The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution . mk!^:k^f^-^1. An American Ingenious Mast This shows the after-mast of the Idaho of the United States Navy. Thiscurious shape, called variously the waste-paper basket or haystack type,was designed with the intention of avoiding entire demolition if the enemys shellsshould hit it. But it has been found that the mast possesses too flexible acharacter to be of sufficient use in range-finding. THE SHIP IN ACTION the firing is going on from his ship, and by means ofelectric wires and a switchboard he is able to keep incommunication wit
The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution . mk!^:k^f^-^1. An American Ingenious Mast This shows the after-mast of the Idaho of the United States Navy. Thiscurious shape, called variously the waste-paper basket or haystack type,was designed with the intention of avoiding entire demolition if the enemys shellsshould hit it. But it has been found that the mast possesses too flexible acharacter to be of sufficient use in range-finding. THE SHIP IN ACTION the firing is going on from his ship, and by means ofelectric wires and a switchboard he is able to keep incommunication with all the big guns on board. Thenext time the reader passes a battleship, if he willlook up at the little platform on the mast he will beable to imagine for himself what are likely to be thefeelings of the man, perched between heaven and sea,directing death into a barely visible enemy away in theenveloping haze, whilst around him heavy projectilesare whizzing and armour is being battered, every mandoing his work, yet hidden from sight. We hinted onan earlier page at the pos
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