merchant marine
Example Sentences
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"Given the size of the ships, electronic assistance has become necessary to steer them," said one merchant marine captain who has sailed on cargo ships around the world.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
One was a former merchant marine whose wooden 32-foot ketch was barely adequate for a journey through the punishing Southern Ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
He’s a merchant marine, and it just so happens that a ship full of ammo bound for Saigon is short a crew member.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2022
He joined the U.S. merchant marine in 1944 and the Army in 1946.
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022
A merchant marine officer named Frank Worsley, a part-Maori New Zealander who had been a sailor since the age of sixteen, was to captain the ship.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
