go aboard

The following year Hagel made a historic visit to Yuchi Naval Base and became the first foreign visitor to go aboard China’s first aircraft carrier as it was docked at the base.

“Often boats are left behind after migrants go aboard a rescue vessel,” Vella said.

The first 50 asylum seekers are expected to go aboard in the next few days, while the barge is set to reach its full capacity in the coming weeks.

It was not large, but it was big enough to carry us all together if we chose to go aboard.

So I’d gone to Harbor Island that busy weekday morning, with its overwhelm of trucks and containers, to meet the Rev. Cristi Chapman and Deacon Joey DeLeon of the Seattle Seafarers Center, a maritime ministry that supports sailors — and to go aboard some container ships.