Mahlon Tisdale (FFG 27) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 3 text:

Cancer olden Dragon ' o % Christmas Island I C auator % Equator Phoenix, Islands . « ' Ocv. Fiji Islands V » O I fnoa Islands 3 Tahiti ' oi SOUTH PACIFIC I 9 ' 3 WELLINGTON | JU - Jr s THE TRACK OF THE USS MAHLON S. TISDALE (FFG-27) PACEX ' 89

Page 5 text:

W THE SOUL OF A SHIP Now, some say that men make a ship and her fame As she goes on her way down the sea; That the crew which first man her will give her a name — Good, bad, or whatever may be. The recruits coming after them soon fall in line And carry tradition along — the spirit was good, it will always be fine — bad, it will always be wrong. The soul of a ship is a marvelous thing. Not made of its wood or steel But fashioned ofmem ' ries and songs that men sing, and fed by the passions men feel. It ' s built of ambition, of jealousy, strife. Of friendship, of love, and of fear; It includes almost all of the makings of life; It ' s nurtured on grumble — and cheer. ft The soul of a ship is a molder of men — Her spirit lives on through the years. As she started her life, so she is to the end; She shares each recruit ' s hopes and fears. And each man who joins feels the breath of her life As he stands up and takes heart again — So he takes to himself the old sea as his wife. And the ship ' s made of man among men.