In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. battleshipnc.catalogaccess.com/archives/28073 - ThreadSky

catsofyore.bsky.social • 523 days ago

In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. https://battleshipnc.catalogaccess.com/archives/28073

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afterconcom.bsky.social•523 days ago

General Electric (George for short) is peak cat naming

catsofyore.bsky.social•523 days ago

Complexion: Hairy

gabbklein.bsky.social•523 days ago

∆ pointed ∆ pointed (too)

sciencehoyden.bsky.social•523 days ago

"Hollars like hell" every part of this is so good

abbylark.bsky.social•523 days ago

Temperature: 69

nice

p-no-nwa.bsky.social•523 days ago

General appearance: Cattish.

lily-spokescat.bsky.social•523 days ago

Thanks, my screen is too small. Cattish is purfect!

nicolaz.bsky.social•523 days ago

This is lovely!

honeewoozle.bsky.social•523 days ago

This entire thing...I can't pick a favorite part. XD Probably the ears. "Pointed." "Pointed (too)"

saramchenry.bsky.social•523 days ago

I just noticed his service number is 69-69-69. Eighty years ago we were making "nice" jokes!!

catsofyore.bsky.social•523 days ago

Also his temp, blood pressure, date of birth, etc.

echosedai.bsky.social•523 days ago

sailors created that joke I’m sure

saramchenry.bsky.social•523 days ago

I just looked it up and apparently it's hundreds of years old!

fortunasaga.com•523 days ago

In the middle ages they said" "69, yay verily."

abadwulf.bsky.social•523 days ago

The eyes 🥹

rabagast.bsky.social•523 days ago

pointed (too)

thryse.com•523 days ago

General Appearance: Cattish

trajan.bsky.social•523 days ago

Bored sailors are the best

m00psy.bsky.social•523 days ago

you should see them

caffienekitty.bsky.social•523 days ago

HOLLERS LIKE HELL!! Love it. 😆

nzjazzhistory.bsky.social•523 days ago

I'm glad to know that both his left and right ears were pointed!

daemonium.ca•523 days ago

I think this is my favorite one! :3

scarlettohairdye.bsky.social•523 days ago

I love him

lisajune.bsky.social•523 days ago

This reads like something my great-grandfather would have written. The family photo albums from the 40s-60s are full of his snarky captions and it’s absolutely delightful.

tiltedcactus.bsky.social•523 days ago

This is the most important social media post I've read in ages. Thank you.

adityamandrekar.bsky.social•523 days ago

This is the best thing ever!

midgie.bsky.social•522 days ago

is it possible to love this more??!

gsjphd.bsky.social•523 days ago

Hollars like hell

kragar.bsky.social•523 days ago

Neck: Hollars like Hell!

senatorivy.com•523 days ago

this is so cute

brushwolf.bsky.social•523 days ago

OH! 💙

do we know what eventually happened to him?

zaratustra.bsky.social•523 days ago

Link has more information - he deserted the unit as soon as they reached land

serehfas.bsky.social•521 days ago

Is that what you took "went over the hill when we reached Seattle" to mean? I was wondering.

zaratustra.bsky.social•521 days ago

seems to be the original meaning! https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/go-over-the-hill

serehfas.bsky.social•521 days ago

(Not in use in Australian idiom)

serehfas.bsky.social•521 days ago

Ahha! Thanks!

brushwolf.bsky.social•523 days ago

TY!

kateweb.bsky.social•523 days ago

"General appearance: Cattish."

rachelcrowl.net•523 days ago

Oh! This just made my day

babssignal.bsky.social•523 days ago

my bff's dad served on that ship in WW2!

beckymackinnon.bsky.social•522 days ago

I hope that he got to meet this cat!

babssignal.bsky.social•522 days ago

I really do too. He died long ago, but I looked him up and he came onboard in early 45.

anastacya.bsky.social•523 days ago

*squeeeeing*

thetreezz.bsky.social•523 days ago

Just when I thought it couldn’t get any funnier, you show page where his complexion is noted as “hairy.”
😹😂😹😂

truffleshuffle.bsky.social•523 days ago

Oh god don’t feed the furries

honeewoozle.bsky.social•523 days ago

This is the kind of thing I'm on the internet for. XD

The ears and tail drawn on the man in the diagram. LOL!

jlkaufmann.bsky.social•523 days ago

I love it that you can click through and see the whole document and find 'BORN: 'yes'' on the last page.

tedcruzinusa.bsky.social•523 days ago

Yo, don’t let this image slip into the wrong hands. Loose lips sink ships.

proleartthreat.bsky.social•523 days ago

service tags...aka....

pereubu.bsky.social•523 days ago

I am immensely amused by the diagram with ears and tail drawn in.

jodami.bsky.social•523 days ago

In Britain, being a cat is serious business.

rumpolebayou.bsky.social•523 days ago

The tail & ears they drew on the diagram are really disturbing looking.

hipstersasquatch.bsky.social•523 days ago

YES! And yet somehow cute.

rumpolebayou.bsky.social•523 days ago

I’m going to have nightmares about this:

dahoovster.bsky.social•523 days ago

5’3” that cat was GIGANTIC! 😆

almost-elly.bsky.social•523 days ago

Seriously. George was taller than I am! 🤣

mrzeke.bsky.social•523 days ago

George's health record makes me extremely happy.

seanendcrafter.bsky.social•523 days ago

It is the best thing on the internet

tuckerdrake.bsky.social•523 days ago

There’s a number of maritime cat (and dog) IDs on the web.

mrzeke.bsky.social•523 days ago

It's comforting to know that writing official documents for the cat is a universal human impulse.

catsofyore.bsky.social•523 days ago

I haven't really seen that many. Especially not as detailed as this. The most famous one is Herman's, which was created for a Coast Guard PR film. It regularly circulates online claiming this was "required" but that's not true. https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/historypolitics/baltimores-herman-the-cat-expert-mouser-joined-the-coast-guard-during-world-war-two/

catsofyore.bsky.social•523 days ago

I mean, don't get me wrong - everything I've seen seems to indicate the cats were spoiled and adored (see attached thread of hammocks), but I personally haven't seen too many official IDs. https://bsky.app/profile/catsofyore.bsky.social/post/3k3ywm7ie2e2d

tuckerdrake.bsky.social•523 days ago

The podcast Futility Closet did a few stories about pets getting “official” IDs from the service that their humans were attached to. It seemed like every story about an animal befriended by military or maritime folks got one.

seanendcrafter.bsky.social•523 days ago

It's just so good and pure.

sonourable.bsky.social•523 days ago

Hey! That’s probably my cats great great grand kitty! They look the same.

palomar-qfwfq.bsky.social•522 days ago

The human medical diagram with cat traits drawn on is surprisingly scary😂

ryedog.bsky.social•521 days ago

I love that they held him up so he wasn't too short or out of the sight of the camera lol

seelisiili.bsky.social•523 days ago

hey @krisukoo.bsky.social you should see this

krisukoo.bsky.social•523 days ago

holy shit

rustbeltenjoyer.bsky.social•523 days ago

Dudes rock

conflummoxed.bsky.social•523 days ago

Today I learned that cats have buttocks.

saviorsix.com•523 days ago

Are we going to look over that the ID is apparently 69696?

robinbobcat.bsky.social•523 days ago

I've seen worse furry art...

senatorivy.com•523 days ago

Health card lookin like

m00psy.bsky.social•523 days ago

that caption 😆

m00psy.bsky.social•523 days ago

that alt text, i meant. 😅

senatorivy.com•523 days ago

I believe that's how they worded it on the episode. they're suffering like heatstroke from being trapped on the school roof for days and they're hallucinating each other & he goes "you *look* like a cat, but... not *enough?*"

It's such a hilarious show