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."