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I Assume this is the one you're looking for. This is a very moving song, I'm surprised we don't hear it more. I searched for the music for years and finally found it in a little pocket-sized government hymnal, "Song and Service Book for Army and Navy", 1942 edition.

It was also sung in "Titanic".

.....Tiger

Eternal Father, Strong To Save (The Navy Hymn)
Words: William Whitting, 1860
Music: James B. Dykes, 1861

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard,
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walked’st on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage did’st sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

Most Holy Spirit! Who did’st brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

O, Trinity of love and power!
Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe’er they go;
Thus, evermore, shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.