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Discover LudwigThe word "ocean-going" is correct and commonly used in written English
It is typically used to describe a ship, vessel, or boat that is designed and capable of navigating and traveling on the open ocean. Example: The captain and his crew took their ocean-going vessel on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
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ocean-going
adjective
Designed and equipped to be capable of sailing on an ocean.
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Meanwhile, the construction of ocean-going ships was banned.
For larger ocean-going vessels, it's a long journey.
Abandoning it might encourage China and India to build ocean-going navies to vie with America's.
Nowadays they are just as likely to be made from ocean-going creatures.
And in the wider picture, the absolute ocean-going ridiculousness of the holier-than-thou.
Even the recently built opera house evokes a great ocean-going liner.
Fancy an ocean-going super yacht fitted with showers that spray champagne?
But having any sort of ocean-going capability is good for national pride.
Ocean-going salmon returning to their river to spawn find their way blocked by dams.
Fishermen once used simple ocean-going wooden skiffs to row out to the set their nets.
Meanwhile Viking has extended its offering with its first ocean-going ship, Viking Star.
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