April 3, 1918
On watch 4 to 8 A.M.
Fire and Collision drills 10 A.M.
Worked in G.S.K. in afternoon.
On watch 6 to 8 P.M.
Abandon Ship drill 4 P.M.
Strong wind blowing; very heavy sea; spray carrying over decks and fo’c’s’l.
In afternoon about 2 0’clock, had four boxing matches, and music by string band, on After Well Deck.
Notes
1. fo’c’s’l (sic) is meant to be fo’c’s’le, shorthand for forecastle, the forward part of a ship’s upper deck where sailors typically live.