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ocean-going
adjective
- (of a ship, boat, etc) suited for travel on the open ocean
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The Chinese gave up on ocean-going vessels, which they used to be very, very good at.
The harbor is one of the best and affords safe anchorage for the largest ocean-going vessels.
A half-mile or more distant from them a big, ocean-going tugboat was passing down the bay, without a tow and under full steam.
A huge ocean-going tug was just getting ready to leave her berth under the water-hose.
Ocean-going ships and fleets of “billy-boys” from Goole and elsewhere lie along the wharves.
American ocean-going steamers are required to have some approved means of firing lines to the shore.
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