Interesting story in today's (October 20, 2021) Seattle Times about the Seattle-based Coast Guard ice breaker Healy, named after the legendary former slave, Captain "Hell Roaring Mike" Healy, the first Black American to command a U.S. government ship, the wooden-hulled U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear, from 1886 to 1895.
Turns out Hell Roaring Mike had what looks to be an Amazon parrot that accompanied him on his voyages:
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