SSN at sea:
Fast and black, never come back.
Flooding drill today.
An SSBN
Moves silently through the deep -
Five knots to nowhere.
DBF!! But now
Only fast boats and boomers
Are in our Navy.
Just two kinds of ships -
Submarines and their targets.
Going deep is good.
On the snowy pier
A shivering topside watch
Waits for his coffee.
Topside wants coffee?
He'll have to wait until I
Finish my next round.
Fast and black, never come back.
Flooding drill today.
An SSBN
Moves silently through the deep -
Five knots to nowhere.
DBF!! But now
Only fast boats and boomers
Are in our Navy.
Just two kinds of ships -
Submarines and their targets.
Going deep is good.
On the snowy pier
A shivering topside watch
Waits for his coffee.
Topside wants coffee?
He'll have to wait until I
Finish my next round.
(For the non-bubbleheads who read this, an SSN is a fast-attack submarine, an SSBN is a ballistic-missile submarine, and "DBF" means "Diesel Boats Forever." "Fast and black and never come back," "Five knots to nowhere," and "There are two kinds of ships: Submarines and targets" are common sayings in the submarine force.)
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