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Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
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The crewman who sent the chain into motion with a single hammer blow was not identified.
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
One of the younger crewmen glanced at the shark with a mix of awe and routine acceptance, while most of the crew barely spared a glance; this was routine work in Cochin, India, where the sharks of the Arabian Sea had long been part of a thriving, high-stakes fishery.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
That clash in the Spratlys near Second Thomas Shoal, on which Philippine marines are stationed in a rusting World War II naval vessel, left a Filipino crewman missing a thumb.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Stamp, then 24, received a supporting actor Oscar nomination in 1963 for his screen debut as the angelic and optimistic HMS Avenger crewman Billy Budd.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
One of the younger crewmen glanced at the shark with a mix of awe and routine acceptance, while most of the crew barely spared a glance; this was routine work in Cochin, India, where the sharks of the Arabian Sea had long been part of a thriving, high-stakes fishery.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
That clash in the Spratlys near Second Thomas Shoal, on which Philippine marines are stationed in a rusting World War II naval vessel, left a Filipino crewman missing a thumb.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Stamp, then 24, received a supporting actor Oscar nomination in 1963 for his screen debut as the angelic and optimistic HMS Avenger crewman Billy Budd.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Crewman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewman. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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crewman
noun
crew·man
ˈkrü-mən 
: a member of a crew
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