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Merchant marine

noun

The crew of a merchant vessel.

Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry. Synonyms: cargo ships, merchant vessels, shipping.

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"Merchant marine" Quotes from Famous Books

... Commerce), Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Nuclear Agency, Department of State, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Navy Operational Intelligence Center and Maritime Administration (merchant marine data), Office of Territorial and International Affairs (Department of the Interior), United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Coast Guard, ...

— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... lives. When was Wilson going to translate into action his summary warning of "strict accountability?" Even as the question was asked, we heard that the Germans had sunk the Lusitania. On the 7th of May, 1915, at two in the afternoon, the pride of the British merchant marine was struck by two torpedoes fired from a German submarine. She sank in half an hour. More than eleven hundred of her passengers and crew were drowned, among them one hundred and twenty-four Americans, ...

— Woodrow Wilson and the World War - A Chronicle of Our Own Times. • Charles Seymour

Words linked to "Merchant marine" : crew, cargo ships, transport, shipping, conveyance, merchant vessels