When it plied more heavily traveled seas, we often saw wrecked hulls rotting in midwater, and farther down, cannons, shells, anchors, chains, and a thousand other iron objects rusting away.
当它在交通繁忙的海域航行时,我们经常看到失事的船体在中层水域腐烂,而在更深处,大炮、炮弹、锚、链条和上千种其他铁制物体正在生锈。