Definition of seamanship
:the art or skill of handling, working, and navigating a ship
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The captain shows great seamanship.
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In response to this latest collision, the Navy's top admiral last week ordered a fleetwide review of seamanship and training in the Pacific.
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In response to this latest collision, the Navy's top admiral last week ordered a fleetwide review of seamanship and training in the Pacific.
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The Navy last week said the Fitzgerald's captain was being relieved of his command and other sailors were being punished after poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch were found to have contributed to its collision.
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The Navy's top admiral on Monday ordered a fleetwide review of seamanship and training in the Pacific after the latest collision.
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In the June collision, the Fitzgerald's captain was relieved of his command and other sailors were being punished after the Navy found poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch contributed to the collision.
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In the June collision, the Fitzgerald's captain was relieved of his command and other sailors were being punished after the Navy found poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch contributed to the collision.
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Since at least the Elizabethan era, English identity had been bound up with English seamanship and imperial expansion.
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First Known Use of seamanship
1756
SEAMANSHIP Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of seamanship for English Language Learners
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: skill in sailing or operating a ship
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