Camden (AOE 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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will DW F Jmls 291969 CWD xnxx g f I I q iss, Lis2.+2lgt3'if,, Q., 2' THE LEGEND CALLED CAlVlDEN A To meet her destiny, to the Tonkin she came And with sweat and guts she bought her fame To CAMDEN sailors there was no day or night Just Nlan both sides , for the carriers in sight Eleven day weeks, and fifty hour days. An hour off on Sunday while the Chaplain prays That this volcano we ride won't blow us to hell And to give thanks for the outcome of the Hancock flail Though our guns never fired a lethal round And we've never been deafened by battle's sound And we've never tracked NllGs over NVN skies We've fought the war with the rest of the guys With hoses and burtons and CH46's We've socked it to the sons of bitches Who ride out here for a few weeks glory While we do the work, it's the same old story A lt's been nine months, three seasons of the year Since we've seen the people, and things we hold dear But CANlDEN's a special ship, and we're a special breed The only ones who could fill the critical wartime need We're a special crew, unlike all the others Closer to our shipmates than our own blood brothers Career, reservists, or just passin through We'lI look back and remember the people we knew Soon it will be finished and our task will be done And our bow will swing eastward toward the rising sun Our hearts will grow lighter with joyous elation With Long Beach our Homeport, instead of Yankee Station We'll leave these Tonkin waters, but we'll leave our legend here The Sac will never match us, she won't even come near And when blue-water sailors gather with bottle of San lVlagoo They'll drink to CANlDEN's legend and to her special crew. 1