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Under the cover of night on July 30, 1949, the Amethyst quenched all its lights on board and shadowed a passing Chinese merchant ship, the Kiangling Liberation, following it through the tricky shoals of the river.
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Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
One way of handling the drone threat would be to arm merchant ships and equip them with sensor suites.
—David Szondy
february 15, New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
One became a merchant ship navigator in 1918.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Over the course of its full deployment from September 2024 through May 2025, the carrier strike group had a friendly fire incident in December — when a Navy destroyer launched missiles at two F-18s — a collision with a merchant ship in February and lost two F-18s, one in April and another in May.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
One way of handling the drone threat would be to arm merchant ships and equip them with sensor suites.
—David Szondy
february 15, New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
One became a merchant ship navigator in 1918.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Over the course of its full deployment from September 2024 through May 2025, the carrier strike group had a friendly fire incident in December — when a Navy destroyer launched missiles at two F-18s — a collision with a merchant ship in February and lost two F-18s, one in April and another in May.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merchant%20ship. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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