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THE SNIPES LAMENT
NOW EACH OF US FROM TIME TO TIME, HAS GAZED UPON THE SEA,
AND WATCHED THE WARSHIPS PULLING OUT, TO KEEP THEIR COUNTRY FREE.
AND MOST OF US HAVE READ A BOOK; OR HEARD A LUSTY TALE,
ABOUT THE MEN WHO SAIL THESE SHIPS; THROUGH LIGHTING, WIND AND HAIL.
BUT THERE'S A PLACE WITHIN EACH SHIP, THAT LEGEND FAILS TO TELL
IT'S DOWN BELOW THE WATERLINE, IT TAKES A LIVING TOLL
A HEATED METAL LIVING HELL THAT SAILORS CALL "THE HOLE".
IT HOUSES ENGINES RUN BY STEAM, THAT MAKES THE SHAFTS GO ROUND.
A PLACE OF FIRE AND NOISE AND HEAT, THAT BEATS YOUR SPIRITS DOWN.
WHERE BOILERS ARE THE HELLISH HEART, WITH BLOOD OF ANGRY STEAM;
THESE MOLDED GODS WITHOUT REMORSE, LIKE NIGHTMARES IN A DREAM.
THE ROARING FIRES POSE A THREAT LIKE LIVING LIFE IN DOUBT,
FOR AT ANY MINUTE WITHOUT SCORN, COULD ESCAPE AND CRUSH YOU OUT.
WHERE TURBINES SCREAM LIKE TORTURED SOULS, ALONE AND LOST IN HELL,
WITH ORDERS FROM SOMEWHERE ABOVE, THEY ANSWER EVERY BELL.
THE MEN WHO KEEP THE FIRES LIT, AND MAKE THE ENGINES RUN,
ARE STRANGERS TO THE WORLD OF LIGHT, AND RARELY SEE THE SUN.
THEY HAVE NO TIME FOR MAN OR GOD, NO TOLERANCE FOR FEAR,
THEIR ASPECT PAYS NO LIVING THING THE TRIBUTE OF A TEAR.
THERE'S LITTLE THAT MEN CAN DO, THAT THESE MEN HAVE NOT DONE,
BENEATH THE DECKS, DEEP IN THE HOLE, TO MAKE THE ENGINES RUN.
AND EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY, THEY KEEP THEIR WATCH IN HELL,
FOR IF THE FIRES EVER FAIL, THEIR SHIPS A USELESS SHELL.
WHEN SHIPS CONVERGE TO HAVE A WAR UPON AN ANGRY SEA,
THE MEN BELOW JUST GRIMLY SMILE AT WHAT THEIR FATE MIGHT BE.
THEY'RE LOCKED BELOW, LIKE MEN 'FORE DOOMED, WHO HEAR NO BATTLE CRY,
IT'S WELL ASSUMED THAT IF THEY'RE HIT THE MEN BELOW WILL DIE.
FOR EVERY DAY'S A WAR DOWN THERE, WHEN GAUGES ALL READ RED.
TWELVE HUNDRED POUNDS OF HEATED STEAM, CAN KILL YOU MIGHTY DEAD.
SO IF YOU EVER WRITE THEIR SONS, OR TRY TO TELL THEIR TALE,
THE VERY WORDS SHOULD MAKE YOU HEAR A FIRED FURNACE WAIL.
THESE "MEN OF STEEL" THE PUBLIC NEVER GETS TO KNOW.
SO LITTLE'S HEARD ABOUT THE PLACE, THAT SAILORS CALL "THE HOLE".
BUT I CAN SING ABOUT THIS PLACE, AND TRY TO MAKE YOU SEE,
THE HARDENED LIFE OF MEN DOWN THERE, 'CAUSE ONE OF THEM IS ME.
I'VE SEEN THESE SWEAT SOAKED HEROS FIGHT, IN SUPERHEATED AIR.
TO KEEP THEIR SHIP ALIVE AND RIGHT, THOUGH NO ONE KNOWS THEY'RE THERE.
AND THUS THEY'LL FIGHT FOR AGES ON, 'TIL STEAMSHIPS SAIL NO MORE,
AMID THE BOILER'S MIGHTY HEAT AND TURBINE'S HELLISH ROAR.
SO WHEN YOU SEE A SHIP PULL OUT TO MEET A WARSHIP FOE.
REMEMBER FAINTLY, IF YOU CAN, "THE MEN WHO SAIL BELOW".
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Started by Matthew'sMom. Last reply by Matthew'sMom Jul 20, 2017. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on October 25, 2011 at 2:18pm
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The Navy Reservist was referring to the base in Yokosuka - the one closer to Tokyo. The Essex home port is Sasebo - the southern tip of Japan on the Korean Peninsula!
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Katie will be assigned to another ship being a DC. Which is fine with her, she loves to be underway!
HisMom - is your son in Japan?
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Comment by HisMom on October 25, 2011 at 5:40am
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Ask your daughter if she has any recommendations for time off the ship in Japan if he gets the chance.
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Jane - Katie SHOULD be back in the USA when she finishes up her tour in Japan. I'm from Lansing and live in Superio Twp/Ypsilanti now. It amazed Katie during BC and A school how the 'southerners' and those from CA, AZ and such complained about the cold. She PIRd in December of 08 and it was snowy and cold.
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Jane - Katie's tour on the Essex is up in April, so she will actually be on the Bonhomme Richard for a little (not sure when the hull swap is happening). No idea yet where she is heading. Katie is a DC. Katie signed up for 5 years so she still has until October 2013, unless she re-enlists. We're here in MI, so we will have to travel wherever she is.
Where in Arizona? It's been a while since we visited. My grandparents use to live there.
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Jane -my son is a HT on the BHR. I bet the cruise was amazing.
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Jane - That would be a grat trip! San Fracisco is where my Mom and Dad met. Dad was in the Navy and it was 'love at first site' at a USO.
Agree - wouldn't have missed the trip for the world! Kind of ironic tha now the Bonhmme Richard will be doing the hull swap with Katie's ship. Katie shoud be there for the hull swap befoe her 3 years is up in Japan.
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Jane, what ship? How long was your cruise and where did you start and end your trip? My daughter is on the USS Essex and we were scheduled 3d/2n July 2010, but found out when we arrived in Sasebo that it would be 4 day/3 nights. We traveled to Yokosuka. My youngest son and I had a WONDERFUL time. What an experience!!
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Wendy - My daughter was a DC and went to school at Great Lakes, so I can't tell you about training for EM, sorry. But since it is an engineering rate, when Katie was at GL for A school she could have her computer, cell phone and ipod.
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According to Molly Mom of 2 sailors...
As for who Snipes are
MM (machinist mate)
EM ( mate)
EN (engineman)
IC (interior communications)
HT (hull tech)
DC (damage control)
GSE (gas turbine tech)
GSM (gas turbine systems tech)
MR ()
Boy I sure hope I got that correct :)Surface Engineering Community
Includes DC, EM, EN, GSE, GSM, HT, IC, MM, and MR
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