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06tb451 - Sailor on watch

plymayer

on June 23, 2017

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For the sailors of the USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and those who go in harm's way every day of every year.

To:

Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Noe Hernandez

Seaman Dakota Rigsby

Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Douglass

Sonar Technician 3rd Class Ngoc T Truong Huynh

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Carlosvictor Ganzon Sibayan

Personnel Specialist 1st Class Xavier Alec Martin

Fire Controlman 1st Class Gary Leo Rehm Jr.


Rest in peace, we have the watch.

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The "Navy Hymn" is Eternal Father, Strong to Save.

Written as a poem in 1860 by William Whiting
The melody, published in 1861, was composed by Rev. John Bacchus Dykes


Verse 1: Eternal Father, strong to save,

Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,

Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep

Its own appointed limits keep;

Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,

For those in peril on the sea!

Verse 2: O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard

And hushed their raging at Thy word,

Who walked'st on the foaming deep,

And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;

Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,

For those in peril on the sea!

Verse 3: Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood

Upon the chaos dark and rude,

And bid its angry tumult cease,

And give, for wild confusion, peace;

Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,

For those in peril on the sea!

Verse 4: O Trinity of love and power!

Our brethren shield in danger's hour;

From rock and tempest, fire and foe,

Protect them wheresoe'er they go;

Thus evermore shall rise to Thee

Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.