third mate
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Coast Guard licenses for positions such as third mate on the bridge of a ship and third assistant engineer in the engine room.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022
Mr. Hazelwood left the bridge at 11:50 p.m., turning it over to the third mate, Gregory Cousins.
From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2022
Woronowicz has been working on boats his whole life as a merchant mariner — on tugboats and cruise ships, now as a third mate on a Columbia University ocean research vessel.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2021
The captain, Mundy, the second mate, and the third mate each commanded one of the lifeboats.
From The New Yorker • May 28, 2016
The third mate and old Ap, with the second officer of the ship, had a mess-place to themselves, and very snug it was.
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon
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