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Caption Contest(!)

Welcome to our February Caption Contest(!). And now for something completely different — borrowing a phrase from Monty Python’s Flying Circus — we bring you a historical photo. One that gives us the cold shivers, just looking at it. We haven’t found much information about this one, but according to the post on Twitter (do we really have to call it X?), where we found the photo, it’s a New England fishing boat in 1916.

The photo also made its way to Reddit, where one commenter wrote,”I believe this is the USS New England. From October 1917-1919 it was chartered by the US Navy for WWI. Mainly it was used for ferrying supplies and as a tug boat for those coming in and out of Newport.” (Yes, we too see the name on the hull.)

B&W of men on ice covered boat
Your caption here.
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Your guess of its origin is as good as ours. In the meantime, please add your captions below!

38 Comments

  1. Evan 2 years ago

    Chilled? Yes, but fashion requires sacrifice.

  2. Craig Briggs 2 years ago

    Ahoy mateys! Please use the heads below decks!

  3. Bettie Ann Hough 2 years ago

    So did ya catch anything?

  4. Lu Abel 2 years ago

    Climate change? WHAT climate change!

  5. Dave 2 years ago

    “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco”, MT

  6. Bob Marshall 2 years ago

    no need to get ice for our cocktails

  7. mark 2 years ago

    “We brought the ice! Who has the drinks?”

  8. Bill Huber 2 years ago

    What’s a brass bra, Grampa?
    Never mind, boy…let’s just say it was real cold!

  9. Bud the Lone sailor 2 years ago

    Wow! Does that new freezer work or what.

  10. Bob Mc 2 years ago

    Join the Merchant Marine, they said. Bask under a tropical sun with rum drinks handed you by dusky island girls, they said.

  11. Charles Sanford 2 years ago

    Tim “Toolman” Taylor added refrigeration before heading south.

  12. Cecile Generaux Schwedes 2 years ago

    Our new Arctic Circle security cruiser in full camo.

  13. Hank Whittier 2 years ago

    Cool.

  14. Brad 2 years ago

    We depart when I say we’re ready. Sit your butts down and chill.

  15. Bill Tiernan 2 years ago

    Aye Aye Captain Bligh we’ll anchor here until spring!

  16. Robertta Edwards 2 years ago

    I’ll take mine without ice.

  17. Bill Willcox 2 years ago

    They said this crew was really chill, but nobody mentioned the icy reception.

  18. John Tennyson 2 years ago

    Shortly after taking this picture, the photographer, H.B. Platt, departed for San Francisco, never to return.

  19. Sean Svendsen 2 years ago

    Frost bitten but still smitten.

  20. Shing! 2 years ago

    You’re as cold as ice
    You’re willing to sacrifice your gloves

  21. Bill T 2 years ago

    This ship is the Taylor Swift cast off now, we’re not waiting another hour for Kelsey.

  22. Beni Bacon 2 years ago

    Sailing on the great lakes can be a bit nippy.

  23. Robert Goldberg 2 years ago

    We’re going to keep sailing until hell freezes over!

  24. Edward 2 years ago

    Turn knob to sunshine
    NOT SNOWFLAKE !! ii !! ii

  25. Craig 2 years ago

    The lads would apply a thick lather before shaving the decks and rigging so she’d look her best pulling up to the dock.

  26. Joe Brown 2 years ago

    The crew failed to grasp the power of the new deckwash.

  27. David Henry 2 years ago

    Snow cones for everyone!

  28. Robert Thomas 2 years ago

    I’m never doing the mid-winters again!

  29. matt klein 2 years ago

    Shovel Captain? No, Captain, we didn’t ship no shovel.

  30. RT 2 years ago

    They said San Francisco can be chilly in July, but….

  31. Jim 2 years ago

    “You don’t even have an end slip available??”

  32. Jay Sorensen 2 years ago

    “Wrong-way” Corrigan attempts to find the equator by boat after his transatlantic flight.

  33. Eben Kermit 2 years ago

    Cookie surprised the crew with an announcement that “Baked Alaska” was the featured dessert on tonight’s menu! A mutiny ensued resulting in a new heading to Bora Bora.

  34. Malama Robinson 2 years ago

    A break from daily painting the boat at last!

  35. Chris A 2 years ago

    Ya think anyone will notice the cocaine we’re smuggling?

  36. WT 2 years ago

    Cpt. Dauntless, undeterred by the challenges of exploring uncharted territories, got cold feet.

  37. Dave Peterson 2 years ago

    The crew showing pride for their ship by decorating the New England into a Snow Boat for the holidays.

  38. Ron Harben 2 years ago

    Frostiest reception we’ve ever had coming into a port.

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