oiler
Example Sentences
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By contrast, logistics is pretty mundane; the big contractors don’t pine for contracts to build oiler ships, cranes, or commissaries.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The memo calls for Navy Secretary John Phelan to select a new name for the fleet oiler.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
The oiler ships measure 742 feet long and have the ability to carry up to 162,000 barrels of oil with expansive dry cargo capacity, aviation capability and a speed of 20 knots, the Navy said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
July 13, 2000: The Denver, an amphibious transport dock, and the Yukon, a replenishment oiler, collided during a refueling exercise west of Hawaii.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2017
He said, “I come to oiler my respects.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
