"A Medium in Which I Seek Relief": Manuscripts of American Sailors 1919-1940Main MenuIntroductionPublication IntroductionTranscriptionsThe SailorsBeginning of PathThe ShipsBeginning of PathContext & AnalysisBeginning of PathSources / CitationsBeginning of PathAnnie Tummino3ab49bb2dc491ebce8f162f5757538b6789c8434
Schoolship Nantucket
1media/NantucketNavSource.jpg2019-10-31T04:26:45-07:00Annie Tummino3ab49bb2dc491ebce8f162f5757538b6789c8434331956plain2020-03-29T12:33:37-07:00Annie Tummino3ab49bb2dc491ebce8f162f5757538b6789c8434The Nantucket was first known as the USS Ranger. The decommissioned ship was turned over to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on April 26, 1909, becoming Massachusetts Nautical School's second training ship. It was renamed Nantucket in 1918, when a new battle cruiser in the U.S. Navy fleet was given the name Ranger. On January 15, 1919, cadets on the Nantucket were first responders on the scene when a molasses storage tank exploded in what would be known as "The Great Molasses Flood" in Boston. In 1937, when my grandfather was aboard, a photograph taken from the ship showed the Hindenburg passing over head just hours before it exploded. [Information compiled from 125 Years of Excellence: Massachusetts Maritime Academy and NavSource Online.]
12020-03-29T12:30:54-07:00Boston Molasses Flood2In 1919 a wave of molasses traveling at 35mph destroyed an entire neighborhood.plain2020-03-29T12:31:17-07:00YouTubeAtlas Obscura2016-03-18T16:14:39.000ZRMNo7IwwXDQ
