| Without an accurate chart, she anchored in Betano Bay at dusk on September 23, 1942 and commenced disembarking troops over her quarterdeck. |
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| Walker gripped the railing of the quarterdeck as another frigid wave swept over his ship. |
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| After the Japanese capitulated, the surrender ceremonies for Ocean and Nauru Islands were carried out on her quarterdeck. |
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| Inside a tent on the quarterdeck, Ishmael meets Captain Peleg, an elderly gruff man, who is one of the two owners of the ship. |
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| Personnel from ships participating in Exercise Ocean Protector held a sports day on the quarterdeck of HMAS Creswell. |
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| And when they cross the quarterdeck, they see the hard work that deck division puts in, and that makes us feel proud. |
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| He turned to the quarterdeck, his father falling into the helm, sending the wheel into a vigorous spin. |
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| We know that in those days a ship was commanded from the quarterdeck at the ship's stern. |
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| The officer in the sternsheets shouts up to the quarterdeck the news that Arnold is expecting. |
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| But just before 8 a.m., the 19-year old Marine bugler looked up from his watch post on the ship's quarterdeck to see Japanese planes overhead. |
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| Ascending to the quarterdeck, he checked in with the man assigned the afternoon watch. |
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| This was the Melbourne Cup scene, not at Flemington or Royal Randwick of course, but on the quarterdeck of HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney. |
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| He turned and continued his pacing along the windward side of the quarterdeck, easily adjusting his stride to the pitch and roll of the ship. |
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| Weeks of training on the quarterdeck had firmed the muscles, but minds were too easily seduced by the proffered friendship. |
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| Once the CCGS Sir William Alexander moved ahead slowly, the tow was monitored from the quarterdeck. |
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| Glancing around the quarterdeck, he sat down on the deck beside her. |
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| At about 2200, the master, surprised at seeing the deckhand on the quarterdeck, ordered her to go below to get some rest. |
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| In addition, two crew members were to be posted on the quarterdeck to act as lookouts and to continue to monitor the tow. |
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| A change of lookouts occurred at 0055, and a new team of two stationed themselves on the starboard side of the quarterdeck. |
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| From 2300 to 0055, the lookouts positioned themselves on the port side of the quarterdeck. |
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| As other crew members and trainees began to arrive on the quarterdeck, additional lookouts were posted. |
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| The ship's magnetic compass and wheel are located at the after end of the quarterdeck. |
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| The crew and trainees used their hands to hold onto the safety lines rigged along the main deck and quarterdeck. |
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| The men watched and waited for Hornblower to return to the quarterdeck. |
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| The master and mate cabins and a small mess room are located aft and below the quarterdeck. |
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| A monomoy,3 the keel of which was about level with the quarterdeck, was stowed in the port davits. |
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| By 2100, the deckhand and a trainee had reported for their watch on the quarterdeck. |
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| Some hours before her departure a large group of sailors assembled on the quarterdeck and appointed spokesmen to voice concerns to the ship's captain. |
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| It may be delightfully chewy, richly tannic, and marvelous for sipping one sultry night on the quarterdeck of your yacht. |
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| He then went below and made his will, before returning to the quarterdeck to carry out an inspection. |
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| Hardy, standing next to Nelson on the quarterdeck, had his shoe buckle dented by a splinter. |
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| It had an open quarterdeck, lounges, a buffet, and even a bathroom. |
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| During the 0000-0400 watch, with the vessel rolling heavily, members of the deck watch spent most of their time sitting in two groups on the port and starboard sides of the quarterdeck. |
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| Toward the end of the watch, the master arrived on the quarterdeck with a bottle of rum and gave a shot to each member of the deck watch including trainees. |
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| A set of davits are fitted on each side of the quarterdeck. |
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| The aftercastle was superseded by the quarterdeck. |
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| Will the following report to the quarterdeck with your I. D. card. |
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| It is also likely that, because she would have reported to the quarterdeck only after the completion of the ship check, she would have been unaware of the order not to enter the port breezeway. |
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| Five hours into a 12-hour security watch, two men on the bridge, myself and one other on the quarterdeck stood guard and restricted the movement of the eight-member crew. |
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| At some point during the next two years, she had an additional 14 small guns mounted on her previously unarmed quarterdeck, making her a 104-gun ship. |
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