Blakely (FF 1072) - Naval Cruise Book

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I .41 , . -jf - If Lieutenant Commander William A. Nurthen XO LCDR Nurthen is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a 1970 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. His prior sea duty tours include Main Propulsion and Damage Control Assistant on the USS JOSEPH P. KENNEDK JR. CDD-8502, Engineer Officer on the USS BOWEN IFF-10792, and Destroyer Squadron Thirty-Six as MateriallLogistics Officer. LCDR Nurthen holds an M.A. degree in National Security Affairs obtained from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate school in March 1980 where he received the U.S. Naval Institute Award for his essay on Soviet Strategy in the Red Sea Basin. From May 1980 until September 1981, LCDR Nurthen served on the Chief of Naval Operation's Staff as Assistant Branch Head of Politico-Military Policy and Current Plans for Africa. Prior to assuming his current duties, LCDR Nurthen conducted independent research as a Visiting Fellow in African Studies as Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies. 3

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I I A SAILOR'S PRAYER Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep Grant that no sailor take My shoes and socks before I wake Lord guard me in my slumber And keep my hammock on its number May no clues nor lashings break And let me down before I wake Keep me safely in 'thy sight And grant no fire drill tonight And in the morning let me wake Breathing scents of sirloin steak God protect me in my dreams And make it better than it seems Grant the time may swiftly fly When myself shall rest high In a feather bed Where I long to rest my head Far away from all these scenes And the smell of half done beans Take me back into the land Where they don' t scrub down with Where no demon typhon blows Where the women wash the clothes God thou knowest all my woes Feed me in my dying throes Take me back I'll promise then Never to leave heme again. QFOUR YEARS rrznsap Our Father who art is Washington Please dear Father, let me stay Do not drive me now away Wipe away me scolding tears And let me stay for thirty years Please forgive all my And all things that happened at the mast Do not my request refuse And let me stay for another cruise h if