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Recent Examples of crewmanThe accounts claim that heavy-anti-armor-weapons crewman was one of Kent’s jobs in the Army.—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025 One Mackay-Bennett crewman described how the ship came upon a cluster of 100 corpses on the second day of the search.—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025 But the pandemic also gave Celebrity the unenviable job of repatriating thousands of crewmen to their homes around the globe — all while making sure that none encountered a member of the public.—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025 Now, in a statement to Fox News Digital, National Museum of Denmark archaeologist David John Gregory said the two ships carried between 600 and 700 African slaves at the time of the sinking, plus around 100 crewmen.—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for crewman
According to the Navy, Peterson kept the ship operational and was credited with saving the lives of 123 of his shipmates before succumbing to his injuries.
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Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
27 June 2025
As with 1492: Conquest of Paradise four years earlier, Scott drinks in the majesty of open water, but the film doesn’t come fully to life until the title sequence, when the now-skilled and confident shipmates are humbled mercilessly by Mother Nature.
And being a deckhand on a 65-foot-long Swan that already had a legendary reputation for quality, performance, safety, and a distinctively elegant style was in fact a dream come true.
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Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
As the deck team’s morale increases — Nate alerts the captain and the rest of the team that Harry is now lead deckhand, and everyone seems pleased, including Jason, at least for now — Lara continues to throw fuel to the fire.
And, like the seamen, Celebrity faced a rapidly evolving crisis and changing guidelines.
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Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
Government as a protector of health goes way back
The U.S. public health service got its start in the 1700s service cared for seamen who were sick or injured.
An old safe that once contained drunken sailors’ valuables sits in the back corner.
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Derek Sandhaus,
Saveur,
10 July 2025
Between November 2023 and January 2025, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two and killing four sailors.
The next two hours would be a race against time and Mother Nature as conditions on the lake rapidly deteriorated, faster than many locals and longtime mariners had ever seen.
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Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
As of June 12, the ship was still partially sunken about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, and a broadcast notice was issued telling mariners to avoid the area, according to officials.
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