A watertight hatch covered the main deck overhead, sealing in a stale smell of fish and brine.

The barges were gone, the booms stowed, the hatch covers on.

Six square hatches on either side each covered two tubes.

What happened was that I hauled the hatch cover down.

The force of the explosion had blown the hatch covers back open.

Dixon and Wicks opened their hatch covers to let in fresh air.

The young hatch covered with gray down.

He tossed the hatch cover away and grabbed a frag grenade from his belt dispenser.

Why not capture it, leave the hatch covers on, and unload it at their leisure?

Open all the hatch covers fifteen feet.