Scuttlebutt in navy slang meaning rumour or gossip. People would congregate round the water cask on a ship (or, later, a water fountain) where casual discussion, rumour, gossip and tittle-tattle could be exchanged.
A scuttlebutt is were people on a ship store drinking water
The Scuttlebutt.
McHale's Navy - 1962 Scuttlebutt 2-9 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:G
You would get water from the 'scuttlebutt.' You could also go to the mess deck and get some java. Or go to the gedunk and buy a soda.
Can you believe the scuttlebutt? Scuttlebutt is no more than gossip.
The term "NAR" doesn't refer to a Navy ship - it's the standard Navy acronym for Naval Air Reserve.
A scuttlebutt was means a water fountain
United States.
It is an approximately six month long deployment by a navy ship in the WESTern PACific.
The scuttlebutt said they were heading into combat the next day. The scuttlebutt provided fresh water to all.
Designation of a ship of the British Navy- His (or later, Her) Majesty's Ship.