When the Primary Document is Wrong
In this episode we’re looking at two artifacts from the ship that have errors and talking about why that is.
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Interesting on that poster: “1 November 1981, start No 7 boiler”. Why is that specific? As opposed to any of the other Boilers?
I have many ship Zippos! I know I have one for MO, now I’ll have to dig through and see if I have an NJ!
Great story and lesion as for me just doing research for my books, art and games I find that simple typos are common and can be a headache when searching though a well done PDF version of a primary/secondary source. As you search Battle of ST. Miriel's and it skips all the Battle of ST Miriel's…
I collect Navy ship and Submarine zippos and a few other ships. No BB New Jersey however
Posters with schedules like that are usually confined to the office , dates slip or come forward depending on emergent work and the condition of the original equipment . It's surprising Ronald Reagan is the only President to commission a battleship ,
Just think how many primary documents will say d-day is 5 June.
When considering primary sources, one has to consider when they were made. Usually documents made around the time of the event are considered more accurate, but as this makes clear, you have to beware of anything forecasting the future.
One of the biggest headaches in any industry: making sure everyone is working from the current documentation. The companion headache: making sure the documentation is maintained (especially as manufacturing fixes creep into the “product”). A reserve destroyer I was on in the ‘70s had the engine room electrics rewired (to keep the ship going) by a heroic first-class-should-have-been-a-Chief petty officer. The Captain lived in fear of the day the PO moved on.
And the other typo on the Zippo is that "firepower" is one word, not two. (1:55)
It's like all the tee shirts printed for the team who loses the Superbowl, Stanley Cup, etc
I have a USS Saratoga (CV-60) Zippo I bought in the ship's store. It's still brand new in the case.
On a trip to Turkey a buddy traded one and a $20 bill for a nice leather coat he wore for years. I don't know about now but they used to be a form of currency.
Should the lighter have "the" before "Battleship New Jersey"? The poster omits it.
I have zippos from HMCS Toronto and I think one floating around from HMCS Sackville.
I was on the USS Briscoe in Pascagoula when the USS Iowa came in to the yard…hope we didn't hold things up…
Since I’m not a smoker, I never purchased any Zippo lighters when I was on active duty. However, I have since bought one from eBay for one of my ships, the USS Cocopa (ATF – 101).
Alot like an outage plan
You mentioned in an earlier video about Project Bumble Bee as part of a missile system. I have an old zippo that I got from my grandfather from Project Bumble Bee.
I would guess that there was probably one of those signs hanging above each time clock in each building. thats why the "thanks to you" part is in an arrow graphic.