[Edit: 12/27/2024] The article is now in print. 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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →