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adventures-of-the-blackgang:

SS New Zealand  lantern slide

Arrival of the harbor pilot

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

submitted by Sparky

thedailywhat:

[reddit.]

(Source: thedailywhat)

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Two Naval Officers Shooting the Sun
McClelland Barclay
Oil on canvas, 1941

The junior officer on the right is using a sextant to take a navigational reading, a task referred to aboard ship as “shooting the sun.” Before the days of global positioning, sailors used a sextant to measure the angle between the horizon and the noontime sun and thereby help determine latitude.

Works by McClelland Barclay in the Navy Art Collection

greatestgeneration:

WAVES Recruitment Poster

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Paintings by Carrie Marrill

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Water Wench Wednesday

Now on Scuttlefish

Special thanks to mudwerks, dirtydirtyblonde, iamtheoceanandiamthesea, and issafly

susansweethome:

529:

oasi:

josephin:

budapest, 2005

bsreport:

tonsofland: adolf fassbender, sailor’s guide, 1937. crashingly beautiful.

(Source: tonsofland)

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Anton Otto Fischer (American, 1882-1962) seascape

Original (2575 x 3000)