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ROCK CONCERT
Today is the day the music will start!
The crew will be rocking and rolling.
Carrying the tunes from aft to foward
[sic]
The D.J. will add up the polling.
Rock hits will fly from dusk to dawn,
It'll attract all kinds of sorters.
The man at the head will probably be
Lawn,
Yesterday he missed morning quarters!
The concert will be the biggest one
yet,
We'll try very hard for our fans.
Some of us (bow your head), will be
drenching in
sweat,
And have knicks [sic] and cuts on our
hands.
Look at the hard work we'll do,
Great memories will go down in our
past!
Good luck men you'll need it too!
A lot of you probably won't last.
‑‑ Stephen
M. Dyer
Boatswain's Mate 2nd
Class
USS CONSTITUTION
July 1977
Note: A portion of the ship's crew slept aboard
every night, in bunks set up in the main hold.
Prior to the above date, some unknown individuals had persisted in
dumping refuse over the ballast aft of the sleeping area. The "rock concert" of the title
refers to the all hands work detail organized by Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate
Walter R. Gross to remove all ballast rocks, clean them and the bilges, and
restow them. The "phantom
dumpers" did not return.
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