frigate
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, yanking the plans for the old frigate class from a Wisconsin shipyard will compound the dysfunction in U.S. shipbuilding, which is driven in part by a fickle Pentagon.
Last week, the Navy announced plans to commission a new class of frigates, selecting Huntington Ingalls to build the vessels.
From Barron's
The news follows the Navy’s announcement last week that it will commission a new class of frigates.
“We know this frigate design works, we know it operates with the fleet, and most importantly, we know how to build it, now,” he said.
In February of 1781, a British frigate captured the Zorg off Africa’s Windward Coast and brought it farther east to Cape Coast Castle.
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