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Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2025 -
The Lisbon Maru — a Japanese merchant ship covertly carrying around 1,800 British POWs in the Far East — is torpedoed by mistake off the coast of China’s Dongji Island by an American submarine, unaware of the lives hidden below deck.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
28 July 2025
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Turkey is building its first fully indigenous aircraft carrier, joining a small circle of NATO nations with such capability.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Landing on a moving aircraft carrier at night in rough seas requires trust not just in your instincts, but in the technology guiding your descent.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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When that high water abated in late July, Day predicted that barge traffic on the state's largest port and the Arkansas River as a whole would return to normal.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Sep. 2025
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There’s a small barge in a canal with a pole mounted on the front.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Footage released by the Philippine government shows a Chinese coast guard cutter colliding with a People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer after being outmaneuvered by a Philippine fisheries bureau vessel.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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The first step required chopping the hay into short lengths in a trough-like cutter with a shear handle, like a paper cutter.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
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So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.—
Mia Sosa,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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And for those seeking British history, visit Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain, a steamship created by the man who masterminded much of England’s most impressive infrastructure, including the railway from London to Bristol.—
Lottie Gross,
AFAR Media,
29 Aug. 2025
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At its core is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force centered around the amphibious assault vessel USS Iwo Jima and two San Antonio-class transport ships.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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Knowing how quickly molds adapt to new environments – and which genes drive those changes – could help researchers design better ways to stop rot in storage and transport.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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Other agencies would also be involved in trying to determine whether the company that owned the tanker had complied with regulations.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Four people have died and 90 others have been injured following a gas tanker explosion in Mexico City.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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There will also be personalized watercraft racing off the beach at Crown Point Shores.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Two Indiana men were driving the personal watercraft, with each carrying a female passenger, when the collision happened at about noon.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Motor ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20ship. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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