five o'clock
The mud-hook was dropped in the bay off Tompkinsville , Thursday , May 26th , seventeen days after we left the navy yard . It seemed seventeen months . An `` anchor watch '' of sixteen men was set for the night , and most of us turned in early to enjoy the first good sleep for many weary days . All hands were turned out at five o'clock . We woke to find a big coal barge on either side of the ship . After breakfast the order `` turn to '' was given . `` All hands coal ship , starboard watch on the starboard lighter , port watch on the port lighter . ''