{"product_id":"the-watch-stands-as-written-voices-from-the-midwatch-hardcover","title":"The Watch Stands As Written: Voices From The Midwatch - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid E. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGary M. Guinn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth D. Keith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's January 1, 1926, 0300 hours aboard USS Idaho \u003c\/strong\u003e(BB 42) anchored in San Pedro Harbor, California. The night is dark, the midwatch duty, from midnight to 4 a.m., is long and lonely. A young ensign, E. V. Dockweiler, the Officer of the Deck, must enter the ship's deck log, an essential record that contains a chronological record of the ship, information about the ship's condition, its location, movements, and any significant events surrounding the ship. Deck logs can be mystifying to the untrained eye, a string of compass headings, military acronyms, and maritime jargon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBut Ensign Dockweiler knows what many in his place do not\u003c\/strong\u003e-an obscure US Navy tradition allows him, on the New Year's midwatch and no other time, to deviate from protocol and apply creative license to the task. He launches into a poetic rendering of the ship's record, a deck log in rhyming verse. Line after rhyming line, he includes the essential information, then ends with this: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat's all the dope this morning \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcept, just between us two \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf the Captain ever sees this log \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy gawd what will he do? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WATCH STANDS AS WRITTEN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eVoices From The Midwatch\u003c\/em\u003e examines the Cold War era and the spirit of the times-the space race, fear of nuclear annihilation, the communist threat, 1960s counter-culture-through the eyes of young officers serving their country in troubled times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49550380826779,"sku":"9781970361360","price":39.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/b4eT0tclpZ9781970361360.webp?v=1789622291","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/the-watch-stands-as-written-voices-from-the-midwatch-hardcover","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}