Word: cruisers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With Britain's H-bomb expert, Sir William Penney, Eden examined supersecret atomic arms depots, wearing a long white smock and rubber boots as protection against radiation. Next week he will set off for Scotland, where the cruiser Glasgow will take him to sea. The 58-year-old Prime Minister is scheduled to transfer by wire from the Glasgow to a British aircraft carrier traveling at full speed...
...salvage men's trickiest task will be the raising of the light cruiser Kiso, sunk in Manila Bay in November 1944, by U.S. aerial torpedoes. Listing to starboard, her bow in the air and her stern in 25 ft. of mud, the Kiso lies with her ammunition magazines intact...
Across the Mediterranean to troubled North Africa poured the greatest flow of reinforcements since the days when Rommel's Afrika Korps held sway. The French cruiser Montcalm landed a battalion of French infantrymen at Casablanca, and a steamer brought 400 more; nine battalions started moving to Algeria, following the six from Germany that had already arrived; transport aircraft brought naval commandos. Back in France, 100,000 conscripts had their period of service lengthened indefinitely; 50,000 reservists were recalled to the colors. All told, the rapid build-up brought French strength in colonial North Africa to some...
...with a gentle evening ebb tide, put nearly four miles of water behind him in two hours. For once, the wind lay still and a gentle swell replaced the usual nasty chop. The water temperature was 48°. While a schooner scouted a mile ahead for friendly currents, the cruiser King Bacardi stayed with him. Once each hour, as Thomas rested, his handlers fed him orange juice through a plastic tube, gave him cigarettes to puff...
Telltale Ripples. In all the fleet that edged past Execution Rocks Light and set out for Block Island, no skipper had lavished more care on his predicted log than two-time Race Winner Dr. Allen B. Du Mont, 54, in his 54-ft. Trumpy-built cruiser Hurricane III. An engineer by profession (and president of the $63 million Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc., which manufactures television sets and a variety of other electronic instruments), he had figured his time with professional precision. A seasoned sailor, he had laid out his course with professional skill...