Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 418
There is some-times a second protective deck below the firstone to catch fragments which might passthrough the first, and this is sometimes calledthe splinter deck. The part of the ship im-mediately above the protective deck, in thevicinity of the water-hne, is sometimes ^called igo/.]… … THE BOW OF THE ROVAL GEORGE. The gun positions are all well armored; so isthe conning-tower, which is the place fromwhich the captain directs the fighting. Thistower is connected by telephones and speaking-tubes with all the important parts of the craft. The guns mounted by a modern battle shipare…
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