flush-deck

An American flush-deck destroyer, the Greer, had shadowed a German U-boat while a British plane dropped depth charges.

Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008

When one dislikes sliding down upon the lee - rail barbed wire, and when he dares not catch hold of the weather - rail barbed wire to save himself from sliding, and when, with these various disinclinations, he finds himself on a smooth flush-deck that is heeled over at an angle of forty-five degrees, some of the delights of Solomon Islands cruising may be comprehended.

Chapter 15 1913

When one dislikes sliding down upon the lee - rail barbed wire, and when he dares not catch hold of the weather - rail barbed wire to save himself from sliding, and when, with these various disinclinations, he finds himself on a smooth flush-deck that is heeled over at an angle of forty-five degrees, some of the delights of Solomon Islands cruising may be comprehended.

Chapter 15 1911

In order to afford more accommodation, and to give more cover for the engines and guns, a light, temporary flush-deck has been built over what was originally the only deck of the ship.

Capture by the Confederate Ship Sumter of Two Federal Merchant Barques off Gibraltar 1862

She was a flush-deck vessel, probably a privateer.

Sunshine Bill William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Another class of ship-sloops or corvettes were fitted out for sea while Sir Joseph Yorke was First Lord of the Admiralty, having a flush-deck, and carrying 18 32-pounder carronades and two long nines.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

In sea language it means level, a flush-deck is consequently a level deck extending fore and aft.

How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

In the president’s office, according to Baldwin, were an ashtray with a ship on it, a cigarette lighter in the shape of a ship’s wheel, a barometer, a ship’s clock, paintings of sea scenes and battles, and a model of the four-smokestack flush-deck destroyer—a craft produced under Roosevelt’s supervision during the Great War.

Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008