Pampanito * Pampanito II * Night before Diego * Galloping Ghost * Xmas

Submarine Sailors * The Last Patrol * Down off Kashi-Ho * For I am a Submariner

* The Ballad of the Blue Beret * Submarine * Remember * Shops of the Devil *

The Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast By Constantine Guiness, MoMM1/C USS Trigger United States Navy, 1943 I'm the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast, You don't hear of me or my crew- But just ask any man off the coast of Japan If he knows of the Trigger Maru. I look sleek and slender alongside my tender, With others like me at my side. But we'll tell you a story of battle and glory, As enemy waters we ride. I've been stuck on a rock, felt the depth charges' shock, Been north to a place called Attu. And I've sunk me two freighters atop the equator- Hot work, but the sea was cold blue. I've cruised close inshore and carried the war To the Empire island Honshu; While they wired Yokohama I could see Fujiyama, So I stayed - to admire the view. When we rigged to run silently, deeply I dived, And within me the heat was terrific- My men pouring with sweat, silent and yet Cursed me and the whole dammed Pacific. Then destroyers came sounding and depth charges pounding; My submarine crew took the test. For in that far-off land there are no friends on hand To answer a call of distress. I was blasted and shaken - some damage I've taken; My hull bleeds and pipe lines do, too. I've come in from out there for machinery repair, And a rest for me and my crew. I got by on cool nerve and in silence I served, Though I took some hard knocks in return- One propeller shaft sprung and my battery's done- But the enemy ships I saw burn! I'm the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese coast, you don't hear of me or my crew- But just ask any man off the coast of Japan If he knows of the Trigger Maru.

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