These 12 historical photos vividly show where the Navy’s term “salty” came from
SUMMARY
“Salty” is a term from the United States Navy used to describe an experienced sailor – someone for whom the romanticized idea of ship life is gone and replaced with s…
"Salty" is a term from the United States Navy used to describe an experienced sailor – someone for whom the romanticized idea of ship life is gone and replaced with sea salt.
Recently WATM published photos from the 1898 Spanish-American War that were found during a U.S. Navy archive office renovation. One of our readers asked if we could find historical photos of the U.S. Navy's saltiest sailors throughout history, so we did.
Check these sea dogs out:
