Each vessel has its engimes taken apart and greased, so that they will keep well. All fuel, stores, guns, ammunition, etc, is removed, and the flag is pulled down, It takes a long time to put a ship out of commission, and sometimes several months to put it back into commission. Out of commission, - that is when all men belonging to the Navy are removed, and a ship-keeper, (who is a civilian) is placed aboard.Vessels are only placed in ordinary when there are no men to man them. This way of keeping vessesl is most disastrous, because the machinery all goes to ruin, the stores spoil and In ordinary, which means the same as in reserve, but with only four or five men on board, to keep off trespassers.In reserve, which means partially provisioned, partially coaled and partially manned vessels in this condition never put to sea.Ready for sea - which means all provisioned, armed, and properly manned."So the ship's been christened, so now it goes out to sea, right? Or, is that the commissioning? Have they put the ship into the water yet? And, when do they break the champagne bottle?"Īround 1900 there were four ways of keeping vessels:
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