Navy's locker room broke out into an enthusiastic singing of "Anchors Aweigh" following the win—specifically singing the century-old fight song's verse about sinking the hated Black Knights.
In 1808 Samuel Brown, a Naval Leutenant, fitted out a Navy vessel, the 'Penelope' with chain anchor cables and rigging and sailed her to the West Indies to prove the superiority of iron chain.
Embedded throughout the fabric were miniaturized features of the inner emblem of the Navy flag with the letters “USN” directly beneath it. The emblem included an anchor, a three-masted square ...