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And Spencer is still halfway around the world, shoveling coal on a merchant ship.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
That was the first successful hijacking of a merchant ship since 2017.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
The Navy announced Thursday that Capt. Dave Snowden, who was in charge of the USS Harry S. Truman when the aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship, has been fired.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
Analysts believe the redistribution made the merchant ships that were detouring around the Cape of Good Hope vulnerable to piracy in the western Indian Ocean.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
That was the first successful hijacking of a merchant ship since 2017.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
The Navy announced Thursday that Capt. Dave Snowden, who was in charge of the USS Harry S. Truman when the aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship, has been fired.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2025
Analysts believe the redistribution made the merchant ships that were detouring around the Cape of Good Hope vulnerable to piracy in the western Indian Ocean.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merchant%20ship. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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