Stories of the Ships

Stories of the Ships is a memoir by Lewis R. Freeman. Freeman was an American explorer, journalist and war correspondent, here detailing his travels amongst the navy. Excerpt: «It was in this way—an anecdote now and then as this or that incident of the day recalled it to his mind—that Captain – came to tell me the story of the Cornwall during those eventful early months of the war when he commanded that now famous cruiser. He mentioned her first, I believe, one night in his cabin when, referring to a stormy midwinter month, most of which had been spent by his Division of the Grand Fleet on some sort of work at sea, I spoke of the „rather strenuous interval“ we had experienced.»