Free for all on the open seas: USS Buckley’s crew repels Nazi boarding attempt
In the battle for the Atlantic during WWII, US and British warships protected convoys of merchant ships supplying the Allied war effort from German U-boats. Early in the war, the U-boats had considerable success in sinking Allied shipping, but as … Continue reading →
New Website for Book
We’ve set up a new website for our upcoming book, Midwatch in Verse: New Year’s Deck Log Poetry of the United States Navy, 1941–1946. Click here to go to the site.
Continue reading →Midwatch in Verse Update (3/23/2022)
The Midwatch in Verse Project continues to move forward. As indicated in earlier posts, my friend Gary Guinn and I signed a contract with McFarland Publishing for a book-length treatment of the old Navy tradition. Here is a brief explanation: … Continue reading →
Midwatch in Verse: An Update
See updates at the bottom of this post. Latest on 2/24/2022 Thanks to all of those folks who have given feedback on this series. If you have not read any of these entries here is the introduction to the concept. … Continue reading →
Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Radford (DD-446)
This is a continuation of the Mid-Watch in Verse series. A Deck Log from a US Navy vessel chronicles exacting administrative detail regarding the status of the ship, its location, speed, etc. However, for a four hour period at the … Continue reading →