receiving-ship

We visited the naval yard at Charlestown, and the _Ohio_, an old seventy-four, now used as a receiving-ship.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

At present, she is used as a receiving-ship at the United States Navy

New National Fourth Reader J. Marshall Hawkes

Slowly and gently we swept past the islands and great ships; there on the shore is Point Pleasant in full uniform, its red soldiers and yellow tents in the thick of the pines and spruces; yonder is the admiralty, and the "Boscawen" seventy-four, the receiving-ship, a French war-steamer, and merchantmen of all flags.

Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens

From our midshipman, now aboard the receiving-ship

Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay 1911

It was this telegram, brief but extremely comprehensive, received early on the morning of the twenty-sixth of April, which sent me post-haste to the old receiving-ship "New Hampshire," moored at the end of an East

A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Russell Doubleday 1910

Massachusetts battalion drilled on the receiving-ship "Wabash," and the New York battalion on the receiving-ship "Minnesota."

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

The tramp marched to the receiving-ship with a squad of other recruits, and on the way smiled triumphantly into the face of a mulatto policeman, who glared at him.

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888

On board the receiving-ship he was given an outfit of clothes and bedding; but before he had learned more than the correct way to lash his hammock and tie his silk neckerchief he was detailed for sea duty, and with a draft of men went to Key West in a navy-yard tug; for war was on, and the fleet blockading Havana needed men.

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888

We visited the naval yard at Charlestown, and the _Ohio_, an old seventy - four, now used as a receiving-ship.

The Englishwoman in America 1867

The officer in command of the receiving-ship at Whitby had passed on to the captain of the cutter what had been told him of the two boys by the lieutenant of the _Antelope_, and he in turn related the story to one of the chief officers of the dockyard.

By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson 1867