Use "midshipman" in a sentence

1. You can't spend your life a midshipman.

2. Midshipman First Class Peter Preston, engineer's mate, sir.

3. During the summer of 1940, she made two midshipman cruises from Annapolis.

4. During the summer of 1951, she engaged in two midshipman training cruises to northern Europe.

5. Midshipman Poop-Decker and Able Seaman Sweetly... you are henceforth granted the rank of Honorary Captains.

6. He was also expected to be qualified to do the duty of an able seaman and midshipman.

7. As a young able-bodied seaman, Vancouver was being trained for the position of midshipman.

8. Brief history: Pitcairn is named after Robert Pitcairn, a British midshipman who sighted it in 1767.

9. Calling at Annapolis, Maryland on 1 July 1945, she conducted two midshipman training cruises, in the Caribbean and along the east coast.

10. Midshipman Easy [They] viewed the vessel, which proved to be a very fine fast-sailing craft, well found, with six brass Carronades on each side.

11. After operations along the Atlantic coast, Robinson made a midshipman practice cruise with battleship Missouri (BB-63) visiting Vigo, Spain, and Le Havre, France, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before returning to Norfolk on 3 August.

12. Dewar and Daniel accused Collard of "vindictive fault-finding" and openly humiliating and insulting them before their crew; in return, Collard countercharged the two with failing to follow orders and treating him "worse than a midshipman".

13. She was named for Midshipman Henry A. Clemson (1820–1846), lost at sea when the brig USS Somers capsized in a sudden squall off Vera Cruz on 8 December 1846 while chasing a blockade runner.

14. Abele was born July 11, 1903 in Quincy, Mass., enlisted in the United States Navy August 12, 1920; was appointed midshipman in June 1922; and was commissioned ensign June 3, 1926 following graduation from the United States Naval Academy.