"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing of particular interest on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. .... If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, at some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings toward the ocean with me.". Herman Melville

Having been a shipboard Navy man, my Soul is forever tatooed, but not my skin.
(USS Fiske DD842, USS Providence CLG6, USS San Diego AFS6, USS Hull DD945)