Word: skippering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Skipper George Cronin and his crew Lester Molton yesterday qualified for the finals of Olympic tryouts in the 12 Metre Class. They were representing the Harvard Yacht Club...
...color shots taken by Photographer Laurence Lowry with the close support of the Navy. The picture project was supervised by Contributing Editor Jones (Lieut.. U.S.N.R.), who served throughout World War II as a gunnery officer in the Caribbean and Pacific areas, was mustered out as skipper of the Destroyer Escort Crouter. Contributing Editor Clark (Pfc., U.S.M.C.), who wrote the cover story, was a Japanese-language interpreter in the Far East during World...
...June 1939, Lieut. Commander Burke at last had a ship of his own, was piped aboard the U.S.S. Mugford as its skipper. Mugford was a destroyer, and thus began his second real romance. In the Solomons five years later, he was to handle destroyers with a deadly dash and affectionate skill that won him Navy renown as the most famous destroyer man in history...
...well-stocked cruisers for tons of ice cream. He ran a taut ship with an easy hand. One of the few public reprimands he ever handed out was when one of his destroyers strayed out of formation. Over his TBS (Talk Between Ships) radio, Burke snapped to the offending skipper: "Mister, that's a destroyer...
Fred Hoppin will skipper the College eight-man entry in the McMillan Cup competition Saturday in the Chesapeake off Annapolis, The teams will sail in the Navy's 46-foot yawls in a two-heat race. Four other New England crews, Bowdoin, Brown, M.I.T., and the Coast Guard Academy will compete. The favored teams this year are from Navy, Georgetown, King's Point, and Princeton...