Word: crafts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...troublesome, the two giant cranes Monarch and Century were brought to the spot and succeeded in catching the ends of the slings which the divers had adjusted under the S-51's hull. Together, with a combined lifting capacity of 350 tons, they failed to budge the sunken craft. They tried a second time and failed. It was concluded that the submarine had entirely filled with water. A diver with an oxy-acetaline torch cut a tiny hole in the engine room hatch. A few air bubbles escaped. Then nothing more. The compartment was filled with water...
Submarines, seaplanes, and other naval craft put to sea. They found the spot of the wreck where bubbles of air boiled upward to the surface of the water. Divers went down and found the ship. They tapped her sides but no answering tap came from within. Yet hope was not given up. There was air enough in the S-51 to last for three days if any men had shut themselves up in one of the seven watertight compartments and were still alive...
Thus, last week, ended a third effort to explore the top of the world in heavier-than-air craft.* In other radio messages to the National Geographic Society (his sponsor), Commander MacMillan detailed his plans for retreating down the Greenland coast in advance of the winter ice-floes already making in Smith Sound. At every step, the Far North had rebuked the trespassers with unusually inclement weather. In July, ice-floes delayed the Bowdoin and Peary as far south as Battle Harbor, Labrador. When they reached Etah, they found that heavy winter storms had pared down the beach and piled...
...harbors were plowed with small craft filled with eager observers. The headlands were freighted with watching multitudes gathered from miles around. The Victorian Parliament adjourned for three weeks in celebration. In Melbourne, streetcar men postponed a strike until after the fleet's departure. All officials were profuse of words. Said Admiral Coontz...
...craft were speedily disentangled. But Hoover found it impossible to resume rowing until Beresford's boat had cleared out of the way of his oars. Thus did Beresford acquire a lead of over a length. Six min. 48 sec. after leaving Putney Bridge, Beresford won the 1 mile 707 yard race by three lengths...