Word: rudder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Washington's hesitant and plainly inadequate move in that direction is represented by the multilateral force (MLF), a clumsy concept loved by no soldier, which foresees a boat in some distant sea with a Russia-aimed bomb on board. At the throttle is a German and at the rudder a Briton. Luxembourgeois, Belgians and Dutchmen run the galley, and a Frenchman (if he can be enticed on board at all) is topside yelling "to port" while an Italian beside him shouts "to starboard." Use of the Bomb itself would happen only on U.S. orders. To Gaullists, U.S. insistence...
...their handiwork in that condition. When a control switch was pressed, a mechanical reaction occurred opposite to what was intended. For example, pushing a "down" button on the periscope caused it to go up. Thresher crew members found this flaw themselves, naturally insisted yard workers correct it. - Plane and rudder mechanisms that control dive and cruising angles were still being repaired the night before the submarine went...
Princeton's man-made Lake Carnegie has many lurking pitfalls, not the least of which are an average depth of four feet and an abundance of weeds. Princeton sailors are accomplished experts at cleaning weeds out of the rudder and centerboard without losing boat speed and were accordingly a pre-meet favorite...
...race, Miss Thriftway blew up spectacularly, hurling Muncey into the water. Luckily, he broke no bones; but he spent weeks in the hospital recovering from internal injuries, now wears a steel corset in every race. He sank the second Miss Thriftway in 1958, when he lost a rudder and rammed a 40-ft. Coast Guard patrol boat. He placed a close second in the 1959 Gold Cup competition, won it for the third time in 1961 on fastest overall average speed...
Gretel's rudder is deliberately placed far forward to cut down the boat's "wetted surface." Her floor boards are hollowed out to reduce weight, and some of the metal parts have been drilled full of holes...