User talk:74.69.209.159

December 2023
Hello, I'm Yoshi24517. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Ship's cat, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.  Yoshi24517 ( Chat ) ( Online ) 21:08, 18 December 2023 (UTC)


 * "The World" (New York) was one of the major newspapers in New York City under the famous editor Joseph Pulitzer (now best know for the Pulitzer prizes). Wikipedia incorrected calls it the "New York World" but and glance at the masthead shows that error. It was microfilmed and is available online at several newspapers sites.
 * The article of 6 March 1898 gives Tom's history before the USS Maine's explosion.
 * See https://www.newspapers.com/image/3187021/?terms=Mascots%2BCosmero%2BBrooklyn
 * and
 * https://www.newspapers.com/image/3187021/?terms=Mascots%2BCosmero%2BBrooklyn
 * The World cites an old sailor named Cosmero Aquatero who kept a manuscript journal of the cats born on the Hulk USS Vermont. This journal is probably lost.
 * I registered with Wikipedia under the handle NYencyclopedist in January 2008, but the account is inaccessible for unknown reasons. 74.69.209.159 (talk) 20:17, 20 December 2023 (UTC)


 * March 6, 1898 "Mascots on board our ships at war" The World (New York) Page 25. 74.69.209.159 (talk) 21:31, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * https://hamptonroadsnavalmuseum.blogspot.com/2013/12/cat-mascot-of-uss-maines-mess-cooks.html 74.69.209.159 (talk) 21:34, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I restored of that material based on the Hampton Roads Naval Museum source (done as a proper source citation, and rewritten to follow what the source says closely). However, none of this was in that source at all:Tom was born in Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1885 aboard the hulk USS Vermont, transferred to the USS Minnesota as a junior rat catcher and served faithfully until transferring to the USS Maine in 1896 as senior mess rat catcher. After the USS Maine sank, Tom was rescued, hospitalized, and permanently transferred to the USS Fern, where he lived out his retirement with honor.The Fern claim is probably correct, since the museum source says Tom was claimed after the Maine incident by Richard Wainwright, and we know from other sources that Wainwright was assigned to the Fern after the sinking of the Maine. But those sources don't say anything about Tom that I know of. Do you have more information about the source you call 'March 6, 1898 "Mascots on board our ships at war" The World (New York) Page 25'. Is this a book? An old magazine article? Googling around for it turned up nothing.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  22:49, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
 * PS: If you're planning to regularly edit here, even if only on one or a few articles, it would be good to create a proper account, since IP addresses can change at any time, and a large proportion of edits that come from just IP addresses with no account are vandalism, and tend to get undone with less scrutiny than work done by registered editors.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  22:52, 18 December 2023 (UTC)