shipmate

Example Sentences

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“It was truly inspiring to see every member on board come together during this patrol, including our shipmate, Bryan Lee, who contributed to the mission,” said Capt. Tyson Scofield, commanding officer of the Waesche.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

"An aircraft might have been lost but there was a pilot, a shipmate, who had to be saved," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023

When the Navy veteran from Post Falls found the name of a shipmate he lost 55 years earlier carved into the black granite wall, he couldn’t control his emotions.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2022

Tunnell used his bare hands to beat out flames that had engulfed a shipmate, suffering burns in the process.

From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2021

“I hope you will find comfort in the fact that Luke died instantly. He never felt a thing,” his shipmate Jim Daly writes.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline