Word: astern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...third largest in the world. On her first speed trials last week, the United States also showed that she is probably the fastest liner in the world. Off Virginia, she "considerably exceeded 34 knots" for eight hours, faster than any other passenger ship is known to have done. Going astern, the United States made 20 knots, faster than most ships' forward speed...
Prodded from astern by the Reserve Officers' Association, Hickey also disclaimed all credit for the suggestion that Annapolisman Queeg be made a reserve officer instead of a regular. "Our reserves,' he assured one & all, "are the backbone of the Navy...
Haul Away. Off Newport, R.I., Fishing Captain Lars Fahlen dragged a net across the ocean bottom, suddenly found his 65-ft. boat going full speed astern and had to chop his net cable to save his craft, learned later that he had almost been caught by the U.S. submarine Flying Fish...
Overhead, under a leaden sky, three flights of F9F Panther jets wheeled around the Princeton in perfect formation. Over bull horns on the flight deck came the air officer's command: "White flag, land planes." The landing signal officer, from his screened perch astern on the flight deck, guided the first plane in with two orange paddles. It sailed in, tailhook down, picked up an arresting wire and stopped. His hook released from the wire by a scurrying, green-jerseyed deck man, the pilot taxied his craft forward, folding its wings as he went. One by one, the blue...
Having been afloat in a lifejacket several miles astern of the Franklin at the time the photograph was made, I cannot say from personal knowledge that Captain Steichen did not make that photograph. I do remember that in talking with survivors of the Franklin photo lab ... they told me that the pictures from which this is a selection were made by enlisted photographers aboard the cruiser which came alongside...