seaworthy

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The Argentine naval submarine that imploded in 2017, killing 44 sailors, was seaworthy, the highest-ranking of four former officers said Wednesday on the second day of their trial.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

"We do have a beautiful, seaworthy ship, the former Holland American Veendam, now the Majestic," VCL's US representative wrote on the company's Facebook page.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

These features, along with previous reconstruction experiments, indicate these were seaworthy vessels, a conclusion supported by the presence at the site of stone tools linked to nearby islands.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

Having had a few scary encounters with water as a child, my interest in water sports or anything seaworthy is stilted, to say the least.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

It appears as though they are trying to make the old wreck seaworthy.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman