all you swabies, squids and airdales meet at the GEEDUNK when you hear the BOATSWAIN’S PIPE and load up with BOKOO CHITS to fill your DITTY BAGS and your DUNGAREES before the messdeck MASTER-AT-ARMS put you in SICKBAY for SKYLARKING because the SMOKING LAMP is out and you end up at CAPTAIN’S MAST. Sweepers sweepers give the ship a clean sweepdown fore and aft....The fantail is open...
I crossed the Pacific six times between 1951 and 1961 in the “Army’s Navy.”
Can you guess its actual name ?
GENERAL QUARTERS GENERAL QUARTERS, ALL HANDS MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS, PROCEDE UP AND FORWARD ON THE STARBOARD SIDE, DOWN AND AFT ON THE PORT SIDE . . .