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It turns out the seaman had been running laps on a warship in the Charles de Gaulle’s carrier group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

"We don't have enough water on board right now. We got food a few days back," said one Indian seaman stuck in a small refuelling boat off Iraq, within sight of the Iranian shore.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

Back outside, with a view of the port and the sunlit open sea, we met a merchant seaman, relaxing on a bench, who told us his son worked for the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025

In 1985, as the Year of the Pacific approached, the ship’s captain was Peter Willcox, a lifelong seaman and conscientious objector from Vietnam who’d devoted his career to environmental action on the oceans.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

She wandered along the deck toward the bows, and soon made the acquaintance of an able seaman by flicking at him the pips she’d saved from the apple she’d eaten at breakfast.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

But the FAA expressly excludes from arbitration “contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.”

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

In 2025 the number had ballooned to 410, with 6,223 merchant seamen falling victim.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

The captains of such ships were the rock stars of their day, consummate seamen who risked their lives on the open oceans for wealth and fame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

Officials say another 28 people are unaccounted for but the families of seamen say the number is probably much higher.

From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2023

It was said the able seamen insisted on keeping the ward shipshape themselves and had taken over the sweeping and the heavy bumper.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan