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The two companies plan to equip up to 100 of their seagoing ships with Alsym batteries as an auxiliary power source.
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Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
But before that ship hits the waves, its safety and seagoing capabilities need to be tested in the Navy’s immense indoor ocean facility.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022
The Falcon 9’s reusable first stage returned from space and successfully touched down on a seagoing landing platform in the Pacific Ocean.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
By 1640, for example, around a thousand seagoing ships were being constructed in the Netherlands each year, mostly for export markets.
—Aoife Daly, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022
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Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022
But before that ship hits the waves, its safety and seagoing capabilities need to be tested in the Navy’s immense indoor ocean facility.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022
The Falcon 9’s reusable first stage returned from space and successfully touched down on a seagoing landing platform in the Pacific Ocean.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
By 1640, for example, around a thousand seagoing ships were being constructed in the Netherlands each year, mostly for export markets.
—Aoife Daly, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seagoing
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This partnership is also emblematic of a broader industry trend toward revitalizing mid-tier and smaller American shipyards, which possess the agility to adapt to new types of naval platforms.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Ukraine also had success in strikes on Russia's oil terminals in the southern regions of Tuapse and Novorossiysk with naval drones on Wednesday, Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR) said, according to the Kyiv Independent.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Chinese and American hospital ship deployments come after China commissioned its third oceangoing hospital ship, CNS Auspicious Ark, in May—a major milestone that now sees all three of China's theater command fleets equipped with their own hospital ships.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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The first oceangoing reactor was deployed on a US submarine in 1955.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025
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“Seagoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seagoing. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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