guard ship
gɑrd ʃɪp-
(n)
guard ship
a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron
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Guard ship
a war vessel appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbor, and also, in the English service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed among their respective ships.
The search will not be resuming and passing ships have been told to be on the lookout, the Netherlands Coast Guard said. krcrtv.com
Coast Guard finds 1 missing crew member of ship. dailypress.com
The Coast Guard says there were no injuries, damage or pollution in the grounding of the Cleveland-bound ship. ndu.com
Coast Guard monitors tall ship in distress off NC. kansascity.com
NEWARK — The Coast Guard suspects there are stowaways in a container that was loaded on a ship that's docking at Port Newark this morning. nj.com
The largest company that ships goods from the Mainland to Hawai'i has received a marine environmental protection award from the US Coast Guard. mauiweekly.com
Three people washed off their crippled ship and engulfed by Atlantic waters roiled by Hurricane Sandy scrambled for help on Monday, the US Coast Guard said, but only one of them made it to safety. 4029tv.com
An engaging 1956 science fiction gloss of Shakespeare's Tempest, with a ship full of American astronauts landing on a mysterious planet where Walter Pidgeon and his miniskirted daughter, Anne Francis, guard the remains of a lost civilization. chicagoreader.com
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The US Coast Guard says a 730-foot ship in northwest Ohio backed into a pier at a dock near the Maumee River, punctured a tank and leaked fuel into the water. mariettatimes.com
The US Coast Guard says a 730-foot ship in northwest Ohio backed into a pier at a dock near the Maumee River, punctured a tank and leaked fuel into the water. recordpub.com
The Coast Guard is allowing a cruise ship that became grounded in Glacier Bay National Park to return to a dock near Juneau. juneauempire.com
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — A stranded cruise ship off Latvia with nearly 1,000 people on board will be evacuated Monday, the country's coast guard said. usatoday.com
There was a time when Di DeRubba was happy to sail the high seas as a ship's captain in the Coast Guard. cleveland.com
Birders who go on pelagic trips might see US Coast Guard ships and crew near ports or on the open water. ildbirdmagazine.com
Coast Guard responds to listing log ship at Port of Tacoma. blog.thenewstribune.com
A guard-ship is a receiving-ship for officers and men, until they are enabled to join, or are drafted to their respective ships. "The King's Own" by
He left but a handful to guard his ships. "Viking Tales" by
Telemachos and Athena disembarked, leaving the crew to guard the ship, and went up to the crowd. "Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca" by
You guard your dirty skins by wrecking ships upon the rocks. "Wappin' Wharf" by
And then he realized that all the guard meant was, are you going back to your ship? "The Happy Unfortunate" by
These were the fighter ships of the jet-plane guard. "Space Platform" by
They overtook one of the guard-ships very soon, and, after a short conflict, they succeeded in capturing it. "Xerxes" by
So he had sent one of his crew to guard this young lions' den, while the ship was so close in shore. "Frontier Boys on the Coast" by
So the colony's guard-ship acted. "Fearful Symmetry" by
A familiar term applied equally to a guard-ship or any person belonging to her. "The Sailor's Word-Book" by
And with your floating bridge the ocean span;
Be mine to guard this light from all eclipse,
Be yours to bring man nearer unto man!"
Trailed out o'er the northern skies,
His laugh was loud: "'Tis a summer cloud,"
Said the Fool in his Paradise.
And, to guard his honor, he gave a gun
To the feeble hands of his younger son.
Comes in through the great, gray fog, the word from the mist-bound
ships,--
A chorus of bell and horn, faint and afar and clear,--
"Thanks, O Guard of the Deep! Watchers, we hear! we hear!"
and I have answered the sea's open wish
to love me as a bonfire's watchful hand
guards red the shore and guards the hairy strand,
our most elegant lascivious bile,
my ship sinking beneath the gutter's fish.