Madeline Blair (born 1905) also known as Adelaide Andrews, Jackie or Blackie was an American prostitute from Bridgeport, Connecticut.
[1] She was known for being a stowaway aboard the United States Navy ship USS Arizona and plying her trade while on board the battleship.
[2] She is sometimes conflated with Madeleine Blair (note spelling), who was born in St. Louis and later became a brothel madam and activist in Chicago and Canada,[3] and whose autobiography was published in 1919.
[6] As the ship sailed south and temperatures increased, Blair started to go up on deck when it was dark, usually wearing jeans and a work shirt.
She stopped at a scuttlebutt to have a drink and was noticed by the chief radio operator, who recognised her as a woman and reported her to the deck officer.
However, Admiral William V. Pratt thought the penalties excessive, and when he became CNO in 1930, he ordered the reprimands stricken from the officer's records.