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478: 310: 501: 371: 238: 460:"Flush deck" in its more specific maritime-architecture sense denotes (for instance) the flush deck destroyers described above: the flush decks are broken by masts, guns, funnels, and other structures and impediments, and are far from being unbroken planes. "Flush deck" in this sense only signifies that the main deck runs the length of the ship and does not end before the stem (with a separate raised 393: 136: 74: 33: 625: 477: 500: 309: 453:"Flush deck" with "flush" in its generic meaning of "even or level; forming an unbroken plane", is sometimes applied to vessels, as in describing yachts lacking a raised 248: 583: 662: 440: 296: 278: 219: 117: 60: 84: 351:
often had a flush deck but may have also had a fore and aft castle deck. Flush decks were also common on medieval and Renaissance
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deck forward) or before the stern (with a separate raised or, as seen on many modern warships, lowered
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for instance. "Flush deck aircraft carrier" uses "flush deck" in this generic sense.
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Flush decks have been in use since the times of the ancient Egyptians. Greco-Roman
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of preceding American destroyers, thus the main deck was a flush deck.
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but some also featured fore and aft castle decks. The medieval
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The examples and perspective in this US-centric article
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