Showing posts with label "Michael A. Healy". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Michael A. Healy". Show all posts

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Captain "Hell Roaring Mike" Healy

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: