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Free for all on the open seas: USS Buckley’s crew repels Nazi boarding attempt

Casks and Quivers Posted on September 3, 2022 by Eynon (Dave)January 29, 2023

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 →

Posted in History, Naval History | Tagged Lieutenant (jg) Jimmie J. Sellars, Lieutenant Commander Brent Abel, Navy Cross, U-66, US Navy Deck Logs, USS Block Island (CVE 21), USS Buckley (DE 51), WWII in the Atlantic | Leave a reply

New Website for Book

Casks and Quivers Posted on May 17, 2022 by Eynon (Dave)May 27, 2022

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.

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Posted in History, Naval History | Tagged Deck Logs in Verse, Mid-Watch, Pacific Theater WWII, US Navy Deck Logs, WWII | Leave a reply

Midwatch in Verse Update (3/23/2022)

Casks and Quivers Posted on March 23, 2022 by Eynon (Dave)March 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 →

Posted in History, Naval History | Tagged Deck Logs in Verse, Pacific Theater WWII, US Navy Deck Logs, WWII | Leave a reply

Midwatch in Verse: An Update

Casks and Quivers Posted on July 27, 2021 by Eynon (Dave)March 16, 2022

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 →

Posted in History, Naval History | Tagged Deck Logs in Verse, Mid-Watch, Midwatch in Verse, Navy Deck Logs, Pacific Theater WWII, Pearl Harbor, US Navy Deck Logs, WWII, WWII in the Atlantic, WWII Poems | Leave a reply

Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Radford (DD-446)

Casks and Quivers Posted on September 11, 2020 by Eynon (Dave)February 19, 2023

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 →

Posted in History, Naval History | Tagged Deck Logs in Verse, Fletcher-Class Destroyers, I-19, NAVBASE Guantanamo Bay, New Year's Ship Deck Logs, Pacific Theater WWII, Reliance (AFDL-47), Submarine Chaser SC-1278, US Navy Deck Logs, USS GREER (DD-145), USS Radford (DD-446), USS Salem (CA-139), USS UPSHUR (DD-144), William Kilian Romoser, WWII, WWII in the Atlantic | Leave a reply

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