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It All Began With A Napkin Ring
Later this year (2026) WildBlue Press will publish a book titled The Watch Stands as Written: Voices from the Midwatch. My coauthors, Gary Guinn, Ken Keith, and I tap into the experiences of sailors serving their country during perilous times by analyzing the content of a very old US Navy tradition. On New Year’s Eve, it is acceptable for Officers of the Deck (OOD) to write the first log of the…
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Midwatch Poetry Magazine Articles
The Midwatch in Verse Project authors published two magazine articles about this 100+ year old tradition. The first appeared in the December 2024 issue of Submarine Review and is titled Midwatch Deck Log Poetry Aboard U.S. Submarines: The Early Cold War Years (click on title to read article). The article compares and contrasts submarine deck log poetry with verse written on surface vessels. The…
Upcoming Article Announcement
The Midwatch in Verse Project is pleased to announce an upcoming article to be published in the January issue of “Leatherneck Magazine” published by the Marine Corps Association. The article titled, Leatherneck Bards: Marines Embrace Unusual Duty Aboard U.S. Navy Ships highlights US Marines’ deck log poetry from the 1950’s through 1970s. The team found 20 midwatch deck log poems written by…
Midwatch in Verse Project Upcoming Publication
An article titled Midwatch Deck Log Poetry Aboard US Submarines: The Early Cold War Years will be published in the December issue of The Submarine Review (a publication of the Naval Submarine League). It is authored by members of The Midwatch in Verse Project team.. The article compares New Year’s Day deck log poems from surface vessels and submarines.
Did you ever wonder what it is like to read over 10,000 New Year’s Day poems entered in US Navy ship deck logs? At the Midwatch in Verse Project we have done this, and this post provides a sense of the repetitious rhymes we waded through in the process. Thankfully, many young officers deviated from these somewhat pedestrian rhymes and constructed rhymes that inspired us to read on. Please feel free to share.
Certain items of information are expected to be included in US Navy ship’s logs—ship’s location, connection to pier, material condition, con
Announcing Midwatch in Verse Project
In February of 2023, McFarland Books published the first book-length treatment of an old US Navy tradition of writing the first deck log entry of the New Year in verse. Titled Midwatch in Verse: New Year’s Deck Log Poetry of the United States Navy, 1941–1946, the book focuses on WWII-era logs. The Midwatch in Verse website followed the book’s publication with the purpose of making all things…
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Barrel Project: Resurrection and Finale
Back in early 2017, I conceived a plan for a project that would involve aging 10L of Nocino in a charred barrel. After the aging process, I determined to add an imperial stout to the barrel when the Nocino was removed (Link). Over the course of the next three years, I pursued this project with a few unintended detours due to health issues and the like (See updates here, here, here, here, here,…
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Free for all on the open seas: USS Buckley's crew repels Nazi boarding attempt
Free for all on the open seas: USS Buckley’s crew repels Nazi boarding attempt
USS Buckley and U-66 In the battle for the Atlantic during WWII, US and British warships protected convoys of merchant ships supplying the Allied war effort from German U-boats. Early in the war, the U-boats had considerable success in sinking Allied shipping, but as technology improved (both sonar and radar) and escort carriers joined the Atlantic fleet, the tide turned against the German…
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New Website for Book
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 Update (3/23/2022)
Midwatch in Verse Update (3/23/2022)
The Midwatch in Verse Project continues to move forward. As indicated in earlier posts, my friend Gary Guinn and I signed a contract with McFarland Publishing for a book-length treatment of the old Navy tradition. Here is a brief explanation: 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…
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Midwatch in Verse: An Update
Midwatch in Verse: An Update
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. A Deck Log from a US Navy vessel chronicles exacting administrative detail regarding the status of the ship, it’s location, speed, etc. However, for a four hour period at the beginning of each year, the Officer of the Deck (OOD) is allowed to be…
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Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Radford (DD-446)
Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Radford (DD-446)
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, it’s location, speed, etc. However, for a four hour period at the beginning of each year, the Officer of the Deck (OOD) is allowed to be creative by writing the Mid-Watch report (0000 – 0400) in verse if they choose to do so. This…
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Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Charleston (PG-51)
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, it’s location, speed, etc. However, for a four hour period at the beginning of each year, the Officer of the Deck (OOD) is allowed to be creative by writing the Mid-Watch report (0000 – 0400) in verse if they choose to do so. This…
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Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Murphy (DD-603)
Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Murphy (DD-603)
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, it’s location, speed, etc. However, for a four hour period at the beginning of each year, the Officer of the Deck (OOD) is allowed to be creative by writing the Mid-Watch report (0000 – 0400) in verse if they choose to do so. This…
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Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Allen (DD-66)
Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Allen (DD-66)
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, it’s location, speed, etc. However, for a four hour period at the beginning of each year, the Officer of the Deck (OOD) is allowed to be creative by writing the Mid-Watch report (0000 – 0400) in verse if they choose to do so. This…
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Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Detroit (CL-8)
Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Detroit (CL-8)
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, it’s location, speed, etc. However, for a four hour period at the beginning of each year, the Officer of the Deck (OOD) is allowed to be creative by writing the Mid-Watch report (0000 – 0400) in verse if they choose to do so. This…
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Mid-Watch in Verse: USS Altamaha (CVE-18)
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, it’s location, speed, etc. However, for a four hour period at the beginning of each year, the Officer of the Deck (OOD) is allowed to be creative by writing the Mid-Watch report (0000 – 0400) in verse if they choose to do so. This…
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