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
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 deck was awash in 3 ft. of water; to the roof of the deckhouse there clung five sick and starving men, Eric de Bisschop and his four-man crew.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a while Grahame called Miguel to the helm and stood in the lee of the deckhouse, pipe in mouth, for he had now time to think.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
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
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
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
Between two of the deckhouses on the lower deck of this steamer is a narrow passage.
From A Padre in France by George A. Birmingham
The party between the deckhouses sways and reels.
From A Padre in France by George A. Birmingham
