.m. 

 Anchored in Plymouth harbor at 20h 30m. 



Plymouth, England to Hamburg, Germany 

 Total distance, 614 miles; time of passage, 4.1 days; average day's run, 149.8 miles 



Took departure from Plymouth Breakwater at 16h 38m. Cloudy. 

 Moderate sea. Gentle W to SW and S breeze. 



Overcast. Gentle to moderate SW to W breeze. Smooth to moder- 

 ate sea. 



Partly cloudy. Moderate W to NW breeze. Moderate sea. 



Partly cloudy. Moderate northerly breeze in morning. Gentle 

 southerly breeze in afternoon. Moderate sea. 



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