anchor watch

Example Sentences

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And, in 35 hours on the anchor watch, Cronkite committed only one embarrassing blooper by confusing Crooner Tony Martin with Tony Bennett.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had offered to take the anchor watch.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

A kind of anchor watch had been chosen by straws.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

No sound came from the deck of the poacher; the sentry at the door was leaning against the barrel of his rifle; the anchor watch slept profoundly.

From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry

Both the officer of the deck and the anchor watch pulled their rubber coats more closely about them, and, with lowered heads to protect their faces from the drizzle, began walking back and forth.

From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee