Word: crafts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Descamps, one of France's most brilliant airmen, owes his life to a tree and his own presence of mind. Gliding near Paris, he lost control and plunged into a ravine headon. Then it was that he managed to lodge his craft squarely in the branches of a huge...
Puget Sound is witnessing the gathering of nearly all the American warships in the Pacific. All the first-line ships in the western ocean, with many cruisers, destroyers, colliers and other craft are at (or on their way to) Port Angeles, Wash. These preparations anticipate a review of the fleet, which is to take place when President Harding passes through Puget Sound on his return from Alaska...
Depth charges sank 37; fixed mines, 36; fights with enemy submarines, 20; engine trouble, 14; torpedo boats, destroyers and subchasers, 13; accidental ramming, 8; armed fishing craft, 6; airplane bombs, 6; and submarine nets, 6. Three were sunk by regular patrol vessels, 3 by armed auxiliaries, 2 by cruisers, 2 by artillery fire, 1 by a liner at the entrance to the British base at Scapa Flow...
...ships "must be rendered utterly unserviceable for defensive purposes" within that per iod. An extra year is allowed for actual dismemberment. The Deputies assembled in the Chamber to vote on the ratification anxiously insisted that the Treaty should in no way limit the construction of submarines and auxiliary craft. The Government made it quite clear on several occasions that the scope of the Treaty affected only the construction of capital ships...
...time of flight but the greatest distance from point of departure is the goal. On July 5 five balloons had already been forced down, mainly in Ohio, with thrills a plenty-jumps from appreciable heights and minor injuries. On that date the Army and Navy still had six craft in the air. By July 6 all but three had come down, Ralph Upson piloting the Detroit having had the most dangerous experience, when his gas bag split at 5,800 feet and a descent had to be made in the basket, supported by a parachute. Lieutenant Robert Olmstead, in charge...