Word: hulked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...flying out of sight of land to discover and bomb the Mt. Shasta. . . . The Naval Aviation Service will be glad either to guide and convoy the Army bombers to and from the target or, if necessary, even undertake the entire mission of finding and destroying by bombs the old hulk...
...shivering, slapping at mosquitoes, the party assembled on the cay. After a while Capt. Taylor took the crew back to the hulk of the Livonia to fish for clothing and supplies. These secured, the captain attempted to salvage Bishop Shedden's belongings by diving into the cabin. The Bishop and crew urged him to stop diving. But he went down once more, never came...
...there, but she refused to leave her mother, broke off the engagement. When he married Perdita instead, Rachel thought she could not stand it, but soon found her Mission made up for everything. As it must to all men & women, Death came at last to the unconscious hulk of her mother. Then Rachel was out of a job, but she soon found another and settled down for life as a professional martyr...
...coastal navigation. So spectacular have been the Artiglio's successes that a French warship hovered unobtrusively in the offing, taking notes. Overboard went the Artiglio's two chief divers, Alberto Gianni and S. Francesci. After them were lowered special mines which were intended to blow up the hulk of the Florence H. Suddenly the sea rose like a bubble, burst with a deafening roar into towers of spray. The little Artiglio was tossed in the air like a child's toy, broke in two, sank instantly. Only seven of her crew of 21 were picked up alive...
...When I speak of hulks," said the Frenchman severely, "I mean such ships as the French cruiser which recently sank off the coast of Algeria. That is the sort of hulk I mean...