The mariners' handbook; a convenient reference book for navigators, yachtsmen, and seamen of all classes (1906)
International Correspondence Schools, Roden, Ernest Konrad, 1866-, International Correspondence Schools. Pocketbook · Scranton, Pa. : International Textbook Co. · leaf 213
effective fighters in smoothwater, but not in a rough sea, because the waves breakover their low decks and make it impossible to work theirguns, and because they have the further peculiarity ofrolling very rapidly. They are essentially harbor defenseships. A type of this class of vessel, the U. S.… … THE CLASSIFICATIO.X OF WAR SHIPS 181 r 11(1
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