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.)
Your guess of its origin is as good as ours. In the meantime, please add your captions below!
Chilled? Yes, but fashion requires sacrifice.
Ahoy mateys! Please use the heads below decks!
So did ya catch anything?
Climate change? WHAT climate change!
“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco”, MT
no need to get ice for our cocktails
“We brought the ice! Who has the drinks?”
What’s a brass bra, Grampa?
Never mind, boy…let’s just say it was real cold!
Wow! Does that new freezer work or what.
Join the Merchant Marine, they said. Bask under a tropical sun with rum drinks handed you by dusky island girls, they said.
Tim “Toolman” Taylor added refrigeration before heading south.
Our new Arctic Circle security cruiser in full camo.
Cool.
We depart when I say we’re ready. Sit your butts down and chill.
Aye Aye Captain Bligh we’ll anchor here until spring!
I’ll take mine without ice.
They said this crew was really chill, but nobody mentioned the icy reception.
Shortly after taking this picture, the photographer, H.B. Platt, departed for San Francisco, never to return.
Frost bitten but still smitten.
You’re as cold as ice
You’re willing to sacrifice your gloves
This ship is the Taylor Swift cast off now, we’re not waiting another hour for Kelsey.
Sailing on the great lakes can be a bit nippy.
We’re going to keep sailing until hell freezes over!
Turn knob to sunshine
NOT SNOWFLAKE !! ii !! ii
The lads would apply a thick lather before shaving the decks and rigging so she’d look her best pulling up to the dock.
The crew failed to grasp the power of the new deckwash.
Snow cones for everyone!
I’m never doing the mid-winters again!
Shovel Captain? No, Captain, we didn’t ship no shovel.
They said San Francisco can be chilly in July, but….
“You don’t even have an end slip available??”
“Wrong-way” Corrigan attempts to find the equator by boat after his transatlantic flight.
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.
A break from daily painting the boat at last!
Ya think anyone will notice the cocaine we’re smuggling?
Cpt. Dauntless, undeterred by the challenges of exploring uncharted territories, got cold feet.
The crew showing pride for their ship by decorating the New England into a Snow Boat for the holidays.
Frostiest reception we’ve ever had coming into a port.