Show Nautical Nautical On S September 23 1779 the A Alean Arn lean Bonhomme Richard cf mand d b by John Paul Jones Jons t the British ship Seraph Serapi battle When the Bonhomme ty Rk ard fired the tile first broadside t two o her liei lower deck cannon exploded t ting ling the shiP on fire lire and iea Jones with only small cannon o on ont upper deck He lie i iship 1 ship alongside the for tor forto i t t to hand lighting The British c tam tain seeing the American ship j i asked Jones if it he surrel ed Jones replied I 1 have hav no not not- begun to fight After Arter thrEe e and half hours of ot hand to hand the the- British surrendered On thee the to France the Bonhomme RIc sank and Jones transferred and crew to the t is the only incident in our hi hist in which the tile victor lost hl his ship hIp a awas was forced to return to port i Inv la In v vessel vesel el which he captured capture Commodore Oliver H. H Perry's Perrys j tor tory monument at Put in n lt nErie Erie commemorates the victory his fleet at the Battle of Lake E on u September 10 1813 l 1 It entirely of ot granite a atha ar aid th the tha worlds world's second highest CK tY men ment being feet high highS Or On September 1 1862 th the ther r ration for the enlisted enlist d aen o of or United States Na Navy v was discont dison ed and they were yere given an inert of five flye cents jn iii pay per day Jn In Inn t the thc Officers' Officers Wine Vine Mess was di d dis aboard ships of or our Jil Since that thai time intoxicating ii have been prohibited aboard aboud X vessels e is During 1931 th thet t S. S Houston Houton a ten thousand ton tone Cr ser steamed miles up the I River In Jn China to re rescue cuel work ork during one the r t floods in history on that fanio ver Yer The first United States circumnavigate ate the world w was WiS U. U S. S S. S es command commanded Commander William Villiam Bolton F if She left New York on 1826 and returned via Cape of of Hope On June 8 S 1830 j 1 The United States Navy does dos expect all work and no play plans plan's t ther her hr men Like all schools she hey jf r vides vide her men with the to participate in ill athletics All ci cital tal ships have football bask basked boxing wrestling and ba bail bail- I teams team They also have es S 5 rowing races rifle riOe matches f r matches and swimming m meets ets f I instructors in the schools are Ct of the various teams are are graduates of the United Sr r Na Naval val Academy J j When the United States M I kept a Station Ship at 1 pie our sailors taught the Play baseball In a match the Turks and the Blue Blu ets when the first Turk came b tji ii he said O 0 Allah Give me meto to see the the- b ball u He He struck outI second Turk said 0 Allah G Gr I Gi-I that I make a a two base hit likewise struck out The third i 1 0 A stepped up and said Vouchsafe me skill to succeed 1 also struck out The Navy ca cabat cao bat and a Bluejacket steppe stepped three bats He thre tore 1 of them down and faced the p exclaiming You know ma me Al Al with the fi first st pitched ball he be ki IG ed a |