Seeing the gun and the sailors manning it seemed to put new heart into the officer.
Although the city kept control of the eight ships taken from Lafitte, it did not have enough sailors to man them for defense.
He was also unaware that 9 of 13 sailors manning watch stations had switched positions.
The sailors raised the anchors and then manned the oars.
More ships of course, more sailors to man them.
The three sailors manning the helm were still manning it.
The fishing boat shoved off, sailors and soldiers all manning the oars together.
Seven African-American sailors manned the forward gun of the vessel.
These would have to be very closely watched, as they were manned by relatively inexperienced sailors, many of them preteens.
The .50-caliber in the bow and the sailor manning it went in another direction.