Examples of 'shakedown cruise' in a sentence

Meaning of "shakedown cruise"

shakedown cruise - a phrase describing the first trial voyage of a ship or vehicle to test its performance and capabilities

How to use "shakedown cruise" in a sentence

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This is a shakedown cruise for a lot of these sailors.
Long enough to get ready for a shakedown cruise.
Arkansas began her shakedown cruise after delivering Taft and his entourage to the Canal Zone.
Three world records in the bag on our first shakedown cruise.
We are a shakedown cruise.
You are absolutely right, but you are just along for the shakedown cruise.
This was her shakedown cruise.
Why should not I be satisfied? Three world records in the bag on our first shakedown cruise.
Enterprise sailed south on a shakedown cruise which took her to Rio de Janeiro.
Following her commissioning, Maryland undertook an East Coast shakedown cruise.
Triton accomplished this objective during her shakedown cruise while under the command of Captain Edward L.
Also, some design flaws cropped up during the ship's shakedown cruise.
She held her shakedown cruise in the Guantánamo Bay area during June and July.
Destroyers for a one-year shakedown cruise.
Sort of a shakedown cruise as I understand it, sir.

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After commissioning, Alabama departed Connecticut to conduct her shakedown cruise off the coast of Florida.
She then began a shakedown cruise down to the Caribbean Sea that lasted until 7 June.
After fitting out there, she embarked upon her shakedown cruise on 1 November.
The ship 's last shakedown cruise took place on 27 July.
The modernization was completed in November 1926, after which Arkansas conducted a shakedown cruise in the Atlantic.
Enterprise, shakedown cruise report.
Shakedown cruise completed, X-ray.
The ship left Bordeaux on its shakedown cruise with a Danish crew in June 1864.
After conducting a shakedown cruise in the Atlantic, Houston returned to the United States in October 1930.

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