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Thomas Jefferson, for example, declined to use money set aside for gunboats in the early 1800s.
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
In 1990, Papua New Guinea blockaded the islands with gunboats, but the BRA’s numbers swelled nonetheless.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
This episode, too, touched upon my family: in 1918, my father, a member of the Royal Naval Reserve, boarded a gunboat on its way to join American, French, and other Allied contingents to fight against Bolshevik forces in Murmansk, one of the towns featured in Taub’s piece.
—The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Just before midnight on June 1, 1863 – around two years into the Civil War – Tubman and Col. James Montgomery of the Union Army set sail up the Combahee River, leading three military gunboats of about 150 Black Union soldiers.
—Kara Nelson, CNN, 18 June 2024
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
In 1990, Papua New Guinea blockaded the islands with gunboats, but the BRA’s numbers swelled nonetheless.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
This episode, too, touched upon my family: in 1918, my father, a member of the Royal Naval Reserve, boarded a gunboat on its way to join American, French, and other Allied contingents to fight against Bolshevik forces in Murmansk, one of the towns featured in Taub’s piece.
—The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Just before midnight on June 1, 1863 – around two years into the Civil War – Tubman and Col. James Montgomery of the Union Army set sail up the Combahee River, leading three military gunboats of about 150 Black Union soldiers.
—Kara Nelson, CNN, 18 June 2024
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“Gunboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunboat. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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gunboat
noun
gun·boat
ˈgən-ˌbōt 
: a small lightly armed ship for use in shallow waters
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