The Navy’s first goat mascot, El Cid, was brought to Annapolis for the Army-Navy game in 1893. The next year, Bill II was called upon to assume the role of Navy mascot, along with two cats who ran for the nearest exit when released from their bag. From 1906 to 1912, the goat mascot was named “Three-to-Nothing Jack Dalton” in honor of the Navy kicker who won two successive Army-Navy games 3-0. The use of a goat as their mascot began in 1893, and Bill the Goat is the mascot of the United States Naval Academy. The mascot is a live goat and is represented by a costumed midshipman. There is also a bronze statue of the goat, Navy Bill, in the north end zone of Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
The first known appearance of a goat as a mascot was in 1890, when a bouncing lion cub was the mascot for the naval air squadron at the R.N. Air Force Base. The crews of ships have taken cats on board since ancient times, their primary task was to hunt rodents that could gnaw through ropes. Bill the Goat, originally called Bill, was dubbed “Three-to-Nothing Jack Dalton” after the star midshipman who kicked the field goals that helped the Navy win two consecutive Army-Navy games 3-0.
The United States Naval Academy adopted a mule as its animal mascot, Bill XXXVI, in 1893. Bill is named after the past Commandant of Midshipmen, Admiral Colby M. Chester’s pet goat, who was the only naval officer to actively serve in the Navy. West Point adopted its own animal mascot, a mule, sporting a gray blanket and draped in Army-colored streamers.
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I have a great idea for a article: Could you describe the order of construction: What was made in what order. Are they lagging the steam pipes while at the same time loading the turrets? Is it built as an empty ship and then later all the pipes and wiring added? This would be great! 2nd Idea: Could you give us a descriptive tour of all the different shipyards: What was better New York; Bath; Newport News; Hogg Island??
Served aboard the USS VANDERGRIFT from 97 to 2001, we had a dog named Jena that we picked up after our ship homeported in Yokosuka Jspan. She started out as Seamen Jena and retired at Lutenent Jena. I believe our Captain is currently writing, or has written a book about her from her prospective. She even has her own FB page.
Not a ship but a squadron mascot. Antis a German shepard, was the dog of Czech airman Jan Bozdech and went on numerous bombing raids over Germany with the RAF. They had lots of close calls including getting rescued from Gibraltar after fighting in the battle of France and escaping communist Czechoslovakia after the war. He was awarded the Dickin medal for animal bravery and had a excellent book written about the two of them called ‘One man and his dog’
I’m not from the East coast and in one of your articles about museum ships in general you mentioned the Ling. A quick google search yielded information that is almost a year old and much of it is conflicting. It may not be appropriate for this website but I would sure be interested in any updates on their efforts.
The US Air Force 13.th tactical fighter squadron had Eldridge the black panther as a mascot. While at Udorn, Thailand. (Late conflict in indo china.) Eldridge supposedly used to chase Nickel the dog, mascot of the 555.th tactical fighter squadron. Treating a full grown panther like a house cat only worked for so long though. As he attacked a couple of the hooch maids, and swiped a Thai girl with his claws. So he was eventually sendt to a zoo the US.
My fathers ship, USS General A.E. Anderson (AP-111) had a monkey named Dufo who lived in the overhead as a mascot during the Korean War. Dad said when the monkey got angry it would throw its feces at anyone in the same compartment. He was a cute little guy, I have a picture of my dad with him. Apparently Dufo didn’t like the Navy and went AWOL in Okinawa.
You should also mention the cat on hms amelyst that was involved in the yantze incident, the first hms New Zealand Had a dog called perolus jack ( might have misspelt the name ) that was very Unpopular that the crew were happy when the dog accidentally fell down the ships funnel, finally ships cats sometimes have being known to jump ship before one was sunk, for example Hmas Perth cat tried to get off the ship before her final voyage that lead to her demise at the battle of the Sunda Strait, the cat had to be clamped in Irons and also the same thing happened with the cat on uss Houston that was also sunk. Finally Too hms Exeter had a family of ducks on board her
Able Seaman Just Nuisance – Royal Navy, the name alone deserves mention but his offenses prove he was a sailor at heart offences include travelling on the trains without his free pass, being absent without leave, losing his collar and refusing to leave the pub at closing time(this last one) he was buried with full honors including gun salute and playing “Last Post” in 1944
I have vague memories of a taxidermied dog that was on display near the Washington Chapel in Valley Forge Park. I have no idea if it was a war dog or not. While trying unsuccessfully to confirm this, I did come across information about a dog names Sgt. Stubby. According to Wikipedia, after WW1 he became the mascot for Georgetown as well as a special agent for the Bureau of Investigation (pre-FBI) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Stubby