On the Town, which was based on a Broadway play, tells the adventures of three sailors Gabey (played by Kelly, Chip Sinatrarand and Ozzie Jules Munshinn)—during a hectic 24-hour shore leave in New York City.
This is one of the dozens of extended similes that Homer uses to convey how a given event looks and feels — in this instance comparing the massed ranks of Trojan troops preparing for battle to waves breaking on a shore during a wild storm at sea.
When they show a video clip of waves crashing on a shore during an otherwise strong vocal performance of "Even Now," you realize that they weren't really trying.
At one point, Unicorn became the only aircraft carrier to conduct a shore bombardment during wartime when she engaged North Korean coastwatchers at Chopekki Point.
If a jack-up vessel is used during an o shore installation, the wind turbine blade is mainly subjected to wind loads and experiences resonant motions, and the monopile is subjected to wave-induced vibrations.
Stay close to shore only during good weather, he warns; a ship near the shore during a storm will be dashed on the rocks.
The operation was cancelled after no ships were located during the first two days, and Sydney was tasked with assisting a destroyer squadron during shore bombardments at Bomba and Bardia.
While some natural barriers like dunes have been shown to be very effective at absorbing much of a storm's energy — during Sandy, shore towns with dunes suffered less damage generally than those without — it is less clear that marshes, oyster reefs, kelp beds or the like provide much protection.
The Silver Star was awarded after Mr. Kerry's boat came under heavy fire from shore during a mission in February 1969.
Constitution experienced an uneventful tour, sailing in company with and, until the behavior of the crews during shore leave gave Jones a reputation as a Commodore who was lax in discipline.
