Richmond K Turner (CG 20) - Naval Cruise Book

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I It isa Navy tradition that the first deck log entry of the year be written in verse. The mid watch entry for january 1, 1984 was written by Lt. joseph Gelsomino IAKA Father Guido Sarduccij. It was a typical night patrolling off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon. The deck log gives the state of the ship at midnight. The crew was being entertained by the Smitty Show New Year's Eve Special. The RK T spent four and a half months in the Eastern Med area supporting the Marines and Naval forces stationed in and off Beirut. Listen, Landlubber, so you can sleep tight While I tell you a story bout this special night Assuming the watch this first day of the year Patrolling my sector with Beirut so near The schedule that guides us through our peacekeeping chore Is Sixth Fleet's quarterly one tack eight four Ever so close to MODLOC we are Missing our loved ones away oh so far CTG sixty plus a point four Is the man that we follow as we start eighty four He's the OTCXSOPA all night and all day Spending his time on old IFK Our course is a true two seven zero degrees At 10 knots we glide through the briny with ease. Twelve hundred pound steam flows through the ship's veins all the time One alpha two bravo boilers on the line Dropping the load is a amateurs trick Our snipes are the pros, our boilers are split Landlubbers are curious, they want to know What causes electrons to flow You won 't understand it's nauticalese One bra vo two bra vo SS TGS Listen close, Lubber, only once will I tell Our genera tors are in parallel In case of a blaze we'll know what to do With water from firepumps called four and two Listen close, Lubber, and don 't miss a stroke To keep water out you have to set yoke Don 't shrink from the dark, matey, I 'll cheat just a bit Quartermasters, Bos'un navigation lights lit Condition three watches all night and all day For the people back home a price we gladly pay Keeping you safe is the reason we're here Another mid-watch and a happy New Year. 17 .,,a 1f

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