The name «Zzz Shanty» is a play on the term, sea shanty, a type of work song commonly used to accompany labor on
merchant sailing vessels, and zzz, an onomatopoeia used to imply snoring or sleeping.
She and her
vessel, The Vixen, prey on all ships, American and British, who
sail those treacherous waters.Colin Worth, son of a Boston
merchant, ran away to sea, and ended up in the young American navy, the executive officer aboard the frigate, U.S. S. Intrepid.