"Promotion To Captain Keeps Preble In Navy."

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"Promotion To Captain Keeps Preble In Navy."

"Promotion To Captain Keeps Preble in the Navy." Part 191 of Fred Humiston's "Blue Water Men - And Women." This article tells the story about Lieutenant Edward Preble getting promoted to a captain. After his promotion Preble was commanded to take a ship to the east indies, and then return with other sailors. It says that the ship hit some troubles with the sails, but since Preble was a better sailor he was able to handle the trouble. The article ends with telling the readers about how Preble and eight other sailors got sick on the ride home, but Preble was not able to fully recover from it.

Fred Humiston

1965-01-01

Paper

Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island