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Philippine Sea

British  

noun

  1. part of the NW Pacific Ocean, east and north of the Philippines

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We know because in 1965 an A-4 rolled off the USS Ticonderoga, leaving a bomb capable of 1 megaton yield at the bottom of the Philippine Sea, where it remains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It will then sail through the Philippine Sea to Japan, where it will support Japanese authorities in developing the country's F-35 capability, Commodore Blackmore says.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

The other ships in the strike group are the USS Philippine Sea, a cruiser, and two destroyers, the USS Gravely and the USS Mason.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

They identified three primary sources for this ancient water: the Philippine Sea Plate, the Pacific Plate, and ancient seafloor sediments, particularly in the Niigata and southwest Gunma regions.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024

Ordnancemen at work on the deck of the USS Philippine Sea, off Korea, October 1950.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.

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