merchant marine
the vessels of a nation that are engaged in commerce.
the officers and crews of such vessels.
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How to use merchant marine in a sentence
He decided that he would give up and return to the merchant marine.
Fact Vs. Fiction in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: The Real Story of Folk is Far Less Dejected Than the Movie | Jimmy So | December 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 39 members of the merchant marine crew on board were taken captive in an act that Ford called “piracy.”
Her navy had already swept the daring little fleet of American frigates and American merchant marine from the seas.
The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. SkeltonI am a sailor, not a constable—an officer of the merchant marine.
The Harbor Master | Theodore Goodridge RobertsAnd we haven't built up a merchant marine because we've had no foreign consciousness.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II | Burton J. Hendrick
It's the price we've got to pay for not having built up a merchant marine.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II | Burton J. HendrickThus, in the maintenance of a nation's merchant marine on the high seas, its navy exercises one of its most vital functions.
The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner | Georg-Gnther von Forstner
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