Sasebo
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Five months later, during a patrol off Sasebo, Japan, the Tang came upon a convoy of as many as 18 ships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
“We are systematizing a lot of things,” Capt. Yoshihiro Iwata, 44, said when the frigate was docked recently in Sasebo, in southwestern Japan.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Leona Woods Marshall Libby: My brother-in-law was a captain of the first bombs’ minesweeper scheduled into Sasebo harbor.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2023
At Sasebo naval base in Nagasaki prefecture, wind speeds topped out around 64 mph and more than 6 inches of rain fell, but no significant damage was reported, according to reporting from Stars and Stripes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
At the mention of the name, Admiral Sasebo, Dawson jumped inwardly.
From Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal by Robert Sydney Bowen
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