Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "USS Jarvis (DD-799) - Guide 350" video.

  1.  @montecorbit8280  I'm pretty sure you are right. US flag ocean liners during that period, being US sovereign territory, had no liquor on board, so passengers had to face the entire trip stone, cold, sober. Passengers on a Cunard liner could start getting juiced up the moment the ship was outside of US territorial waters, so the liquor was certainly on board, while the ship was in a US port. That brings up an interesting question: while a British ship could have liquor on board while in a US port, could they serve, or was the rum ration stopped while in US territory? I read of one incident, before prohibition became US law. There was some sort of diplomatic function going on, on board a ship, tied up at a USN base. SecNav Daniels was an ardent temperance campaigner. When a couple wagons full of liquor for the function showed up at the gates of the navy base, they were denied entry. I somehow suspect the diplomatic function did not go well, without "lubrication".
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  2.  @montecorbit8280  well, that would have been Wilson, and it's plausible. Prohibition went into effect on January 17, 1920, when Wilson was still in office.
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