Naval deck logs require young officers to record mundane details of a ship's condition every few hours. According to a U.S. Navy tradition, the New Year's midwatch log--covering midnight to early morning of January 1--can be entered as poetry. Each chapter of this first book-length examination of midwatch poems presents verses written 1941-1946 aboard a ship engaged in combat during World War II, including celebrated warships like the USS Enterprise and nameless vessels like PC 1264. Historical overviews of the ships' operations, along with biographical sketches of the author(s), relate each poem to its moment in history.…mehr
Naval deck logs require young officers to record mundane details of a ship's condition every few hours. According to a U.S. Navy tradition, the New Year's midwatch log--covering midnight to early morning of January 1--can be entered as poetry. Each chapter of this first book-length examination of midwatch poems presents verses written 1941-1946 aboard a ship engaged in combat during World War II, including celebrated warships like the USS Enterprise and nameless vessels like PC 1264. Historical overviews of the ships' operations, along with biographical sketches of the author(s), relate each poem to its moment in history.
David E. Johnson is an emeritus professor of psychology and a former president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. He has published articles, chapters, and books on the pedagogy of psychology. He lives in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where he continues his research and writing on U.S. Naval history.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction USS Detroit: The Dashing "D" USS Finch: The Ultimate Indignity USS Dewey: The Whale-Struck USS Gilmer: Chasing Subs in Puget Sound USS New Orleans: The Coconut Log Bow USS Marblehead: The Long Journey Home USS Russell: A Highly Decorated Lady USS North Carolina: "Showboat" USS Aylwin: Surviving the Hurricane USS Casco: God Keep Our Ship USS Allen: The Old Girl USS Colorado: A Tale of Endurance USS Murphy: The Luck of the Irish USS Washington: Not Just Any Man Overboard USS Buchanan: The Scrapperoos USS Texas: Engage Until Neutralized USS Lansdowne: The Lucky L USS Dent: "There's Nothing Like a Dame" USS Bush: A Brief and Tragic Glory USS Ringgold: A New Slant on Bunghole USS Mason: The Grand Experiment USS PC 1264: An Inglorious Fate USS Pennsylvania: "Old Falling Apart" USS South Dakota: Battleship X USS Ticonderoga: The Indestructible Captain Dixie USS Idaho: Perdition to Our Axis Foes USS Alabama: Very Well Done USS Enterprise: The Big E USS Huse: The Hunter Killer Conclusion Appendix A: Material Conditions in Navy Ships Appendix B: How Ships Get Their Names Appendix C: U.S. Navy Hull Designations in This Book Appendix D: Candid Comments by Poets in the Poems Appendix E: Non-World War II Poems References Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction USS Detroit: The Dashing "D" USS Finch: The Ultimate Indignity USS Dewey: The Whale-Struck USS Gilmer: Chasing Subs in Puget Sound USS New Orleans: The Coconut Log Bow USS Marblehead: The Long Journey Home USS Russell: A Highly Decorated Lady USS North Carolina: "Showboat" USS Aylwin: Surviving the Hurricane USS Casco: God Keep Our Ship USS Allen: The Old Girl USS Colorado: A Tale of Endurance USS Murphy: The Luck of the Irish USS Washington: Not Just Any Man Overboard USS Buchanan: The Scrapperoos USS Texas: Engage Until Neutralized USS Lansdowne: The Lucky L USS Dent: "There's Nothing Like a Dame" USS Bush: A Brief and Tragic Glory USS Ringgold: A New Slant on Bunghole USS Mason: The Grand Experiment USS PC 1264: An Inglorious Fate USS Pennsylvania: "Old Falling Apart" USS South Dakota: Battleship X USS Ticonderoga: The Indestructible Captain Dixie USS Idaho: Perdition to Our Axis Foes USS Alabama: Very Well Done USS Enterprise: The Big E USS Huse: The Hunter Killer Conclusion Appendix A: Material Conditions in Navy Ships Appendix B: How Ships Get Their Names Appendix C: U.S. Navy Hull Designations in This Book Appendix D: Candid Comments by Poets in the Poems Appendix E: Non-World War II Poems References Index
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