Sentence examples for guard ships from inspiring English sources

Japan has responded by sending dozens of coast guard ships to patrol the islands, which lie between Okinawa and China.

Japan has responded by stepping up its own surveillance, including keeping a small flotilla of coast guard ships near the islands, which are between Okinawa and Taiwan.

A Chinese naval expert, Li Jie, said the Chinese coast guard ships would most likely be outfitted with "light weaponry," like "high-pressure water cannons and guns".

The islands are wrapped, cabbage-like, in successive layers of protection formed by fishing boats, Chinese coast guard ships and finally naval vessels.

Japanese prosecutors can hold Mr. Zhan for up to 20 days while deciding whether to take legal action over a collision between his boat and two Japanese coast guard ships.

TOKYO — Chinese-Japanese tensions over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain re-escalated on Monday when Japan said it would ask China to pay for repairs to two coast guard ships damaged by the trawler.

The ensign for Coast Guard ships was different from that of Navy ships only in the color of the lower stripe Coast Guard green.

The Coast Guard ships were given to Canvasback for a secular purpose, providing medical services.

The reporter, Cheng Gang, wrote of a run-in between the Chinese civilian ship and three Japanese Coast Guard ships.

He remained troubled by the thought that the boat had been spotted by Italian Coast Guard ships.

The boat is so fast that the few Coast Guard ships stationed in Lesvos have little chance at catching him.