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| The Cruise of the Jolly Tar |
Last year, when my great, great, uncle Hugh Robinson died, my mother came into my hotel room, (the funeral was in Virginia, where he lived) and gave me this Navigation Chart. She said I should get it framed and give it to my son, Sam, who is also attending the Naval Academy. So I took it to the framers and picked out a grey mat and then had them put a silver frame around it and at Christmas, I gave the chart to Sam.
This chart shows the trip of Jolly Tar, a sailboat that both Frank and Hugh Robinson took along with Bill Small, who was the navigator, and Dave Seaman, who was the Captain. These men were all attending the United States Naval Academy and must have gotten permission to take this long cruise, which lasted six days. You can see that they saw whales along the way, because there is a drawing of a whale on the chart.
You can also see that they must have encountered weather along the way because of the way they tacked this way and that way.
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| LONG WERE THE NIGHTS, by Hugh B. Cave |
One more thing, I have just finished reading LONG WERE THE NIGHTS, by Hugh B. Cave, which is the story of the Saga of the PT Squadron “X” in the Solomon Islands during World War II. My great, great, uncle Hugh Robinson was awarded the Silver Star http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Starfor his actions against an enemy of the United States. This is third highest military award given to any person serving in the capacity of the Armed Forces. Hugh Robinson lived to be 97 years old. He was well loved by the men he led. At his funeral, the entire chapel was filled, and then some people even waited in the hallway.
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| Hugh M. Robinson, who was awarded the Silver Star |
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| I can't imagine what I would have done in the position! |
In the paragraph I highlighted, from LONG WERE THE NIGHTS, it reads: “Robbie, (who was Hugh Robinson), our squadron commandeer, wet his lips and said we would do our best. The rest of us wondered just how good our best would be, against that kind of opposition. Because - good God - the whole Jap navy was on the way and we were just three little torpedo boats!”
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