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...Admiral's sense of humor is more Minsky than Gilbertian: the gunrooms and wardrooms that housed him and his mates were no places for sisters, cousins or aunts. Even as a midshipman he was a hearty: sometimes the sea made him sick, but never thoughts of home. He has not forgotten the name of a single one of his ships, or where they took him-the Mediterranean, the Pacific, the Bering-Sea, the South Seas-and every ship, cruise and station gave him an anecdote-souvenir to tuck away in his sea chest...
...take any dare proposed by the other. When they overhear a captain plotting to scuttle his ship after removing its cargo of gold, they agree to run away from home together to carry the news to Lloyd's. Nelson breaks the pact to go to sea as a midshipman on his uncle's man-o'-war. Blake goes alone to London, where a chimney sweep (D'Arcy Corrigan) directs him to Lloyd's coffee house. The news he brings gets him the friendship of Insurance Broker John Julius Angerstein (Sir Guy Standing), a foothold...
...Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert on which King George and Queen Mary always put to sea to review the fleet was slept in by King Edward, tied to the dock at Portland. Rousingly cheered, His Majesty cried genially, "The last time I was at Portland, I was a midshipman!", proceeded to inspect the fleet from a fast admiral's barge...
...Class of 1915 at the U. S. Naval Academy "Dodo," "Si," "Charlie,"; "Mayevski" and "Johnny" all meant happy-go-lucky, good-natured John Semer Farnsworth of Cincinnati. Appointed on recommendation of Representative Nicholas Longworth, long before that T. R. son-in-law became Speaker of the House, Midshipman Farnsworth won a certain notoriety for his bibulous escapades, was recognized by classmates as an able scholar and tactician. Few years after graduation he took up aviation, studied hard and long, became a Lieutenant Commander in 1925. Two years later his Naval career ended dismally when a court-martial dismissed him from...
...when Publisher Robert J. Collier (Colliers Magazine) got the idea of giving a trophy for "the greatest achievement in aviation in America, the value of which has been demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year," Donald Wills Douglas was an Annapolis midshipman who spent much of his time throwing model airplanes out his dormitory window. In 1912, when the first 2-ft. bronze Collier Trophy was awarded to Glenn H. Curtiss for hydro-airplane development, young Designer Douglas became bolder, launched his latest model from the roof. Gliding perfectly earthward, it landed on an admiral's head...