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Recent Examples of able seamanOne able seaman, a 39-year-old man named Arokiyam, lives in the village of Alanthalai, an hour south of Tuticorin.—Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 16 June 2021 Within a week, Brito D'Silva, an able seaman (a senior member of the deck on crew), died of an unspecified illness.—Saudamini Jain, CNN, 20 Mar. 2021 The transcript of these conversations, as well as (one-sided) electronic communications among the captain, mates, engineers, able seamen and people ashore, runs to 500 pages.—Douglas Preston, New York Times, 1 May 2018
According to the Navy, Peterson kept the ship operational and was credited with saving the lives of 123 of his shipmates before succumbing to his injuries.
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Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
27 June 2025
As with 1492: Conquest of Paradise four years earlier, Scott drinks in the majesty of open water, but the film doesn’t come fully to life until the title sequence, when the now-skilled and confident shipmates are humbled mercilessly by Mother Nature.
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