Historical clue formulations

• Boot — 2025-08-21
• Dismissal, informally — 2024-08-02
• Unceremonious removal — 2015-02-01
• Words before and after "my lads" in the United States Merchant Marine anthem — 2014-02-02
• Forcible dismissal — 2013-05-15
• Anchor-hoisting cry — 2013-03-17
• Boot — 2005-07-29
• Dismissal — 1997-11-16
• Final throw — 1994-07-28