Our "first mate" (nom de plume) found this tidbit in her research.

With this note attached

"found a crew list for the Tropic Bird in the May 9 1876 edition of Whalemen's Shipping List."

I believe this defines some additional roles for crew members that we did not know before. See the original crew list post here.

Owen H. Tilton -- [Vineyard Haven] -- Captain
Benjamin C. Blossom -- Dartmouth -- first mate
James A. Payne -- Mattapoisett -- second mate
George Arnold -- New Bedford -- third mate and boatsteerer
John Wilcox -- do* -- cooper and shipkeeper
John Connor and Samuel Greenham -- do -- boatsteers
Henry E. Montague -- Brooklyn -- steward
Edward E. Dixon -- New Bedford -- cook
Antone Eichman -- do*
Frank Joseph -- do
John Thomas Leo -- do
Theodore Gereeke -- do
Joseph Maiz -- do
Perdo Noonis -- do
Charles Smith -- do
Charles Kanaka -- do
Charles W. McKown -- New York
Antone Enos -- do
John Dight -- do
Samuel N Brush -- Tisbury
William L. Cone Jr. -- Eastham
William R. Wolfe -- Shefield -- seamen
John J. Armstead -- Charlestown -- seamen

Note: do = ditto

Example:
Edward E. Dixon -- New Bedford -- cook
Antone Eichman -- do
In this case "do" is ditto for New Bedford

Great find "SW" ...... Bev ..... !