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The situation has become especially perilous around the Second Thomas Shoal, a half-submerged reef where the Philippines has maintained the BRP Sierra Madre, a beached warship, as an outpost since 1999.
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Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
The Chinese navy has the greatest number of warships in the world.
—David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Naval officials decommissioned the warship and placed it in reserve in 1946, according to the organization Dive Center Key West.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2024
Porthole The round opening that has defined oceangoing vessels for more than 500 years began as a means to arm warships.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
In 1742, amidst a war between Britain and Spain, a British warship ran aground off the Florida Keys.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
The warship had survived two other unmanned surface vessels (USV) and sustained only minor damage, swiftly returning to service on both occasions.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
Knowing in advance would have permitted the Pentagon to heighten defenses for U.S. personnel and to position assets, including warships with missile defense systems on board, in a way that could help protect both Israel and U.S. troops from a potential Iranian response.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Biden told everyone in the Middle East to avoid a wider war and anchored U.S. Navy warships in the Eastern Mediterranean to underline the American message.
—Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
The Chinese navy has the greatest number of warships in the world.
—David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Naval officials decommissioned the warship and placed it in reserve in 1946, according to the organization Dive Center Key West.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2024
Porthole The round opening that has defined oceangoing vessels for more than 500 years began as a means to arm warships.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
In 1742, amidst a war between Britain and Spain, a British warship ran aground off the Florida Keys.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
The warship had survived two other unmanned surface vessels (USV) and sustained only minor damage, swiftly returning to service on both occasions.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
Knowing in advance would have permitted the Pentagon to heighten defenses for U.S. personnel and to position assets, including warships with missile defense systems on board, in a way that could help protect both Israel and U.S. troops from a potential Iranian response.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
Biden told everyone in the Middle East to avoid a wider war and anchored U.S. Navy warships in the Eastern Mediterranean to underline the American message.
—Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
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warship
noun
war·ship
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌship 
: a ship armed for combat
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