Sentence examples for surrender deck from inspiring English sources

Rounds from this attack struck the ship in the bulkhead above the famed "surrender deck" and bounced off the armor, one round penetrated the forward funnel and passed completely through it, and another round penetrated a bulkhead and embedded in an interior passageway of the ship.

This placed her very close to the mainland, and she served as a popular tourist attraction, logging about 180,000 visitors per year, who came to view the "surrender deck" where a bronze plaque memorialized the spot (35° 21' 17" N, 139° 45' 36" E) where Japan surrendered to the Allies, and the accompanying historical display that included copies of the surrender documents and photos.

If, during a time when wars seem to lack a defined end, I couldn't have Lee at Appomattox or a surrender on the deck of a battleship, I'd make some separate peace.

Yancey entered Tokyo Bay on the morning of 2 September, the day Japan signed the formal articles of surrender on the deck of the battleship anchored there.

During the surrender ceremony, the deck of Missouri was decorated with a 31-star American flag that had been taken ashore by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 after his squadron of "Black Ships" sailed into Tokyo Bay to force the opening of Japan's ports to foreign trade.

DAVID E. SANGER NOVEMBER 30 In World War II, victory came when the Empire of Japan surrendered on the deck of the U.S.S.

The other item is a Japanese sword, surrendered on the deck of the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay by Vice Admiral Matomu Ugaki and presented to the academy by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

"There will be no surrender ceremony on the deck of a battleship," Mr. Bush later concluded.

And underlining his promise to stop interference by Iran and Syria, and to destroy their networks, on January 11th American troops raided an Iranian consular office in northern Iraq.Mr Bush admitted he had made "mistakes", accepted that more Americans were likely to die, and told his audience not to expect a "surrender ceremony on the deck of a battleship".

You may not have to surrender your beloved tape decks in the face of the MP3 revolution.

My grandfather, Col. Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, representing Canada, signed the surrender of Japan on the deck of the U.S.S.