Word: fleets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...five to three was fixed for the next ten years. I do not charge that this impression was the result of any intentional misrepresentation. But the American public is entitled to know that that Conference dealt in no way with modern cruisers, with submarines or the auxiliaries of a fleet; that, against 44 modern cruisers owned by Great Britain and 25 by Japan, the United States has but 10; and that in ocean-going submarines and airplane-carriers, our position is still more disadvantageous. We must not let praise for the good intent that lay behind the Washington Conference blind...
...Port Washington, L. I., Little Bear of the Western Long Island Sound Fleet, heeling rakishly before one of the worst blows of the season, thrashed home second in the last of six matches she had contested with Star Class boats of seven other fleets. This performance brought Little Bear's point total to 44, made her winner of the International Star Class championship trophy which she was defending for her fleet. Rhody, of the Narragansett Bay Fleet, placed second with 42 points. ¶Off Oyster Bay, L. I., a strong northwest breeze flapped the pennants and bunting of many...
...Firth of Forth is a dour, great inlet where the tide rushes in and out from the North Sea at great velocity and where the sixth longest bridge in the world supplies "see-ers" with a "sight." Britain's battle fleet uses it as a base. Scotsmen, particularly Edinburghers who dwell near its troubled expanse, boast of its majesty and dangers. But few think of swimming across it; and none of those who have tried have ever succeeded-until last week. Then W. E. Barnie, an Edinburgh science teacher, girded up his loins, plunged in at Burntisland...
After the storm had broken and the skies had cleared, Lieut. Smith wirelessed Admiral Magruder, commanding the naval patrol fleet, that he and Nelson would hop off for Ice Tickle, two miles east of Indian Harbor. The four ships strung out between Ivigtut and the Labrador coast was notified...
...bugle call, Epinard stepped daintily forth upon the cinder track, followed by his eight opponents in International Special No. 1, a race of six furlongs. Came Zev, conqueror of the English Papyrus in 1923, tossing his head, spirited. Came Ladkin, fleet racer of Maj. August Belmont. Came Wise Counsellor, Snob II, Baffling, Wilderness, Goshawk, Miss Star...