This was the 'rum ration' they inherited from the Brits. FTA: "the U.S. Navy established in 1794 that sailors were to receive “one half-pint of distilled spiri

This was the 'rum ration' they inherited from the Brits. FTA: "the U.S. Navy established in 1794 that sailors were to receive “one half-pint of distilled spirits” a day."