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.
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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 Charleston (PG-51)
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 →
Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Overton (DD-239)
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 →
Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Huse 1946
This is my second installment of the Mid-Watch in Verse series. In this series of posts, I hope to highlight examples of the old Navy tradition of allowing the Mid-Watch (midnight to 4:00am) Deck Log entry on January 1 to … Continue reading →