"When was the last time you saw a movie about the merchant marine?"
You ought to study hard and when you're older try for the merchant marine.
Or because of his father, who sailed in the merchant marine.
A college graduate and teacher, he went into the merchant marine with the hope that some day it would give him a way out.
As it happens, this, his next book, is about the sorry state of our merchant marine.
He also served as an engineer in the merchant marine.
Some had joined the merchant marine at age 16 precisely because they were too young for the military services.
He served as an engineering officer in the merchant marine from 1967 to 1970.
I got an e-mail message from a writer friend whose husband is in the merchant marine.
"You know why I took the hitch with the merchant marine?"
He worked in the merchant fleet from 1906 to 1908 and 1909 to 1911.
Is there any among us who have not used some part of his merchant fleet?
The nation's merchant fleet was one of the largest in the world.
The population increase led to a lack of food and many young men went away to serve in the British merchant fleet.
It was finally decided that a merchant fleet had to be launched.
After the war, the ship remained a part of the Soviet merchant fleet until 1966.
The Dutch built up by far the largest merchant fleet in the world.
A big merchant fleet is used for smuggling by sea.
We need it only as an aid to navigation of our merchant fleet.
He needed to deal with the loss of his swift merchant fleet as a businessman.
At 17, however, he got the opportunity to see the world with the merchant navy.
He was the son of a master in the merchant navy.
At the age of 13 he joined the merchant navy.
He was employed by the merchant navy between 1880 and 1890.
He first went to sea in 1895 at the age of 18 by joining the merchant navy.
In 1943, he joined the merchant navy serving until 1947.
This was followed by a spell in the merchant navy.
This offer was turned down, and she continued to operate as part of the merchant navy.
He served overseas in the merchant navy from 1941 to 1942.
He joined the merchant navy and became an engineering officer.