Tin Can Sailors Poet's Corner   If you would like to submit a poem for consideration, please send to: tcs@destroyers.org   THE BIGGEST LITTLE WARSHIP By: David S. Lucas ET2 (SW/SS) THE BIRTH OF A SAILOR By: John Kisicki USS Shields (DD-596) A BOATSWAIN'S MATE By: J.D.P. Hodapp, Sr. USS Bainbridge (DD-1) BOOT TRAINING AT OLD CAMP PEARY By: Edward A. Haraden USS Moale (DD-693) BUFFING By: Thomas M. McDade USS Mullinnix (DD-944) USS Miller (DE/FF-1091) CHEERS By: Thomas M. McDade USS Mullinnix (DD-944) USS Miller (DE/FF-1091) CRUISE OF THE 573 By: Dan McMeekin USS Harrison (DD-573) USS Flint USS Amsterdam THE CRUISE OF THE MIGHTY "P" Author Unknown Submitted by Dan Hewitt DECK LOG REMARKS, 15 SEPTEMBER 1952 By: Lt. P.F. Armstrong A DESTROYERMAN'S CREED Author Unknown A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS POEM LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN 30th Naval Construction Regiment OIC Logistics Cell One Al Taqqadum, Iraq A DEFINITION OF A SAILOR Author Unknown Submitted by Ron Gillespie USS Mississinewa (AO-144) DESTROYER Author Unknown DESTROYER, MEDITERRANEAN By: Ned Cooper USS Mullany (DD-528) DESTROYER LIFE  By: Berton Braley THE DOUBLE ROLL By: Thomas M. McDade USS Mullinnix (DD-944) USS Miller (DE/FF-1091) FIELD DAYS By: Glen Radder USS Laffey (DD-724) A FINAL TRIBUTE USS NORRIS (DD/DDE-859) 1949-1952 FLANDER’S FIELD OF THE PACIFIC By: Leon B. Moore, Jr. EM3 USS Paul Hamilton (DD-590) FLEET POST OFFICE By: G.L. Riggs, Jr. LTJG USNR FOREVER SHIPMATES By: Wayne Tachell USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) GALLANT LADY By: S.J. Lo Cascio USS Grayson (DD-435) GURKE By: LTCMDR Carroll G. Briggs USS Gurke (DD-783) HAIL TO THE CREW By: Ron Bennett USS Hailey (DD-556) HAZING IN THE MED, 1937 By: Thomas C. Blow USS Reid (DD-369) HEAR YE By: Ron Bennett USS Hailey (DD-556) HOLIDAY By: Thomas M. McDade USS Mullinnix (DD-944) USS Miller (DE/FF-1091) HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN By: Unknown Courtesy of William M. Howard I AM A TIN CAN SAILOR © Michael R. Morawey, 2008 IS IT YOU? By: Alice Justice in memory of her father, Lester Hall THE JOURNEY By: Joe Carrillo USS COLLETT (DD-730) JUST A COMMON SOLDIER (A Soldier Died Today) By: A. Lawrence Vaincourt LET THERE BE NO MOANING AT THE BAR By: Larry Dunn, RMCM(SS)(NAC), USN (Ret.) LINGAYEN LAMENT By: F. A. Rohrman RM2c Courtesy of Robert Seamans LONELIEST GRAVES By: Glen V. Ruff USS NORRIS (DD/DDE-859) 1949-1952 MID-RATS By: Thomas M. McDade USS Mullinnix (DD-944) USS Miller (DE/FF-1091) THE MID-WATCH By: Paul Richie USS Eaton (DDE-510) MY HEART'S AT SEA FOREVER By: The Unknown Sailor MY SAILOR DIED TODAY By: Tom Kish USS Laffey (DD-724) NAVY COFFEE By: Rod Mooney NAVY'S FIGHTING CREW By: Unknown Submitted by: William Moore NAVY REUNION By: Glenn Radder USS Laffey (DD-724) THE NAVY NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Submitted by: Joe Schwaab THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS--WWII NAVY STYLE By: Gary Edmiston ODE TO THE FULLAM By: Mike Plessl ODE TO 593 By: William Paul Haiber ODE TO 770 By: Bill Mackey ODE TO THE LAFFEY By: Glen Radder OLD SAILORS Author Unknown Courtesy of Frank Picard THE PICKET LINE By: Charles Babcock A RADIOMAN'S DREAM By: Anonymous Submitted by: M.H. Prokity RECALLED TO DUTY~THE ETERNAL VOYAGE By: Gary Edmisten REFLECTIONS OF A BLACKSHOE SAILOR By: Capt. Joel Labow, MC, USN, (Ret.) REMEMBERING THE AD-26 By: Don F. Smith THE RENSHAW By: Gary Pellegrini in memory of his father Lou Pellegrini REQUIEM FOR A SEAMAN By: Glen V. Ruff USS NORRIS (DD/DDE-859) THE ROOKIE By: Stephen Lythgoe THE SAILOR By: Blair P. McClune, Jr. A SAILOR'S GRAVE By: Glen V. Ruff A SAILOR'S INDUCTION By: Bob McDonald A SAILOR'S LIFE By: Unknown Courtesy of William M. Howard A SAILOR'S PRAYER By: Paul J. Richie USS Eaton (DDE-510) THE SAILORS PSALM By: Ens. Anderson USS McCall (DD-400) SALTWATER TRANSFUSION (in the first person) By: James E. (Whitey) Stidham USS Goodrich (DD/DDR-831) SHIPMATES By: O. Glen Radder Written for the crew of the USS Laffey (DD-724) THE SNIPES LAMENT Author Unknown SOME WORDS ABOUT DESTROYERS By: E.A. Hughes, FTCM (SS), USN (Ret.) STEAMING FOR HOME By: Bob Lee USS MacDonough DLG8/DDG39 TAILOR MADES By: Thomas M. McDade USS Mullinnix (DD-944) USS Miller (DE/FF-1091) A TIN CAN SAILOR By: Glen V. Ruff USS NORRIS (DD/DDE-859) 1949-1952 A TIN CAN SAILOR By: MMC Joseph Early, USN (Ret.) USS Vammen (DE-644) USS Gregory (DD-802) USS Furse (DD-882) THIS UNCLE SAM OF MINE By: James E. (Whitey) Stidham USS GOODRICH (DD/DDR-831) The USS Black (DD-666) By: Martin A. Hruz (CS3) USS Black (DD-666) TRUCKEE By: Thomas M. McDade USS Mullinnix (DD-944) USS Miller (DE/FF-1091) THE USS MOALE By: Lawrence Fredrick Scarberry USS MOALE (DD-693) 1969-70 USS CHARLES R. WARE DD 865 By Edward C. Luebke, SHSN 1966-1969 USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865) USS HERBERT (APD 22) by Robert E. Desmarais USS SAMUEL N. MOORE (DD-747) June 5, 1945 by Lt. T. A. Kerns, MC, USNR WATERLINE By: Thomas M. McDade USS Mullinnix (DD-944) USS Miller (DE/FF-1091) WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER By: Thomas Mahoney WE WILL REMEMBER By: George James WHAT EVERY SONARMAN DREADS By: Ronald LeRoy Payne Submitted by: Russell Avery WHAT SAILORS KNOW By: Hay Machine WHEN WE GET THERE By: John J. Krivec USS Kimberly (DD-521) WHY YOU DON'T WALK BETWEEN THE COLORS THIS IS HALLOWED GROUND By: Unknown Courtesy of William M. Howard