deckhouse
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Unlike its sister ships, the Zumwalt and the Monsoor, the LBJ will have a deckhouse that’s made of steel, not composite materials, to save money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2019
A huge wave had smashed into the forecastle deckhouse and buried it under tons of water.
From Time Magazine Archive
Four or more people can enjoy the views from the deckhouse on two long settees and a pair of captain's chairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up in the deckhouse, the skipper and navigator have wonderful, 360-degree views out large windows on all four sides.
From Time Magazine Archive
The galley fire was washed out half the time, the deckhouse we lived in was flooded continually; for weeks we hadn’t a rag of dry clothes, and very seldom a plateful of warm food.
From The Secret of the Reef by Harold Bindloss
In a twinkling up went the battle flag, bulwarks fell down, lifeboats on decks collapsed, revealing guns, sides dropped from deckhouses, hen-coops, and other innocent-looking structures.
From The Victory At Sea by Burton J. Hendrick
The colleagues made their way along the deck, stopping in the shadow of the deckhouses to listen if there was any sound.
From Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne
Another mast became visible, with a double row of white deckhouses and a tier of boats between.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
A hundred times the crash of the wave on the ship's side was followed by the roar of the water, as it swept the decks and raved round the deckhouses.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
The deckhouses were gone, as were every one of the boats except the motor launch, and even she was represented only by a shattered, fragmentary skeleton.
From The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise by Edward S. Hodgson
