training ship
Example Sentences
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The Mexican naval training ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in May, leaving two crew members dead, returned home on Sunday to official fanfare in the port of Veracruz.
From Barron's
The maritime college hired Mr. Hazelwood as a teacher aboard the training ship Empire State V a year after the Exxon Valdez spill.
From New York Times
He was later assigned to a training ship in Hiroshima.
From Reuters
It got its famed nickname because of its virtually impregnable hull while in service in the First Barbary War, the War of 1812 and as a training ship for Union forces during the Civil War.
From Washington Times
State TV and semiofficial news agencies referred to the Kharg as a “training ship.”
From Seattle Times
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