Word: decking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...read with interest Mr. Starbuck's letter (TIME, May 3) telling TIME readers of the merchant seaman's desire for books. This good correspondent from the way he writes is no doubt a deck officer and rudely forgets to include ship's engineers as also being great readers not only of magazines but the classics...
True the Merchant Marine Library has been a Godsend to the American merchant seaman whether on deck, in engine room or pantry...
...contender and in which last winter's most important job was five U. S. destroyers (TIME, Nov. 23), Ranger, first America's Cup yacht in 25 years to have an all-steel hull, was whacked together in 140 days. She inherited most of her sails, deck fittings and cabin equipment from Rainbow, which Skipper Vanderbilt dismantled before selling. She inherited her name from Captain John Paul Jones's flagship, captured by the British at Charleston...
...they approached the bridge, Eliot, still rowing at a lower stroke, began to creep up on Kirkland, and they cut the latter's lead to a deck length when they shot under Massachusetts Avenue. At the mile the Elephants had gotten up to 37 and were leading by inches and as they came down to the finish they were weaving around all over the river...
...Kissner's Folbots cost from $40 to $70, come in five models and two typesצrdinary and heavy duty. The complete craft weighs about 50 lb. A canvas deck keeps out spray, and two rubber notation tanks prevent sinking in case of capsizing. Low-slung, they are hard to tip over. Experts have made the 1,400 miles around the coast of England, the 17,000 miles from England to New Guinea, the 1,500 miles from Manhattan to Chicago. German, British and U. S. submarines are sometimes outfitted with them. As in skiing, German is the language...