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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
The explosion aboard the Sultana was followed by the state's second-deadliest steamboat disaster, the destruction of the Miami by fire on the Arkansas River, with a loss of as many as 200 passengers and crewmen.
In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.
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