Word: aft
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...knocked the gooseneck [rail fastening] off the life raft," he said later, "and dropped it to the water. When I hit the water I looked around for the raft. It was gone. I kicked myself away from the ship and swam aft, thinking I'd grab the rudderpost. Instead I hit the propeller. I thought to myself: 'Oh, oh, this is no place for me.' But the propeller was dead. I swam away from the ship. It must have been ten minutes later that I heard someone holler. It was Sparks [the radio operator]. He hollered...
...annoyed at a habit of Captain Pinzon in pressing on ahead when land was expected, in order to gain the reward." Morison guesses that she was about 75 feet long. Santa Maria was "somewhat" but "not very much" bigger than the others, drew "not more than 6½ feet aft when loaded." But Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria were "well built, well rigged, well equipped and well manned. ..." Wrote Columbus: "Muy aptos para un semejante fecho-well suited for such an enterprise." Writes Author Morison: "Let us hear no more chatter about Columbus setting forth in 'tubs...
...boarding party. But before the boarding party could get to the "Willmoto," the merchantman hauled down her call and hoisted the flags N (blue & white checks) over O (yellow & red diagonal fields): "I am sinking; send boats for passengers and crew." Immediately afterward there were two dull explosions aft, and lifeboats dropped...
...than twice as much as the sunk destroyer Reuben James (1,193 tons). Submerged, she displaces 4,304 tons. She can cruise 12,000 miles-more than two complete round trips from Plymouth, Mass, to Plymouth, England. She is so big that she carries a seaplane in a hangar aft of her turret...
...down through 1.1-in. pom-poms and 20-mm. Oerlikons. Fitting out ships a few at a time, the Navy expects to have over 1,000 armed within four or five months. Armament will depend on the size of the ship: the largest will mount 5-in. guns fore & aft, two 20-mm. guns amidships, 1.1s topside wherever possible; the smallest will mount a 3-incher and pompoms. All will carry depth charges...