Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 186Harper's Magazine Company, 1943 - American literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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Page 135
... ship had " E " for gunnery efficiency painted on her turrets . If it was there , good ; the rest of the inspection was easy . The chief business of a war- ship is to shoot . For the rest he had one of those ex- tremely mobile faces that ...
... ship had " E " for gunnery efficiency painted on her turrets . If it was there , good ; the rest of the inspection was easy . The chief business of a war- ship is to shoot . For the rest he had one of those ex- tremely mobile faces that ...
Page 171
... ship on your own front doorstep to some bloody little aircraft returning from a raid with one spare bomb . Among the minor trials of the middle watch are the porpoises which , with rel- ish and great agility , play submarines at night ...
... ship on your own front doorstep to some bloody little aircraft returning from a raid with one spare bomb . Among the minor trials of the middle watch are the porpoises which , with rel- ish and great agility , play submarines at night ...
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... ship by the government . There follows a period of cruising - the shakedown , which may take as much as six months for a battleship or a carrier . It is a time of adjustments , both of the mechanical order ( such as removing eleven non ...
... ship by the government . There follows a period of cruising - the shakedown , which may take as much as six months for a battleship or a carrier . It is a time of adjustments , both of the mechanical order ( such as removing eleven non ...
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