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sea fight

American  

noun

  1. a fight between ships at sea.


Etymology

Origin of sea fight

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Of the running sea fight that began next day, Historian Mattingly observes: "No naval campaign in previous history, and none afterward until the advent of the aircraft carrier, involved so many fresh and incalculable factors."

From Time Magazine Archive

Going in by plane was John Hersey, veteran of Guadalcanal and of the sea fight in which the Wasp was lost.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the filming of Jones's most famed sea fight, the Serapis and the Bonhomme Richard were rebuilt timber for timber.

From Time Magazine Archive

Britain had won the first significant sea fight of World War II.

From Time Magazine Archive

An observer from a distance would have found it difficult to believe that this was the fleet which had just fought the greatest sea fight in the history of the world.

From Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships by Charles W. (Charles William) Domville-Fife

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