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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

... had soon exhausted the lists of regular officers and the few thousand seamen that had been trained in the service, and large drafts of officers and men were made upon the merchant marine as well as big hauls of green landsmen who had never dreamt of salt water; and First Lieutenant Perkins, as the only regular officer on board except the captain, soon found himself an exceeding busy man in organizing, disciplining, drilling, and shaping into place ...

— The Bay State Monthly - Volume 1, Issue 4 - April, 1884 • Various

... Geodetic Survey, were transferred from the other departments. The place of this new department was defined by the President in the following: "to aid in strengthening our domestic and foreign markets, in perfecting our transportation facilities, in building up our merchant marine, in preventing the entrance of undesirable immigrants, in improving commercial and industrial conditions, and in bringing together on common ground those necessary partners in industrial ...

— History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6) • E. Benjamin Andrews

... I really believe to be insoluble; the purchase of a wreck has never been handled before, no more has San Francisco. These seem all elements of success. There is, besides, a character, Jim Pinkerton, of the advertising American, on whom we build a good deal; and some sketches of the American merchant marine, opium smuggling in Honolulu, etc. It should run to (about) three hundred pages of my MS. I would like to know if this tale smiles upon you, if you will have a vacancy, and what you will be willing to pay. It ...

— Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 2 • Robert Louis Stevenson

Words linked to "Merchant marine" : transport, crew, conveyance