My grandfather, an old Navy vet, used to use a term something like that to describe the pre-dawn time, when the sky was just starting to get light.
I may have the term slightly off, but I am sure it was at least similar. Anyone else ever heard of this and where does it come from originally?
I looked out my window this morning, thought of him, and decided to ask.
Thank you.
2007-03-22 00:49:50 · 4 answers · asked by Phartzalot 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Though I've not heard THAT term, I remember "nautical twilight" and "nautical dawn" which described the dim light following sunset, or just prior to sunrise.
"COMMANDER's MOON" was an aviation term... when doing NIGHT landing qualifications, and you have strong moon-light... it helps the "old" commanders who might have less that perfect night-vision.
"PINKIE TIME" is another aviation term... the time between the actual sunset and darkness... it's "pink"... and it COUNTS as "night" for purposes of recording flight-time and landings.
Nothing like Pinkie Time and a Commander's Moon for DLQ's (Deck Landing Qualifications) !!
Like your Grandfather, I remember and MISS my time out at sea... there is NOTHING like the sunset out in the middle of the Pacific... and then flying when the sun rises.
I hope someone can get you a SOLID answer to your query.
2007-03-22 03:21:58 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was in the Navy for 6 years and the common ones you'd here were:
Admiral
Bamboozle
Binnacle List
Bitter End
Boatswain
Boatswain's Pipe
Bokoo
Bully Boys
Bumboats
Captain's Mast
Carry On
Chaplains
Charley Noble
Chewing the Fat
Chit
Cockswain (or Coxswain)
Crow's Nest
Dead Horse
Devil to Pay
Ditty Bags
Dog Watch
Dungarees
Ensign
Fathom
Geedunk
Gundecking
He Knows the Ropes
Horse Latitudes
In Through the Hawsepipe
Jacob's Ladder
Keelhaul
Knot
Log Book
Master-at-Arms
Midshipmen
Mind Your Ps and Qs
Mooring Line
Navy Blue
Pea Coat
Portholes
Rope Yarn Sunday
Sally Ship
Scuttlebutt
Sea Chanties
Ship's Husband
Show a Leg
Sick Bay
Sideboys
Skiffswain
Skylarking
Smoking Lamp
Spinning a Yarn
Tonnage
Took the Winds Out of His Sails
Wardroom
Yankee
Among a few others, which A Lady should not hear.. It may have been a term used along time ago. Good luck in your search..
2007-03-22 08:30:46 · answer #2 · answered by gregory_usa83 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe it is "Red sun in the morning is the sailor's warning". Red sun at night is the sailor's delight.
It has something to do with moisture or ice crystals in the atmosphere.
2007-03-22 08:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by Barry W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder if that is the red sunrise means sailor's delight, or something like that. I'll keep checking.
2007-03-22 08:07:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋