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REFERENCES
SUGGESTED READING
Naval Science for the Merchant Marine Officer,
NAVEDTRA 38051, Naval Education and
Moore, John, Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1990-91,
Training Program Management Support
Jane’s Publishing, Inc., New York, 1990.
A c t i v i t y , P e n s a c o l a , F l a . , 1 9 8 6.
Polman, Norman, The Ships and Aircraft of the
Navy Fact File, 9th ed., Office of Information,
U.S. Fleet, 14th ed., Naval Institute Press,
Washington, D.C., 1989.
Annapolis, Md., 1987.
SMOKING LAMP
SEA DOGS WHO SAILED THE WOODEN SHIPS ENDURED HARDSHIPS THAT SAILORS
TODAY NEVER SUFFER.
CRAMPED QUARTERS, POOR UNPALATABLE FOOD, BAD
LIGHTING, AND BOREDOM WERE HARD FACTS OF SEA LIFE.
BUT PERHAPS A MORE
FRUSTRATING PROBLEM WAS GETTING FIRE TO KINDLE A CIGAR OR PIPE
TOBACCO AFTER A HARD DAY’S WORK.
MATCHES WERE SCARCE AND UNRELIABLE, YET SMOKING CONTRIBUTED
POSITIVELY TO THE MORALE OF THE CREW; SO OIL LAMPS WERE HUNG IN THE
FO’C’SLE AND USED AS MATCHES.
SMOKING WAS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN TIMES
OF THE DAY BY THE BOS’UN’S.
WHEN IT WAS ALLOWED, THE “SMOKING LAMPS”
WERE
“LIGHTED” AND THE MEN RELAXED WITH THEIR TOBACCO.
FIRE WAS,
AND STILL IS, THE GREAT ENEMY OF SHIPS AT SEA.
THE
SMOKING LAMP WAS CENTRALLY LOCATED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF ALL AND WAS
THE ONLY AUTHORIZED LIGHT ABOARD.
IT WAS A PRACTICAL WAY OF KEEPING
OPEN FLAMES AWAY FROM THE MAGAZINES AND OTHER STORAGE AREAS.
IN TODAY’S NAVY THE SMOKING LAMPS HAVE DISAPPRED, BUT THE WORDS
“SMOKING LAMP IS LIGHTED IN ALL AUTHORIZED SPACES” REMAINS -- A CARRY-
OVER FROM OUR PAST.
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