merchantman
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merchantmen
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Months of leisurely study showed the wreck to be a small merchantman about 30 ft. long.
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He strode to the riverbank, jumped into a rowboat, and was last seen shinnying shamelessly aboard a merchantman moored near the fort.
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Instead, he found himself on the "front porch" of an openwork biplane, learning to fly, then teaching himself the dangerous art of taking off from the deck of a merchantman.
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As no U. S. warship big enough to carry the work of art to the U. S. was handy, the Government chartered the merchantman Sea for $6,300.
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In order to get near the Speedy the Spaniard was disguised as a merchantman.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
At his command, the Navy fought and won a number of battles with French warships harassing American merchantmen in the Atlantic and the Caribbean.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
In 1917, when a minority balked at the arming of merchantmen and launched a filibuster led by La Follette, Wilson denounced them publicly as "a little group of willful men."
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Maritime Administration has not yet decided whether to power the $40 million experimental ship with an obsolescent, Nautilus-type reactor or design a more advanced atomic plant suitable for merchantmen.
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Soon the harbor of St. Johns teemed with captured U. S. merchantmen.
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None of the merchantmen that called at Lordsport had been allowed to depart again; his father wanted no word of the hosting to reach the main-land before he was ready to strike.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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