Weight of wait

After the huge firework show of the destroyer, a few in eventful days went past, all consisting of drilling, maintenance, endless watches and sleep. At this point the crew was getting restless all knowing that the engagement with the Yamato's fleet should have been won or lost by now. In such boring times, the crew found ways to get over the monotonous wait, for example, they had shell lifting compositions, a group of 4-6 men would get a armour piecing shell and they were timed on how quick they could get it round a lap of the 1st deck companion ways. The fastest time being 3 minutes and 43 seconds, Hillary thought he, skully Alex and Tom (two new recruits just leaning the ship who also were ammo fetchers for Hillary's AA gun) so they in there free time went to the stern of the ship, hoisted the massive shell onto there shoulders, and started towards the midship companion way, after 2 minuets, Hillary's victory was in sight as they were just at the port side stern when he felt the shell slowly glide of his back, tom fuck yoe he person on the right back of the shell) slipped on a notorious rise in the deck, the shell hit the deck with all the force of an elephant BASE jumping, then they Hillary watched as the 3 others tried in vein to stop the shell falling into the water. The shell hit the water sending up a huge spire if water dwarfing the crew then soaking them in the way back down, the captain, already laughing from the complete failure that they had endured said
" I truly hope that was a 'team building exercise' and that shell didn't just fall into the water for no good reason"
"Well sir we just wanted to keep fit" Hillary said before anyone could rat him and the organisers out"
"Well can we find something a bit less expensive for the ships ammunition rack"the captain said with a more stern tone
"Yes sir we'll stop right away"
"And so concludes the shell Olympics" said skully in the most sarcastic tone you will ever hear
After that minor run in, the crew went back to the monotonous time table. Until one the next day where they were all sat down in the mess hall
"We have just been given information that we are on the wrong place"
A huge roar of protests went up and after a while calmed down again
"That destroyer we obliterated was very lucky in getting its self grounded as they managed to get a signal back to the main fleet and there fleet not to come through this path as there was an ambush, Sotheby's fleet has been diverted, we sail south on a collision corse for the new location of the fleet now" just at that moment, the engines of the massive battleship roared into life and the ship lunged forward and started taking a sharp turn starboard
"We, unless the weather goes down hill no longer have the surprise advantage however, now knowing the Japanese have reinforcements, of" the intercom went silent as if in shock
"O-of 3 cruises and 2 battle ships"
A murmur went around the room as if the tension wasn't bad enough
"We will be reinforced with the USS Iowa, USS Montana and the Bringing our combined feet up to 6 battle ships and 5 cruisers , the HMS Knight, HMS Churchill, HMS King George the v, HMS valiant, HMS Prince of wales, HMS Duke of York, HMS Norfolk , HMS Belfast, HMS Suffolk, HMS Kent, and the HMS London
And there fleet to 6 battleships, 5 battle cruisers, 5 cruisers and 1 aircraft carrier, this will be a hard battle, but we need to stop Yamato getting to England"