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America has produced a small and steadily declining share of the world’s merchant ships over the past century, although World War II was a significant exception to that trend.
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Caleb Petitt, National Review, 30 May 2025
The force has launched over 100 attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea since October 2023, disrupting a key trade route and challenging U.S. forces defending global navigation.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The Federalists became outraged when the French government began seizing U.S. merchant ships in the Caribbean that were trading with Britain, which France was waging war against at that time.
—Daniel Tichenor, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Richard Henry Dana was a Boston Brahmin and a Harvard man who took to sea on an ordinary merchant ship.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
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Caleb Petitt, National Review, 30 May 2025
The force has launched over 100 attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea since October 2023, disrupting a key trade route and challenging U.S. forces defending global navigation.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The Federalists became outraged when the French government began seizing U.S. merchant ships in the Caribbean that were trading with Britain, which France was waging war against at that time.
—Daniel Tichenor, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Richard Henry Dana was a Boston Brahmin and a Harvard man who took to sea on an ordinary merchant ship.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merchant%20ship. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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