In my time at Schuyler we never heard that derivation. Occasionally we had kidding discussions trying to turn it into an acronym. One we came up with was Midshipmen Under Graduate. I'm sure that the term mug goes back to the early days of the school, just as plebe does at the Federal schools and rat at VMI.
BTW - after reading "Four Years Before The Mast" I ordered both your other books.
Bought "Seventeen Fathoms Deep" on Kindle as it was he only version I could get quickly. That old blurb about "could not put it down" was totally applicable! It took me less than three days to finish. My review (5 stars) is here on Goodreads as well as at Amazon.
"The Sunken Gold" in paperback arrived while I was reading "Seventeen Fathoms Deep." It went to the top of my rather deep pile of books to be read. It took me a little longer to read, but was just as fascinating. Thought I'd posted a review here and at Amazon, but I can't find it at Amazon.
I'd actually started to write you an e-mail back when I read the books, but got side tracked. I still have the draft. It mentions some background info on the nickname Domer among other things.
BTW - after reading "Four Years Before The Mast" I ordered both your other books.
Bought "Seventeen Fathoms Deep" on Kindle as it was he only version I could get quickly. That old blurb about "could not put it down" was totally applicable! It took me less than three days to finish. My review (5 stars) is here on Goodreads as well as at Amazon.
"The Sunken Gold" in paperback arrived while I was reading "Seventeen Fathoms Deep." It went to the top of my rather deep pile of books to be read. It took me a little longer to read, but was just as fascinating. Thought I'd posted a review here and at Amazon, but I can't find it at Amazon.
I'd actually started to write you an e-mail back when I read the books, but got side tracked. I still have the draft. It mentions some background info on the nickname Domer among other things.