Sentence examples for sea command from inspiring English sources

Following this appointment, Scheer returned to a sea command, in the form of squadron commander for the six battleships of the II Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet in January 1913.

Dahlgren, Chief of the Bureau of Ordinance, desperately wanted a sea command as a step to the cherished admiral's flag, and he had lobbied the Navy Department for the plum opportunity.

His last sea command was the Base Force, United States Fleet, from 1935 to 1937.

His last sea command was that of HMS Illustrious, the aircraft carrier, between 1995 and 1997.

He had not been given a major sea command, and his physical condition had deteriorated, causing him to fail the flight physical required for any carrier command position (in addition to his limited arm movement, certain weather would always cause him to walk with a limp).

Lie down, be rocked, do nothing more, the sea commands.

He held several sea commands and served in posts that included superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., where he earned the Legion of Merit.

In 1939 aged 57, he again volunteered for military service and spent three more years at sea, commanding convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic.

In 1701, Balchen was again at sea, commanding the small fireships HMS Firebrand and then HMS Vulcan with Sir George Rooke's fleet off the Spanish coast at the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession.

The sea systems command, the largest of the Navy's five system commands, designs builds and maintains the Navy's ships and their weapons and related equipment.

Rear Admiral Bryant Fuller, deputy commander of ship design, integration and naval engineering at naval sea systems command, added that an effect of the video-game like design of the controller was that those joining the navy "are [already] very good at it".