Uss Poems - Poems about Uss

All I've seen is a black star in the night sky, We fell asleep after our cross-country awry. In my dream, I saw weak, cynical starlight, Subtle as a map packed toward the plight. City by the Bay up against our New York, Oh, guys burn you agile with real torque! A dull star of little utility in the night...

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I race toward my workspace, now battle station Code Zebra, ASAP, batten down the hatches! Ka-boom! Boom! Boom! A trance-like sensation Shipmates scramble for smokes and matches Ray, Dale, and Russ don’t show I think: run, jump; if you die, die free Not trapped and sealed in steel below Not buried alive like me! Kaboom! Overhead bolts shoot from the...

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MAYDAY! MADAY! MAYDAY! Can anyone hear me!?! Over... This is the USS American Liberty… We have capsized in the sea of despair... coordinates...21st century, 45th U.S. President...please send emergency hope, over... MAYDAY! This is a MAYDAY! We have but a few short weeks of rationale before sinking into an uncharted abyss...please respond! Over.... PLEASE! SOMEBODY! MAYDAY!WHERE IS EVERYONE? The fabric...

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(For more information about U.S.S. Missouri visit www.ussmissouri.org/learn-the-history) About Miss U.S.S. Missouri, Or affectionately, "Mighty Mo!" Second World War surrender documents Were signed on her in Bay Tokyo. She was launched from the Naval Shipyard In Brooklyn in 1944. Miss Missouri is not the one Who chose to battle in war. She was invaluable in 1986 In Operation Earnest Will. In the 90's she returned...

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Sailing silently on the USS Poetical Mystery. In a craft, where I joyfully create my own poetry. The waves beating against the shiny, wooden bow, Are gentle soundscapes to me now! That scent of the sea, oh, how it inspires me! To become a better poet, which I hoped to be. To pen inspirational poetry,to not fret madly over what to...

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The USS Ticonderoga In January of ’45 Was engaged off of Formosa When the kamikazes darkened the skies. Hit on the flight deck and the island, One hundred forty four died. An inferno that day and that hour, Yet the Ticonderoga survived. The sixth of the Essex-class carriers, Launched just the year before, She and her crew served nobly Til the end of that long bloody...

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The Seven Seas of Rhye A mythical destination for all those that do wrong. This write sang to the tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Hurrah, Hurrah ...

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It was in July of 1945 And the USS Indianapolis Had a crew of nearly 12 hundred alive But a Japanese sub fired and did not miss American sailors had completed their job Delivering parts for the first atomic bomb Some sank with the ship, others in the sea did bob No...

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Aboard Harry S Truman, CVN 75 Monumental battle ship, Within her hull, she seemed alive Floating city, hauling a deadly airstrip Creating peace, in the middle East, with the fatal Tomcat Crew headed for a six month defensive trip American flag flown, in every sea, ready for combat Internal soul is her combined crew Carrying out orders, no rest-weary, ready for attack Prowlers,...

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On the morning of Dec. 7th 1941, 429 Marines and Sailors lost their lives. As a result of a surprise attack on battleship row, The brave souls perished to an awful demise. She was a part of the Pacific Fleet when 9 Japanese, Type 91 aerial torpedoes pummeled her that day. And then her port bilge struck the harbor bottom, Commencing to...

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They snickered and laughed As you set sail on your raft It seems you are daft...

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